The opportunity

You will provide senior P&C; partnership to our Health & Safety, Commercial and Risk, Finance and Performance, and People & Culture functions. Working closely with executive and senior leaders, you will develop practical people strategies that support business priorities, strengthen capability and improve workforce outcomes.

The role also leads remuneration and reward approaches, workforce reporting and analytics, people data governance, position management and P&C; enablement activities. You will bring together P&C; leaders, People Services, Group functions and operational stakeholders to deliver accurate, consistent and effective people solutions.

Please note: This role can be based in Australia or New Zealand.

What you’ll be responsible for

- Leading strategic P&C; partnering across key Transport and Infrastructure functions.
- Developing and delivering functional people strategies and workforce priorities.
- Providing trusted, commercially focused advice on organisational design, capability, talent, performance and change.
- Leading remuneration, incentive, salary and wage review processes within approved frameworks.
- Overseeing position evaluation, job grading, benchmarking and position management.
- Leading workforce reporting, executive dashboards, people analytics and data governance.
- Coordinating cyclical people processes, including performance, remuneration, engagement and recognition activities.
- Simplifying, standardising and improving P&C; processes, systems, tools and controls.
- Leading assigned P&C; projects, technology implementations and change initiatives.




- Coaching and developing team members while creating an inclusive, accountable and collaborative culture.
- Representing Transport and Infrastructure priorities in relevant Group forums.

About you

You are an experienced P&C; leader who can operate confidently at both strategic and operational levels. You bring strong commercial judgement, disciplined execution and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across a large and complex organisation.

Ideally, you will bring:

- Senior P&C; business partnering experience in a large, complex and multidisciplinary environment.
- Demonstrated experience developing people strategies and influencing executive stakeholders.
- Strong expertise in remuneration, incentive programmes, position evaluation and job architecture.
- Experience leading workforce reporting, analytics, data governance and data quality practices.
- A track record of leading cyclical people processes, service delivery and continuous improvement.
- Experience leading teams and building capability, accountability and delivery performance.
- Solid project governance, technology implementation and organisational change experience.
- Excellent communication, coaching, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability, with strong Microsoft Excel skills and preferably Power BI experience.
- A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent senior-level experience.

Downer Group is an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.

📌 Head of P&C Functional Partnering and Enablement (Melbourne)
🏢 Downer
📍 Melbourne