Director - People & Culture Business Partnering

Civitas Talent is proud to partner with Cochlear on the search for a Director, P&C; Business Partnering.

As Cochlear continues to evolve, so does the way People and Culture needs to support its people, leaders and business. Cochlear is building a P&C; model that brings expertise closer to where it can have the greatest impact, creates stronger connections across its teams and puts greater focus on the workforce outcomes that will enable its future success. This role is a fantastic opportunity to help shape that next chapter.

Cochlear is looking for a Director, P&C; Business Partnering who can help bring this new way of working to life.

So, what makes this role different?

This isn't about having all the answers or being the person leaders come to with every people question.

It's about stepping back, seeing the bigger picture and helping leaders think through the workforce, organisation, leadership and capability choices that will enable Cochlear to deliver its strategy. You'll work closely with Executive Leaders and their teams, helping identify the shifts needed to support performance today while building for the future.

You’ll also play an important role in connecting the dots.

Cochlear's future model is intended to bring expertise closer to its customers and the work, with P&C; teams working across functions towards shared workforce outcomes. As a Director in Business Partnering, you'll help translate business priorities into clear requirements for P&C; and connect the right capability, products,



solutions and services around those priorities.

What could you find yourself working on?

No two challenges will look quite the same. You might be:

- Working with senior leaders to turn business strategy into clear workforce, organisation, leadership and capability priorities
- Helping reshape an organisation, operating model, governance or the way work gets done to improve effectiveness
- Exploring how human and AI capability can change work and help focus capacity on the areas where it creates the greatest value
- Coaching and challenging leaders as they navigate transformation, difficult decisions and competing priorities
- Looking ahead at the capabilities Cochlear will need and helping shape whether to build, buy, borrow, automate or partner to get there
- Bringing different parts of P&C; together so expertise is connected around the outcome the business is trying to achieve
- Helping strengthen Business Partnering itself, sharing your experience and coaching others as the team builds its capability for the future

Who is Cochlear looking for?





You’ll enjoy this role if you’re someone who naturally asks "where are we heading?" and "what are the key shifts we need to make to get there?" before jumping to a solution.

You can move comfortably between strategy and execution, see the connections between business decisions and their workforce implications, and turn complex challenges into a clearer path forward.

You’ll have the confidence and credibility to work with Executive and senior leaders, but equally, you’ll know that great partnering isn't about always agreeing. You’re comfortable asking a challenging question, seeking diverse perspectives and helping leaders work through genuine trade-offs.

You’ll bring:

- Significant experience partnering with Executive and senior leaders in a complex global organisation
- Experience leading meaningful workforce, organisation, operating model or business transformation
- A track record of translating business strategy into measurable workforce, capability and organisation outcomes
- Strong organisation effectiveness and strategic workforce planning capability
- Experience developing people and building capability in others

Why now?

Cochlear's P&C; model is changing because the demands on its people, leaders and organisation are changing too.

The future model is designed around stronger ownership of workforce outcomes, expertise closer to where it adds value, simpler and more scalable experiences, more empowered leaders and greater opportunities for Cochlear's own P&C; people to build their careers and expertise.

You’ll be joining at a point where there is genuine chance to shape how Business Partnering works,

📌 Director - People & Culture Business Partnering (Sydney)
🏢 Civitas Talent
📍 Sydney