Acting Head of People

Location: Melbourne, Australia, hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a 100-person global regulated business embedding AI across its product development, sales, and operations.

What you will do

• Own employee relations matters, including performance management, extended absence and return-to-work, grievances, investigations, and exits.
• Maintain the existing People & Culture operating rhythm, OKRs, and annual plan.
• Advise the CEO and Leadership Team on hiring, organisation design, performance, and critical talent retention.
• Lead, coach, and support the People & Culture team while driving the hiring and headcount plan.
• Implement the new bonus structure and deliver performance, compensation review, and engagement cycles.
• Maintain employment compliance, document processes, govern AI use with employee data, and execute the end-of-contract transition.

Requirements

• Senior People leadership experience in a scale-up or fast-moving business.
• Experience working with a distributed or multi-country workforce is preferred.
• Strong operational delivery skills and the judgment to make decisions with incomplete information.
• Executive credibility and the ability to advise senior leadership effectively.
• Experience inheriting and delivering an existing program of work rather than replacing it.
• Availability for a six-month acting engagement; full-time availability is preferred, with part-time arrangements considered.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in Melbourne.
• Hands-on ownership in a regulated, fast-moving environment.
• Opportunity to support AI adoption across People & Culture and the wider business.
• Direct partnership with the CEO and Leadership Team.

Hiring process

• Six-month acting appointment reporting to the VP of Operations.