People and Culture Business Partnering Manager, IT and Technology Functions

It starts with YES!

At Optus, we exist to deliver real choice by championing the customer.

We are looking to recruit a People and Culture (P&C) Business Partnering Manager who will report to the Senior Director, Business Partnering. This role will partner with IT & Technology functions at Optus. It presents a great opportunity to drive transformation and shape tomorrow’s workforce.

As an experienced HR professional, you will collaborate closely with colleagues and business leaders to influence, lead and deliver future-fit people strategies with a focus on workforce capability, stakeholder management and business transformation. You will work alongside senior leaders across the organisation, including SLT to instil Optus's core behaviours, foster leadership development, and orchestrate tailored people strategies. Your contributions will directly impact our strategic objectives, bolster employee engagement, and fortify our continuous transformation journey!

Key to your success lies in previous experience across various positions, establishing connections efficiently, crafting rapport with leaders, and applying critical thinking to understand business requirements.

Your day to day

Partnering with P&C Execs & business leaders (including CIO functions) to support running of the business by understanding customer needs, prioritising what matters most and scoping initiatives that deliver strategic value.

Supporting business priorities by guiding critical decisions on workforce structures, tech skills uplift, and culture alignment - ensuring alignment with strategic goals and emerging technologies.

Influencing at the SLT level and confidently engaging with senior executives to gain alignment, deliver change, and embed enterprise-wide people solutions.

Advising on capability frameworks, critical skills mapping, and integrated learning roadmaps to build tech capability in partnership with Talent and L&D CoEs.

Collaborating across P&C to lead, scope and deliver people initiatives aligned with business strategies and in year people plans.

Providing mentorship and support to business leaders, helping them navigate change and effectively lead people challenges.

Working with the P&C Centres of Excellence including the Transformation team to build strategic organisational design models to ensure “fit for future” organisational structures and ways of working models.

Establishing relationships quickly with business leaders across all areas including acting in a delegate capacity when required at Senior Leadership Team engagement and meetings.

What you'll bring

Significant experience simplifying structures and leading changes to the operating model, ensuring P&C practices are aligned with the principles of agility and flexibility.

Ability to gain executive sponsorship and challenge constructively when needed.

Ability to understand and clarify stakeholder needs and where appropriate, offer expert advice and support on people-related decisions and strategies.

Confidence to say no when it matters—while still fostering trusted relationships and influencing positive outcomes.

Experience working in consultation with centres of excellence to enable all stages of the employee lifecycle.

Proven experience with tech capability frameworks, talent pipelining and future -of-work models.

Ability to lead initiatives that increase employee capability, retain talent, drive organisational efficiency, culture, and employee engagement / employee experiences.

Comfortable using commercial acumen to engage with senior stakeholders and help them achieve their business goals in a compliant and process driven manner.

Ability to work at pace in an ambiguous environment within a matrixed organisation.

Undergraduate degree or equivalent knowledge of HR practice and processes including solid understanding of Australian employment law acquired from progressive HR roles.

Perks we love at Optus

3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!

Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 16 weeks for the primary care giver

Competitive leave including 2 additional 'Connected Leave' days

All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’

Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue.

Connect at work through our employee-led volunteer groups : Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans, Yarn Network, Wellbeing Network and Young Professionals.

Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office

Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!

Curious about our culture? Go behind the scenes with our people by searching #OptusLife on LinkedIn.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https : / / www.optus.com.au / about / inclusion-diversity