Head of People Partnering

Montu is Australia's largest healthtech business with a focus on alternative healthcare. Founded in 2019, it supports patients, doctors and pharmacies through its Alternaleaf clinic, offers accredited healthcare education to clinicians via its SAGED platform, and dispensing solutions to pharmacies across Australia through Leafio. Montu is also the founding member of Cannabis Council Australia, a non-for-profit advocacy body that advances legislative change across the healthcare landscape. Our mission is to make alternative healthcare more affordable and accessible for the millions who could benefit.

Montu has been recognised as Australia’s fastest-growing tech company in the Deloitte TechFast 50 for two consecutive years (#1 in 2022 and 2023), achieving remarkable revenue growth of 26,000% and 9,000%. Named #1 on LinkedIn’s Top Startups Australia 2024, Montu has cemented its position as the largest business of its kind outside North America and continues to evolve on its journey.

This role is an Australia-based, fully work-from-home position, with access to co-working spaces in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The Head of People Partnering leads our team of People Partners aligned to business areas across Montu, and personally takes on the most complex, sensitive, and executive-level Employment Relations matters that arise. You'll be accountable for the standard of partnering support delivered to managers and senior leaders, and you'll take hands-on accountability for the matters that need them.
This isn't a hands-off leadership role. You'll set the operating direction for the partnering function, lift manager capability across the business, and personally run the ER work that needs senior judgement: investigations, executive exits, deeds of release, Fair Work proceedings, settlement decisions. ELT exposure is real and constant. So is the ambiguity that comes with scale.
You'll report to the GM People and work closely with the broader People team and ELT.
 

What you'll own

• Strategy and operating direction for the People Partnering function
• Standard of partnering support delivered across all business areas
• Personal lead on complex, sensitive, and executive-level ER matters: investigations, executive exits, deeds of release, Fair Work proceedings
• Determinations on legal risk, settlement parameters, and external counsel engagement on matters under your ownership
• Manager capability uplift through the partnering team and direct senior engagement
• Performance management cycles, calibration, talent reviews, and lifecycle delivery
• Engagement strategy, listening cycles, and action planning at business area level
• Practical, considered AI adoption across the partnering team
• Development and performance of the People Partner team

What we're looking for

• 10+ years in senior HR roles spanning generalist or business partnering and substantive ER ownership
• 3+ years leading People Partner or HR Business Partner teams
• Demonstrated experience personally managing complex, executive-level ER matters under Australian employment law
• Sound judgement on legal risk, settlement decisions, and when to engage external counsel
• Track record of building manager capability at scale, not just policy delivery
• Comfort working at ELT level: writes well, briefs cleanly, holds a position when challenged
• Commercial mindset: balances people fairness with business sustainability
• Genuine curiosity about AI and HR technology, with a considered view on adoption
• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field; postgraduate qualification preferred but not essential

Why this role

• Genuine seat at the table, not adjacent to it
• Scope and complexity that's rare outside ASX-listed enterprise
• Hands-on ER work without the team management overhead
• Pragmatic culture that backs people who deliver and think commercially
• Permanent, full-time, work from home

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Master's degree preferred

• Proven experience with 10+ years in senior HR generalist or business partnering roles, preferably in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• 3+ years leading People Partner or HR Business Partner teams

• Strong understanding of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations (Australian context)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation

• Demonstrated leadership ability, including experience managing and developing high-performing HR teams

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into actionable people initiatives

• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and measure the effectiveness of partnering programs

• Confident operator with senior business leaders, including ability to challenge constructively and hold a position when needed

You will be joining a high-performing, fast-paced team where your work drives meaningful impact in a leading tech company at the intersection of healthcare. We take pride in our driven and results-focused culture, where ambitious individuals can push the boundaries of innovation and contribute to better outcomes for Australians.

Other benefits include:

• Gaining access to SAGED courses and more through the Greenhouse learning platform fosters continuous growth and development.
• Enjoying discounts with over 450 retailers through our Reward and Recognition platform.
• Full-time, work-from-home role.
• Access to co-working spaces in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and select regional cities.
• Mental health support through our wellbeing platform, Unmind.
• Private health insurance discount through Medibank.
• Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Swag kits to celebrate key milestones in your journey with us.
• Enhance your home office with our work from home equipment allowance benefit.
• Being part of one of the fastest-growing industries in Australia, improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients.

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