Acting Head of People
FrankieOne is seeking a senior Acting Head of People for a six-month interim role in Melbourne. The role leads the People and Culture team, partners with executive leadership, delivers existing people programs, manages employee relations, governs AI use with employee data, and executes a structured transition.
Responsibilities
- Own employee relations, including performance management, extended absence, return-to-work, grievances, investigations, and exits
- Maintain the People and Culture operating rhythm, OKRs, and FY plan
- Advise the CEO and Leadership Team on hiring, organisation design, performance, and retention
- Lead, coach, and support the People and Culture team
- Deliver the FY headcount plan with the Talent Acquisition Manager
- Implement the new bonus structure
- Run performance, compensation review, and engagement cycles
- Maintain employment obligations across operating jurisdictions
- Document playbooks, processes, and key decisions
- Govern AI use with employee data and in people decisions
- Use AI to increase People and Culture team throughput
- Support leaders as AI changes roles across the business
- Plan and execute the end-of-engagement transition
- Advocate for FrankieOne, its product, people, and values
Requirements
- Senior People leadership experience in a scale-up or fast-moving business
- Experience with a distributed or multi-country workforce
- Operational delivery experience
- Judgement to make decisions with incomplete information
- Executive credibility
- Experience delivering an existing program of work