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Executive General Manager - People & Culture - Defence & National Security

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-29 → 2026-09-24

Core

Shape and deliver people, workforce, and culture strategy for complex, large-scale healthcare services within the Defence & National Security portfolio.

Role type

Executive General Manager, People & Culture (Strategy & Leadership)

Builds

Workforce strategy, organisational capability, culture, ER/IR frameworks, and P&L performance for the P&C function.

Domain

Healthcare, Defence, National Security, Government Services

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic workforce planning, workforce governance and risk, employee and industrial relations, workforce data analytics, P&L management, organisational design, leadership development, employment compliance, stakeholder advisory

Preferred skills

Experience in healthcare, Defence, national security, or highly regulated mission-critical environments, postgraduate qualifications, professional HR certification

Technologies

Workforce data analytics platforms, people systems

Responsibilities

Partner with executive peers to achieve shared goals; Lead development and execution of People & Culture strategy; Act as strategic adviser on workforce strategy and risk; Lead strategic workforce planning across the portfolio; Be accountable for P&L performance; Provide executive leadership in workforce readiness and communications; Establish workforce governance and risk frameworks; Lead contemporary employee relations and employment practices; Champion workforce data and continuous improvement; Serve as trusted adviser to the Chief Defence and National Security.

Seniority

Executive, C-suite leadership

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