Chief People Officer – Part-time

Bridgit

Chief People Officer shaping Bridgit's HR strategy and culture, aligning with business growth in Australia. Leading compliance and multi-jurisdictional workforce management within a fast-scaling fintech.

Posted 5/26/2026part-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead Bridgit's P&C strategy alongside the CEO, aligned to business objectives and our next phase of growth.
Champion a high-performance culture that balances accountability with genuine care for our people.
Advise the CEO and Board on people risk, organisational health, and culture as a competitive advantage.
Lead change management as the business evolves: structural changes, new ways of working, cultural integration.
Partner with the Executive team to design team structures that are fit for purpose today and scalable for tomorrow.
Translate headcount plans into operational hiring roadmaps with clear accountability and timelines.
Identify capability gaps and work with the People & Talent Lead to address them through hiring, development, or restructuring.
Lead people-side due diligence and post-acquisition integration: workforce structure, IR risk, culture alignment, and systems consolidation.
Ensure people processes, data quality, and documentation are investor-grade and audit-ready for any capital market activity.
Own Fair Work compliance across all employment relationships, including modern award obligations, employment contracts, and policy frameworks.
Manage a multi-jurisdictional workforce across employment compliance, benefits, and entity complexity, including EOR relationships.
Ensure our HRIS supports compliance reporting, workforce analytics, and operational efficiency across all jurisdictions.
Drive automation of repeatable people processes so the team's time is spent on high-value work.
Build reporting capability that gives the CEO and Board meaningful, accurate people data.
Lead and mentor the People & Talent Lead and any additional direct reports, providing strategic direction while empowering operational execution.
Set clear priorities for the People function and ensure the team is focused on the highest-impact work.
Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and ELT on leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, and complex people decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven HR/People leadership experience at CPO or Head of People level inside a fast-scaling tech or scale-up business.
Hands-on experience with Fair Work, modern awards, and Australian employment law: you've run a restructure process and know how to do it right.
Experience managing a multi-jurisdictional workforce across employment compliance, benefits, and entity complexity.
Direct M&A experience: you've led people-side due diligence and post-acquisition integration.
IPO readiness experience, or a demonstrated understanding of what investor-grade people processes look like in practice.
A track record designing and executing people strategy at an organisational level, not just managing a team or process.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extra Leave – We offer birthday leave + an additional day of paid leave to be used for life events, celebrations, or just a mental health reset.
Two Weeks from Anywhere – We encourage employees to work remotely from a location of their choice for two weeks each year.
Learning and Development – All employees are encouraged and empowered to engage in professional development, including a number of learning initiatives run internally.
Social Events – We have a jam-packed social scene, with events throughout the year to bring the team together!

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRISpeople strategychange managementdue diligenceworkforce analyticscompliance reportingautomation of processesoperational hiring roadmapsemployment compliancerestructure process

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringstrategic directionteam dynamicscommunicationaccountabilitycultural integrationhigh-performance culturetrusted advisorprioritization