Head of People and Culture

SUMMARY:
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will serve as the enterprise-wide people strategist and trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board. You will architect a scalable, cross-border People & Culture blueprint across Australia, South Africa, the Netherlands, and the US—aligning organizational design, talent pipelines, and high-performance frameworks with rapid international expansion.

POSITION INFO:
The Tech Stack Deep-Dive People Operations, Infrastructure & Strategic Tooling Must-Haves: Global HR Governance: Multi-entity international employment compliance, role architecture, and cross-border people governance (AU, EMEA, US). Workforce Design & Strategy: Organizational design, strategic workforce planning, executive succession mapping, and performance differentiation frameworks. People Systems & Analytics: Modern HRIS platforms, people analytics, workforce reporting dashboards, and data-driven talent modeling. Executive Advisory: Direct-to-CEO and Board-level reporting, executive remuneration, and change management. Nice-to-Haves: M&A Due Diligence: People-side integration, talent retention post-deal, and cultural unification in PE-backed environments. Modern HR Tech: AI & workflow automation tools for talent acquisition and onboarding scalability. Domain Exposure: Background within embedded hardware, IoT, software engineering, or innovation-led tech spaces. Key Responsibilities Architect the Global People Strategy: Design and deliver an enterprise-wide P&C roadmap that supports international scaling, commercial growth, and clear organizational accountability. Drive Performance & Talent Engine: Establish robust succession planning, global compensation benchmarks, and structured performance frameworks that reward results. Lead Systems, Data & M&A Readiness: Implement scalable global HR tech, build out talent metrics for Board reporting, and spearhead people-related diligence\/integration for strategic acquisitions. Why Join Us? Product-Led Engineering Heritage: Join a high-growth IoT leader where hardware, firmware, and software are designed in-house to solve mission-critical, physical-world challenges. Direct Strategic Ownership: True seat at the executive table with direct Board visibility and total autonomy to build out global people operations. Global Footprint, Agile Mindset: The backing of private equity with the agility and flat decision-making of a product-focused tech scale-up.