Director - Talent, Inclusion, Learning & Growth

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Sydney - NSW

Enterprise-wide impact during a pivotal transformation
A broad remit spanning Talent Strategy, Leadership Development, DEI & Innovation
Executive remuneration package

This is a rare enterprise leadership role within one of Australia's largest ASX-listed organisations. With direct exposure to the very top of the organisation and a highly capable team, you will shape the organisation’s leadership, talent and culture agenda to ensure sustained performance, resilience and long-term value creation through a period of transformation.

Reporting to the CPO, and working directly with the CEO, Board & Group Executive, you will lead a diverse OD team covering a broad and integrated remit across talent strategy, leadership development, diversity and inclusion, learning innovation, and future workforce capability. Your accountabilities will include:

Own the enterprise-wide talent & succession strategy, including executive talent management and leadership pipeline planning
Ensure short and long-term leadership capability to support organisational strategy and growth
Reset leadership frameworks and deliver high-impact development programs across all leadership levels
Use leadership development as a key lever for cultural transformation
Reimagine learning for a large frontline workforce, leveraging digital and AI-enabled solutions at scale
Champion diversity, equity and inclusion strategies that build belonging and deliver measurable outcomes
Establish and embed job and skills architecture to enable workforce planning and future capability readiness

You are a high-impact enterprise organisation development leader with deep capability across leadership, talent and succession, culture and learning. You bring a strong track record of advising Boards and influencing CEOs and executive teams in large, complex organisations, translating strategy into disciplined, enterprise-wide execution. Commercially minded and decisive, you thrive in pace and ambiguity. Experience in retail or large-scale consumer environments is highly regarded.

This is a career-defining opportunity for a visionary leader who thrives on complexity and wants to make a tangible, enterprise-wide impact on people, culture, and organisational performance.

As The Next Step is closed from 23 December through to 5 January, please email Julie Amato (jamato@thenextstep.com.au) or Merridy Thomas (mthomas@thenxtstep.com.au) to express interest and we will follow up with any enquiries when we return on 5 January 2026.

Reference Number:

3992414

Date Published:

23-Dec-2025

Contact Name:

Julie Amato

Contact Email:

jamato@thenextstep.com.au

Please note we're operating with reduced staff from 24 December to 5 January.

Response times may be longer than usual during this period

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Director - Talent, Inclusion, Learning & Growth

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