People Business Partner – Operations Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia.

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic advisor for People matters to senior leaders within Dragos's operations in Australia and the APAC region.

• Anticipate personnel needs and proactively develop regional talent strategies.

• Manage the complete employee lifecycle for Australia, including onboarding, maintaining HRIS data integrity, documentation, compliance, and offboarding.

• Ensure that employment contracts, benefits programs, and HR practices align with Australian employment laws, while also providing expertise to other APAC regions as necessary.

• Oversee regional employee relations issues and escalate them as needed.

• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and global People Operations on entity establishment, local policy creation, and compliance audits.

• Mentor senior leaders on team effectiveness, succession planning, and leadership development.

• Analyze people data and local market trends to offer leadership insights on workforce health, risks, and opportunities.

• Adapt company-wide People initiatives into regionally relevant approaches for APAC.

• Design and manage at least one major regional or company-wide talent initiative from start to finish.

• Maintain relationships with regional payroll, benefits, and immigration service providers.

• Serve as the regional liaison and primary point of contact for recruiting agencies throughout Australia and APAC, which includes candidate evaluations, scheduling interviews, and extending offers.

• Occasionally travel within the region to support leaders, employees, and vendor relationships in person.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive HR experience, combining generalist or business partnership roles with operational or people operations experience.

• Extensive knowledge of Australian employment laws and practices.

• Familiarity with other APAC markets, such as Singapore or New Zealand, is highly advantageous.

• Experience working within a lean or matrixed people function.

• Proven history of advising senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, and change management.

• Proficient in HRIS platforms, with preference for UKG/UltiPro experience.

• Comfortable taking ownership of data integrity and compliance documentation.

• Strong judgment in handling confidential and sensitive employee issues.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience in a global, distributed, or remote-first company is highly preferred.

• All new employees must successfully complete a background check as a condition of employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Equity Package

• Comprehensive Benefits Plan