Senior Manager, People Enablement

• Lead, coach and enable the People Partnering function, lifting consistency, judgment, and pace across the team
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex, sensitive or ambiguous people matters
• Translate policy intent into practical processes, tools, systems and ways of working that leaders can use
• Use data and qualitative insight to spot patterns early and form clear, grounded recommendations
• Partner on workforce planning, goals and remuneration cycle execution, bringing commercial judgement to people decisions
• Operationalise and execute people risk, compliance and governance frameworks through disciplined follow‑through across People Partnering
• Apply ER/IR judgement when needed to strengthen capability and confidence across the function (it’s not the bulk of the role, but it matters)

How we work

• We constantly strive to use a human‑centred lens to design people practices that are practical, usable and scalable; we take a lot of inspiration from product teams
• “Clear is kind” is a real standard here. We value clarity, fast decisions and saying things in the room
• We use AI to move faster and reduce admin, with strong judgement and responsible use
• We appreciate respectful challenge. We want people who can spot what’s off, name it early, and help land the right call
• We reflect, learn, share, and connect meaningful as a team to better ourselves, and the people that we support

What will set you up for success

• Strong cognitive agility. You connect dots quickly, pull signal from noise, and communicate a clear point of view
• Comfortable pivoting between clear direction and open space to design the path forward
• Senior People or HR partnering experience, with sound employee relations judgement
• A pragmatic, calm style. Clear, kind and accountable in how you work with leaders and teams

Why Akaysha