People Operations Manager

Company Description

Australia/New Zealand CSR Achievement of the Year – Publicis Groupe ANZ – Gold 2025

Asia-Pacific Best Place to Work (Network) – Publicis Groupe APAC - Winner 2025, 2024

Australian Business Awards - Employer of Choice 2024, 2023, 2022 & 2021

HR Awards Excellence Awardee - Employer of Choice 2022

AWEI Silver Accreditation 2025

Certified family friendly workplace  Welcome to Publicis Groupe ANZ.

Here you will get an inside look at life within our network, including the brilliant people working across our agency brands. Publicis Groupe is a world leader in marketing communication and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of data, creativity, media, and technology.

 

Our connected platform of companies and capabilities is more than an operational framework.

 

It’s a cultural model we've built to unite our people in a collaborative way of thinking and working. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 110,000+ talents across 100 countries globally.

 

In Australia, our powerhouse of marketing capabilities stretches across creative agencies (Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo, Publicis Worldwide), media agencies (Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Performics, Atomic 212), Razorfish, Digitas, Epsilon, Arc, Prodigious, PXP, PMX, and PR (Herd MSL). We also have Publicis Sapient driving digital business transformation for our clients.

Job Description

We're looking for a highly analytical and commercially minded People Operations Manager - Data & Programs to join our People & Culture team. In this role, you'll play a critical part in delivering workforce insights, remuneration programs, job architecture governance, and people operational initiatives that support strategic decision-making across the business.

This is a unique opportunity for a people-focused professional who is passionate about leveraging data to uncover meaningful insights, influence decision-making, and drive continuous improvement.

 

About the Role

Reporting to the People Operations Director, you'll work closely with People & Culture leaders, Centres of Excellence, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality workforce reporting, support remuneration and job architecture initiatives, and enhance employee data governance and operational excellence.

Your ability to analyse complex workforce data, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations will help shape key people decisions across the Groupe.

This role will lead, coach, and develop our People Operations Executive, providing guidance and support to build capability, enhance performance, and contribute to a high-performing People team.

What you’ll be doing

Workforce Reporting & Analytics

• Develop and maintain workforce reports, dashboards, and people metrics.
• Analyse workforce trends including headcount, turnover, recruitment, employee movements, absenteeism, diversity, and demographics.
• Deliver insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.

Reward & Job Architecture

• Support the administration and delivery of annual remuneration review processes.
• Conduct salary benchmarking and market analysis.
• Assist with pay equity reporting and remuneration insights.
• Maintain and support job architecture and job family frameworks.

People Programs & Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate project planning, implementation, and reporting activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve people processes, reporting capability, and operational effectiveness.
• Support change initiatives across the People & Culture function.

Data Governance & Compliance

• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of workforce data.
• Conduct audits and validation activities.
• Support compliance with privacy obligations, reporting standards, and internal policies.

About You

• 5+ years' experience in People Operations, Reward, HR Analytics, Workforce Reporting, or a similar People & Culture discipline.
• Experience supporting remuneration reviews, salary benchmarking, or job architecture initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn data into meaningful business insights.
• Advanced Excel capability, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUPs, and workforce data analysis.
• Experience working with HRIS platforms and reporting tools.
• Power BI experience.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills.
• A commitment to data quality, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with AI tools and automation technologies will be highly regarded.

 

 

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Additional Information

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

 

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
• Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

 

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

 

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [email protected]; your personal information will be kept confidential.