Job Expectations

Build your career and Australia’s future.

Not many people can say they are working on building Australia’s future. With us you’ll be doing just that, leaving a legacy for all Australians. Plus, there’s equal employment, great training, and true flexible working arrangements. 

A fantastic opportunity has presented itself for an Executive Manager P&C Business Partnering, Field reporting to Executive General Manager Business Partnering.

A bit about your role

As the Executive Manager P&C Business Partnering - Field, you will be a trusted strategic partner to senior executives and leadership teams, translating business priorities into people strategies that drive organisational performance, strengthen leadership capability and prepare the workforce for the future. You will provide strategic guidance across a large and complex operational portfolio, ensuring people and culture initiatives are aligned to enterprise objectives, commercially sustainable and focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for our people and business.

In this role, you will lead through influence, partnering with specialist P&C expertise to deliver integrated workforce solutions that support organisational transformation, workforce planning and long-term capability building. You will play a key role in shaping enterprise people priorities while providing strategic oversight of employee and industrial relations matters, workforce change initiatives and compliance obligations. Partnering closely with leaders across the Field workforce, you will champion a culture of safety, wellbeing and inclusion, ensuring our people practices support a safe, thriving and high-performing organisation.

A bit about you

You are an accomplished P&C leader with extensive experience partnering with executives and senior leaders within large, complex and operationally focused organisations. Your background includes leading people strategies across sizeable portfolios, navigating industrialised environments and supporting workforce transformation initiatives that deliver both business and people outcomes. You bring strong commercial judgement, enterprise thinking and a deep understanding of workforce dynamics, enabling you to connect people priorities with strategic business goals.

You are known for your collaborative and people-centred leadership style, building trusted relationships and influencing at all levels with credibility and confidence. With expertise across organisational design, workforce planning, employee and industrial relations, change leadership and people risk management, you bring a balanced and pragmatic approach to solving complex challenges. Most importantly, you are passionate about creating environments where people feel supported, valued and empowered to do their best work, helping nbn continue to deliver on its purpose for communities across Australia.

Application Process

You may find that your experience does not match every requirement listed but, if this role has piqued your interest or resonates with where you are in your career, we encourage you to apply rather than self-select out. We are interested in transferable skills and your skills and perspective could be exactly what we would value to strengthen our team.

Life at nbn

To be part of nbn is to be part of something bigger. There’s so much more from here. Our pioneering spirit drives us forward every day. Together, we help lift the digital capability of the nation by building and connecting Australia’s best fibre infrastructure into homes and businesses, plus places and things, everywhere. We’re continuing to create Australia’s network—a network made for more. Not just a way for everyone to do the things they love but transforming the way they do them.

A more inclusive working world

nbn is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel heard, valued, and respected. We believe diverse perspectives are the key to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. That's why we have a Reconciliation Action Plan, Accessibility & Inclusion Plan, offer 18 weeks of paid parental leave, are a Pride in Diversity Platinum Employer, and have active employee-led diversity pillars. Click here to see our list of employee benefits and why we're recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women.

Equal Opportunities for All

We champion equal opportunities for all employees. If you have any accessibility requirements and would like to discuss adjustments for the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling our Recruitment Accessibility Enquiry Line at +61 2 8918 9990. Please note, this line is dedicated to accessibility-related enquiries for the purposes of recruitment, and only enquiries related to accessibility adjustments will be answered. For other matters, please visit our Contact Us page on our website.

Please note that this role is a permanent opportunity and applications will close at midnight on Thursday 10th September 2026.

To be eligible for this role, you must have full working rights in Australia.

Worker Type

Permanent

Time Type

Full time