Head Of People

• Spearhead the strategic vision for our high performing Business Partnering team

• Huge focus on sustainability and giving back to the community

• Experience Hybrid working arrangements in a flexible environment

We're REA

With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to have been named one of Australia's Best Workplaces four times since 2021 - including third place in 2025 - plus Best Workplace for Women in 2023 and Best Workplace in Technology in 2024 and 2025. These listings are testament to every person who helps make REA a great place to work.

Where the team fits in

As Head of People, partnering closely with our Executive Leadership Team (ELT) across Product and Tech, you'll play a critical role uplifting leadership capability, shaping organisational effectiveness, managing risk, and embedding high‑performance across REA. Not only are you a trusted advisor, you'll coach and challenge your leaders, whilst balancing strategic impact.

What the role is all about

Day to day, you'll be responsible for leading a high performing team of business partners, bringing our people and culture strategy to life. You'll represent our people function at senior leadership forums, contributing thought leadership and pragmatic people advice. You'll be a pro at leaning into difficult, high‑impact conversations with ELT and senior leaders to build leadership maturity.

Day to day, you can expect to deliver on:

Strategic Partnership & Leadership Enablement

• Partner strategically with ELT members to enable achievement of business strategy through people

People Leadership & HRBP Excellence

• Be accountable for people leadership of the HR Business Partner team

• Coach, develop and role‑model strong partnering capability, commercial acumen and leadership behaviours within the People & Culture community

Organisation Design, Workforce & Talent

• Provide leadership and guidance on organisational design, change management, workforce planning and succession planning.

• Lead the design, change management and implementation of new organisational structures, ways of working and major people initiatives, including restructures, mergers or large‑scale transformation programs

Performance, Talent & Capability practices

• Oversee cyclical people activities including performance reviews, talent reviews, engagement surveys and remuneration reviews

• Ensure effective planning and delivery, working with People Centres of Excellence

• Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning and the development of key talent pathways, with a focus on scaling leadership capability and building high‑performing tech teams

Employee Relations, Risk & Governance

• Act as a key advisor on complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, policy interpretation and people risk mitigation

Enterprise mindset, Culture & Insight

• Proactively identify and respond to enterprise people priorities such as DEI, wellbeing, engagement and leadership uplift

• Provide thought leadership and data‑driven insights to inform people strategy, organisational health and continuous improvement of people processes and practices

Who we're looking for

• Senior HR leadership experience in a complex, matrixed technology or product‑led organisation

• Proven experience partnering with executive leaders in growth environments

• Strong background in organisation design, change management and talent strategy

• Experience leading and developing teams

• Highly credible, calm and confident executive presence

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and challenging constructively

• Strong commercial acumen

• Data‑driven, pragmatic and outcomes‑focused

• Values‑led leader who role‑models inclusive and ethical leadership

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

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Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!

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