Operations Business Partner, Infrastructure (12 months FTC)

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane Perth and Adelaide.

About the role

This is a 12 months Fixed Term Contract covering parental leave.

Were looking for an Operations Business Partner to supercharge how our Infrastructure team delivers connects and scales. This Supergroup is a 265 person team of Engineers Product and Designers and this role is at the heart of helping them all work together seamlessly.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff of Platforms youll be the glue that connects goals people and processes making sure our teams have the clarity tools and support they need to do their best work. From owning team cadences to orchestrating team rituals events and culture-building moments to delivering special projects youll be creating the smooth rhythms that helps the org thrive. If you love building scalable processes enabling others and get energy from helping cross functional teams succeed this could be the role for you.

What youd be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Running smooth goal cadences: Making planning cycles seamless connecting the big picture to day-to-day progress and highlighting wins blockers and dependencies.

• Operationalising ways of working: Streamlining org-wide cadences (e.g. All Hands research specialty reviews) to ensure they deliver value.

• Driving cultural connection: Organising large scale events rituals and connection points that bring our globally distributed team together from AU celebrations to major onsite events.

• Turning insights into action: Partnering with People Partners and Leads to translate Pulse feedback into meaningful improvements across Infra & Product Platform.

• Supporting special projects: Stepping into high-impact initiatives (like Hackathons Canva World Tour or specialty process rollouts) or working with Finance to build out centralised view for budgets to working with the Chief of Staff to roll out a risk management framework.

• Building visibility: Designing dashboards and reports that give leaders clear trusted insights into performance and outcomes.

• Experimenting with AI automation: Identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort trial new tools and unlock efficiencies at scale.

Youre probably a match if

• You have a few years experience in operations program/project management or an equivalent team-enabling role.

• Youre based in Sydney with flexibility to be in the office at least once a week and when needed..

• You have experience running special projects across budgeting risk management large scale event management etc.

• Youre passionate about team culture and connection and you enjoy creating experiences (onsites events rituals) that make distributed teams feel engaged and included.

• Youre a systems thinker who loves turning complexity into clarity whether thats mapping dependencies simplifying processes or helping others see the big picture.

• You thrive in ambiguity when priorities shift or problems dont have a clear owner you lean in figure it out and bring people with you.

• Youre an excellent communicator able to influence craft clear updates rally teams and make sure no one misses the context.

• Youre curious about AI and automation and not afraid to test new tools and find smart ways to reduce manual effort and unlock scale.

• You operate with judgment and urgency knowing when to dive into the details and zoom out to see the big picture.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but youll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time