Vice President Human Resources, Australia

• Shape the future of our people and workforce strategy across a diverse mission-driven organisation. Based in either Melbourne or Canberra.

• Influence CEO-level priorities to elevate leadership capability and performance across the organisation.

• Were a Family Friendly certified workplace we understand the diverse roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here Work That Matters
Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts backed by our global experience and network of partners are working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in government intelligence defence aviation border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

As the Vice President Human Resources for Leidos Australia you will shape how the organisation grows performs and leads through its people. This is an enterprise role that links workforce strategy leadership capability culture and technology to commercial outcomes and delivery excellence.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President HR in the United States and partnering closely with the Australian CEO and Executive Leadership Team you will guide how Leidos builds a future-fit inclusive and high-performing workforce that enables mission success today and prepares us for what comes next.

You will:

• Lead the enterprise people strategy by setting a clear cohesive direction for workforce capability culture and leadership that accelerates business growth uplifts delivery performance and improves commercial outcomes.

• Build a future-fit workforce by integrating human capability with digital tools automation and AI to create adaptable high-performing teams prepared for evolving client and organisational needs.

• Lift leadership effectiveness and culture by developing inclusive accountable commercially fluent leaders.

• Drive enterprise value through data by using workforce insights and evidence-based decision-making to optimise headcount productivity cost and return on people investment.

• Enhance organisational integrity and resilience by advising the CEO and ELT on people risk governance ethical practice and organisational safety while enabling flexibility pace and responsible innovation.

• Represent Leidos externally by partnering with government industry and sector stakeholders to position Leidos as an employer of choice and support the development of Australias sovereign workforce and talent pipeline.

What Youll Bring to Make an Impact

• Extensive senior HR leadership experience across complex multi-line or technology-driven organisations; proven influence at executive level.

• Demonstrated success in architecting large-scale workforce leadership and culture transformation programs that deliver measurable business and commercial outcomes.

• Informed understanding of financial drivers business performance levers and the relationship between workforce strategy profitability and client outcomes.

• Deep understanding of organisational design workforce planning and advanced analytics to guide investment and performance decisions.

• Skills in integrating HR technology AI and digital tools to enhance decision-making simplify work and accelerate learning and capability growth.

• Leads with empathy designs solutions that make work more meaningful and productive and builds belonging and trust.

• Tertiary qualifications in HR Business or related field (desirable).

Dont worry if you dont tick all the boxes if you meet most of them we encourage you to submit your application. Were most interested in your strengths what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and be willing to obtain and hold an Australian security clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA).

Diverse Team Members Shared Values and a Common Purpose
Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. Its about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work feels welcome valued and respected and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities veterans neurodiverse people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network Young Professionals Defence & Emergency Services Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role follow the links or apply via our Careers page.

• Recruitment process multi-stage assessment including executive interviews capability-based evaluations and background and compliance checks.

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team if youd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.