National Director, People & Performance

At Colliers, we are enterprising. What sets us apart is not what we do, but how we do it. Our people are passionate, take personal responsibility and always do what’s right for our clients, people and communities. We accelerate their success by empowering them to think and act differently to drive exceptional results. 

We seek to appoint an enterprising executive with a finance or commercial business management background and a growth mindset to partner with the CEO, CFO, COO and our Service Line Managing Directors to identify opportunity for performance improvements and enhance productivity to ensure revenue and EBITDA growth across Australia. This position will lead the People & Performance function as a key member of the Australian Executive Team, enhancing our culture and contributing to future success of Colliers.

What will this role offer the right person ?

• Accountability to execute key elements of the Australian business plan, which underpins our Global Enterprise ’25 plan.
• Work nationally with senior leadership to deliver their annual business plans, helping them to grow profit and enhance culture.
• Influence operating expenditure as well as investment in people and platforms.
• Be part of M&A opportunities, in the due diligence and integration phases.
• Autonomy to identify and propose efficiency measures across the whole of business.
• Develop and lead both the People, and the Performance strategies, creating business cases for human capital investments to maximise ROI.
• Innovate with technology to increase productivity.

This role will lead a very well-established People & Performance service line that has teams specialising in HR, and Careers. The HR team delivers the annual calendar of events that includes but is not limited to on-boarding, employee benefits, health & wellbeing, workplace health and safety management, learning and development, the promotions process and our people engagement survey, as well as HR data and system administration, HR policies and processes, compliance, and process improvement. The Careers team is responsible for organic growth through recruitment, retention and internal mobility.

What are the qualifications we seek ?

• CA/CPA Qualification
• Proven commercial leader with quantifiable accountability for contributing business growth strategy across the ANZ region.
• Property services, professional services, consultancy, or financial services sector experience preferred, but not essential.

Please apply with your CV or call Tom Keady on +61 439 147 720 for more information.

Please be advised that applications will only be accepted directly rather than via recruitment agencies.

We foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers feels respected and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to do their best work. It’s our people who set us apart and we actively recruit people who represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We take great pride in doing what’s right and operating in ways that benefit the business, our people, our clients, our communities, and the environment.

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