People & Culture Lead

About Agile Insights

Agile Insights is a specialist Microsoft Data and AI consultancy with more than 70 consultants across NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, headquartered in North Sydney. We consult, design and deliver data, analytics and AI solutions for mid-to-large organisations and government agencies across Australia, on Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Power BI and the broader Microsoft stack.

Our mission is to elevate people and organisations to achieve their full potential through AI, and our vision is to be the number one Microsoft Data and AI partner in Australia. Part of that vision is being a talent factory, a place where people do the best work of their careers. We have ranked in the CRN Fast50 three years running, placed third in the Performance Accelerators category at the 2025 Fast50 Awards, and we are Great Place to Work certified.

Culture is our differentiator, and it starts with the first of our values: People First. This is a genuinely collaborative business. Sellers, architects, consultants and delivery leads work side by side rather than in silos, wins are celebrated as a team, and everyone is accessible, including the exec. There is little to no politics here, just a get stuff done mentality, people who share what they know, and a team that is always looking at how we get better. We also give back, committing 5% of annual profits to charitable causes and sponsoring the technical communities we grew up in.

The role

We are growing, and we want to grow well. This part-time role owns two things that matter enormously to us: finding great people, and keeping this a great place to work while we scale.

The centre of gravity is talent acquisition. We hire experienced Data and AI consultants and salespeople in a competitive market, and the best ones are rarely on the job boards. You will hunt them directly: mapping the market, sourcing through LinkedIn and your networks, running a warm and professional candidate experience, and reducing our reliance on agencies.

Around that core sits the full people lifecycle for a business our size: onboarding that makes someone productive and connected in their first week, offboarding done with class, performance cycles that actually help people grow, and the team events and rituals that keep 70+ people across four states feeling like one team. You will work directly with the CEO and our practice and sales leaders, who own their hiring decisions. Your job is to fill the top of their funnel with people worth meeting and make everything around the people experience run beautifully.

What you will own:

• Direct sourcing and headhunting for consulting, sales and delivery roles, with a focus on the Microsoft Data and AI talent market The end-to-end candidate experience: screening, coordination, offers and keeping every candidate warm, even the ones we do not hire
• Our employer brand, including the careers page, job ads and how we show up on LinkedIn as a place to work
• Onboarding and offboarding that reflect our People First value
• The rhythm of team events: monthly Sydney team events, quarterly state-based meet-ups, the annual all-of-company gathering, and the smaller moments in between
• Supporting managers through performance cycles, development plans and the occasional hard conversation
• Keeping our Great Place to Work certification earned, not just renewed
• People processes and records that are simple, compliant and low-friction

About you

You are a people person with a recruiter's engine. You genuinely enjoy the hunt of finding someone brilliant who was not looking, and you care just as much about what happens after they sign.

You bring:

• Experience in talent acquisition, ideally recruiting technology or consulting talent, in-house or agency
• Proven direct sourcing capability. You know how to find people who are not applying
• Generalist People & Culture experience, or the appetite to build it, across onboarding, engagement and performance
• Working knowledge of Australian employment practices, or the diligence to know when to ask an expert
• Warmth, discretion and judgment. You will know things before others do, and people will trust you with the hard stuff
• Organisation and follow-through. In a part-time role, the hours are limited but the standard is not Familiarity with the Microsoft partner ecosystem is a genuine advantage, because you will be recruiting from it

What we offer

• A part-time role with real ownership, shaping the people function of a growing national consultancy rather than administering someone else's
• Direct access to the CEO and leadership team, with short lines from idea to decision
• A team that already cares about culture, so you are building on strength, not fixing a problem
• Our North Sydney office as your base, with some flexibility around how your week is structured
• Wellbeing support including an Employee Assistance Program and an individualised gym and wellbeing program
• Monthly team meet-ups and an annual all-of-company gathering, which you will help make great