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. 

• We’re 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 https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers 

Do 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 world’s 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 Australia’s sovereign workforce and talent pipeline.

What You’ll 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).

Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application.  We’re 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. It's 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) requirements. In 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 [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process. 

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

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.