Senior HRBP, Commercial & Functions

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating. Join our Human Resources Team Human Resources is about shaping the experience of working at Diageo and helping our people learn and grow every day. From attracting talent to developing careers, this team plays a central role in building a culture where people feel supported, challenged and able to grow. They work closely with teams across the business, bringing insight, care and commercial understanding to everything they do. You'll help create an environment where different perspectives are valued and where people can learn new skills and thrive, unlocking potential across a truly global organisation. About this role Our People & Culture team brings brilliant people together to deliver our Growth Ambition. This senior role partners Executive members across Commercial, Marketing and Finance, supporting around 200 employees from Sydney HQ. As a member of the Extended Leadership Team and second-in-command within People & Culture, it will help shape Diageo Australia through an exciting period of transition and growth. Decision Making Authority: Owns the people strategy and annual plan for Commercial, Marketing and Finance, aligned to global/local principles and growth priorities. Operates as senior trusted advisor to Executive members, challenging constructively and shaping organisation choices. Leads end-to-end priority P&C projects and pillars, setting outcomes, governance, stakeholder engagement and execution. Owns talent for the function and enables decisions on talent, succession, leadership, culture, organisation design and workforce investment. Acts as second-in-command to the P&C Director where required, representing P&C in senior forums. Function Complexity: Partners Commercial, Marketing and Finance from Sydney HQ, supporting around 200 employees in a fast-paced, matrixed business. Connects people strategy to growth, performance, brand, customer and financial outcomes. Supports a business transition requiring future-fit organisation design, capability building and culture leadership. Partners CoEs (Talent Engagement, Reward, L&D, OE, I&D) and offshore People Services (FirstPoint). Sydney HQ based under hybrid ways of working; limited interstate travels a couple of times a year. Leadership Responsibilities: Senior individual contributor with significant enterprise leadership influence. Member of the Extended Leadership Team and key partner to Executive members across Commercial, Marketing and Finance. Acts as second-in-command within P&C, coaching peers and leading key priorities. Leads cross-functional P&C projects and pillars end-to-end, coordinating CoEs, leaders and stakeholders. Role models leadership, inclusion, collaboration and commercial judgement. You will be responsible for: Leadership & Culture: Build leadership capability and team effectiveness, embedding performance expectations and approaches, inclusive leadership and a culture that supports growth. Talent & Capability: Shape talent, succession and capability plans with CoEs, deepening bench strength and accelerating development in critical roles. Organisation Effectiveness: Lead OE priorities including design, simplification, productivity, role clarity and ways-of-working for a future-fit business. Commercial Partnership: Translate business strategy into people priorities, using insight, data and commercial judgement to drive performance and growth. Projects & Change: Lead end-to-end P&C projects and change initiatives through clear governance, stakeholder engagement and adoption. The required qualifications for this role are: Proven senior HRBP experience partnering Executive members and senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed environment. Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect people strategy to growth, customer, brand and financial outcomes. Deep generalist capability across talent, OE, culture, leadership, performance and change. Experience leading end-to-end people projects or strategic HR pillars with measurable business impact. Understanding of the Australian employment landscape, people risk and ER matters. Confidence using HR systems and analytics (e.g., Workday, LMS, Power BI) to generate insights and track outcomes. Independent problem solver with strong judgement, pace, resilience and delivery orientation. Credible with Executive stakeholders; able to challenge constructively, coach deeply and build trust quickly. Strong commercial lens; curious about the business, close to the numbers and comfortable with growth and transformation. Thrives in a global matrix and delivers through others, connecting CoEs, People Services and business leaders. Hybrid working under our Flex Philosophy (circa 60% office/40% WFH); Sydney HQ based with limited interstate travel and occasional global time-zone flexibility. Working with Us Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we'll work together so that you're supported from day one. Rewards & Benefits: At Diageo, we offer more than just a role- we offer an environment where you can thrive, grow and be recognised for your impact. Competitive reward - Market-leading salary, performance-driven bonus and industry perks Flexible ways of working - Hybrid working with no set office days, empowering you to balance work and life in a way that works for you Industry-leading family leave - Generous paid parental leave for all parents, along

Requirements: qualifications for this role are: Proven senior HRBP experience partnering Executive members and senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed environment. Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect people strategy to growth, customer, brand and financial outcomes. Deep generalist capability across talent, OE, culture, leadership, performance and change. Experience leading end-to-end people projects or strategic HR pillars with measurable business impact. Understanding of the Australian employment landscape, people risk and ER matters. Confidence using HR systems and analytics (e.g., Workday, LMS, Power BI) to generate insights and track outcomes. Independent problem solver with strong judgement, pace, resilience and delivery orientation. Credible with Executive stakeholders; able to challenge constructively, coach deeply and build trust quickly. Strong commercial lens; curious about the business, close to the numbers and comfortable with growth and transformation. Thrives in a global matrix and delivers through others, connecting CoEs, People Services and business leaders. Hybrid working under our Flex Philosophy (circa 60% office/40% WFH); Sydney HQ based with limited interstate travel and occasional global time-zone flexibility. Working with Us Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we'll work together so that you're supported from day one. Rewards & Benefits: At Diageo, we offer more than just a role- we offer an environment where you can thrive, grow and be recognised for your impact. Competitive reward - Market-leading salary, performance-driven bonus and industry perks Flexible ways of working - Hybrid working with no set office days, empowering you to balance work and life in a way that works for you Industry-leading family leave - Generous paid parental leave for all parents, along

qualifications for this role are: Proven senior HRBP experience partnering Executive members and senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed environment. Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect people strategy to growth, customer, brand and financial outcomes. Deep generalist capability across talent, OE, culture, leadership, performance and change. Experience leading end-to-end people projects or strategic HR pillars with measurable business impact. Understanding of the Australian employment landscape, people risk and ER matters. Confidence using HR systems and analytics (e.g., Workday, LMS, Power BI) to generate insights and track outcomes. Independent problem solver with strong judgement, pace, resilience and delivery orientation. Credible with Executive stakeholders; able to challenge constructively, coach deeply and build trust quickly. Strong commercial lens; curious about the business, close to the numbers and comfortable with growth and transformation. Thrives in a global matrix and delivers through others, connecting CoEs, People Services and business leaders. Hybrid working under our Flex Philosophy (circa 60% office/40% WFH); Sydney HQ based with limited interstate travel and occasional global time-zone flexibility. Working with Us Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we'll work together so that you're supported from day one. Rewards & Benefits: At Diageo, we offer more than just a role- we offer an environment where you can thrive, grow and be recognised for your impact. Competitive reward - Market-leading salary, performance-driven bonus and industry perks Flexible ways of working - Hybrid working with no set office days, empowering you to balance work and life in a way that works for you Industry-leading family leave - Generous paid parental leave for all parents, along