Senior People and Performance Partner

At Halter, we're building world-class virtual fencing technology that transforms the way farmers and ranchers work. We tackle complex, real-world problems with technical solutions, helping farmers lift productivity, care for their animals, and farm more sustainably.

Being office first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long-lasting relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don't like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.

We're office first, not office only. This means working from the office everyday is our default setting, but we flex when we need to.  We have a high-trust culture, so everyone is trusted to do what's best for Halter. 

Our office vibe is something special, it's hard to describe until you're here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior People and Performance Partner to join our People team. This is a great role for someone who's passionate about partnering with leaders to solve complex people challenges, build high-performing teams, and ensure employees have the environment and support they need to do their best work. This role focuses on high-leverage and relationship-driven work: enabling leaders to be effective, supporting team dynamics, and helping employees perform at their best through coaching, guidance, and partnership. This role will be based in our Auckland office and responsible for leading people initiatives across New Zealand and Australia.

Reporting into the COO, this role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, enjoys partnering closely with teams across the business, and wants to have a direct impact on Halters success.

• This role will look after our go to market and customer teams across New Zealand and Australia.
• Strategic Partnering: Partner with leaders to align people strategies with business goals. Provide coaching to managers on leadership, performance, and team development. Advise on organisational design, team structure, and workforce planning.
• Performance & Development: Support the execution of performance management, feedback, and calibration processes. Coach managers on developing talent, addressing underperformance. Partner with the broader People & Performance team to embed development frameworks, training and processes into teams.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Drive initiatives that build engagement, inclusion, and high performance within teams. Be a visible, trusted presence for employees, helping to resolve concerns and conflicts. Champion company values and help leaders role model behaviours.
• Change & Growth: Support leaders through organisational change, scaling challenges, and team transitions. Provide data-driven insights to influence decisions on team health and effectiveness. Partner with the broader People & Performance team to ensure smooth execution of people processes in teams.
• Trusted Partner: Act as a trusted partner to leaders, helping them solve their most complex people challenges.
• People Initiatives: Ensure people processes run smoothly and seamlessly, working closely with People Operations, Talent, and Programmes.
• We're a fast-moving growth company, so from time to time, other responsibilities will pop up and you'll be part of making it all happen

• 5+ years as a strategic HR Business Partner, People and Performance Partner (or equivalent) in a high-growth or complex global organisation.
• You'll have experience working across Australia and New Zealand. Ideally, you will have partnered closely with Sales, Marketing, or Customer Success teams.
• Proven track record of partnering with senior leaders to shape people strategies, organisation design, and workforce planning.
• Hands-on experience coaching managers, running performance management processes, and embedding development frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to drive engagement, inclusion, and culture-building initiatives with measurable results.
• Strong experience navigating organisational change, scaling teams, and providing data-driven insights to influence decisions.
• A background of working cross-functionally with People Ops, Talent, and Programmes to deliver smooth people processes.
• Confident communicator, trusted advisor, and problem-solver who builds credibility quickly and thrives in fast-paced environments.

Why our team loves working at Halter:

At Halter, we're committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave, as well as additional wellness days. Each year, every team member receives a $1,000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth. We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers, along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing, we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross. And finally, everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed, you share in that success.

About Halter:

At Halter, we're on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We're committed to delivering real change in the world. We're backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab's Peter Beck and Icehouse Ventures.

Join our team:

If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why you're excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV. If you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to chat to see if you'll be an epic fit Feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.