About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

ANZ’s 2030 strategy is focused on unlocking our potential to win the preference of customers, shareholders and the community, guided by the strategic pillars of Customer First, Simplicity, Resilience and Delivering Value, and enabled by our culture, people and technology. The Executive Recruitment team has an important role in this ambition by identifying, attracting and selecting senior leaders with the capability, judgement and enterprise mindset required to deliver ANZ’s strategic priorities, strengthen leadership accountability and shape the future of the bank.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Executive Recruitment, you will lead end-to-end search and selection for executive roles across the bank, partnering closely with ANZ Group Executives, senior leaders and Talent & Culture colleagues. Through your expertise in executive talent acquisition, you will help strengthen ANZ's leadership pipeline by connecting the organisation with exceptional talent and enabling well-informed decisions aligned to our strategic priorities and future capability needs.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne preferred. Sydney or Brisbane will also be considered.
Work Hours: Full-time, 40hrs/week OR Part-time (4 days minimum)

What will your day look like?

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading end-to-end executive search and selection for leadership roles across ANZ, partnering with Group Executives, senior leaders and Talent & Culture colleagues to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes.
• An advisor to senior stakeholders, providing counsel on sourcing and selection strategies, candidate fit, market dynamics and executive hiring decisions.
• Developing and executing executive search strategies that balance business priorities, market realities, diversity objectives and future capability requirements.
• Leveraging external market intelligence, competitor insights and talent trends to inform recruitment strategies, succession planning discussions and leadership workforce decisions.
• Building and maintaining proactive relationships with high-calibre executive talent, creating pipelines aligned to current and future enterprise capability needs.
• Influencing and guiding complex decision-making processes, navigating ambiguity and competing stakeholder perspectives to drive timely, balanced and commercially sound hiring outcomes.
• Delivering an exceptional experience for executive candidates, hiring leaders and stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for ANZ's brand, culture and leadership aspirations.
• Championing diverse hiring outcomes through proactive talent mapping, inclusive search practices and advocacy for underrepresented executive talent, including support of ANZ's Women in Leadership and First Nations agenda.
• Managing relationships with executive search partners and external providers to maximise market access, candidate quality and value for ANZ.
• Contributing insights and recommendations to talent reviews, succession planning and strategic workforce discussions to strengthen leadership capability across the organisation.
• Identifying opportunities to simplify processes, enhance governance, improve efficiency and evolve ANZ's executive recruitment proposition in line with business needs and strategic priorities.
• Role modelling ANZ’s values; Put Customers First, Deliver with Excellence, Own the Outcome and Work as One, ensuring these principles underpin decision-making, stakeholder engagement and delivery of executive recruitment outcomes.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Executive recruitment experience leading end-to-end recruitment for senior roles in a large, complex organisation or executive search sector. 
• Demonstrated experience managing executive level candidates and knowledge of executive remuneration structures.

• Highly developed influencing, negotiation and judgement capabilities, with the confidence to operate effectively in ambiguity, navigate complex stakeholder environments and drive decisions at the most senior levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen, with the ability to balance business priorities, market dynamics, risk considerations and stakeholder expectations to deliver purpose aligned recruitment outcomes.

• A high level of detail orientation to identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies.

• A resilient and adaptable work style, with the ability to maintain composure and sound judgement in a fast-paced, high-profile environment, balancing multiple priorities, competing stakeholder demands and evolving business needs.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

Your Career at ANZ

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120279.

Job Posting End Date

07/08/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)