PVH Senior Human Resources Manager

Sydney New South Wales Australia

Employment
Contract
Seniority
Senior
Posted
Nov 6, 2026

About PVH

PVH is a global fashion group with a distinguished heritage, best known for shaping iconic brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. As an employer, PVH offers a dynamic, international environment where creativity, commercial excellence, and responsible growth converge. The company values collaboration, inclusion, and forward-thinking talent, encouraging teams to challenge convention while honoring the cultural relevance of its brands. With opportunities spanning design, merchandising, retail, digital, supply chain, and corporate functions, PVH provides employees with the scale of a global enterprise and the energy of a brand-led organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and enduring consumer connection.

PVH is seeking a Senior Human Resources Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract commencing 1 February 2027, covering parental leave. Reporting to the Vice President, Human Resources, the role leads a six-person team and provides senior operational HR leadership across Australia and New Zealand, partnering with executive, business and regional and global HR teams through a period of transformation.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Lead HR business partnering, employee relations, talent acquisition and generalist HR services across the ANZ business.
  • Lead, coach and develop a team of six HR professionals, including four direct reports, setting clear priorities and accountability and ensuring effective HR service delivery.
  • Partner with senior leaders on workforce priorities, people risks and business decisions, providing pragmatic, commercially focused HR advice.
  • Serve as a senior HR Business Partner across corporate, retail and logistics functions, translating business priorities into practical people solutions.
  • Lead complex employee and workplace relations matters, including performance, conduct, grievances, workplace investigations, conflict resolution and other sensitive people matters.
  • Support the ANZ transformation agenda, including organisation design, job design, operating model and ways-of-working changes.
  • Lead and support restructuring and workforce change, if required, including planning, impact assessment, consultation, redeployment, communications and implementation.
  • Partner with leaders on workforce and succession planning, talent, performance, engagement and leadership capability.
  • Collaborate with regional and global HR teams and Centres of Excellence to adapt and implement programmes and initiatives for the ANZ market.
  • Maintain HR governance and compliance, using Workday, workforce data and people insights to inform decisions and identify emerging workforce risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

  • At least 8 years of progressive generalist HR experience, including substantial HR business partnering and people leadership experience in the Australian market; ANZ experience strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing an HR team.
  • Strong expertise in employee and workplace relations, including complex and sensitive performance, conduct, grievance, investigation and dispute matters.
  • Hands-on experience delivering organisational change and restructuring, including organisation and job design, workforce impact assessment, consultation and implementation.
  • Experience supporting business transformation, operating model or ways-of-working changes, translating future-state thinking into practical people plans.
  • Strong working knowledge of Australian employment law, the Fair Work framework, modern awards, WHS and HR compliance requirements; GRIA preferred, and New Zealand experience advantageous.
  • Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and advise senior leaders through ambiguity and change.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, consultation and facilitation skills, including preparing high-quality change, ER and executive documentation.
  • A proactive, resilient and pragmatic leadership style, with strong judgement, discretion and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, global or matrixed organisation; retail, consumer or multi-site experience highly regarded.
  • Experience using HR systems and workforce analytics; Workday experience strongly preferred.
  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Employment Relations or a related discipline.

Skills

Workday HR systems Workforce analytics Commercial judgement Stakeholder management Written and verbal communication Consultation Facilitation Leadership Coaching Employee and workplace relations Organisational change and restructuring

Experience

At least 8 years of progressive generalist HR experience, with substantial HR business partnering and people leadership experience in the Australian market; ANZ experience strongly preferred.

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Employment Relations or a related discipline.

Workplace

This position is based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Benefits

Bonus and clothing allowance; up to 50% in-store and online discount across PVH brands; complimentary office breakfast and snacks; corporate Medibank discount for private health insurance; access to the Employee Assistance Program; annual flu vaccination programme; flexible hybrid working, with Monday to Thursday in the office and Friday as a flexible work-from-home day.

Culture

PVH fosters a dynamic, inclusive workplace where associates are encouraged to bring their authentic selves while shaping some of the world’s most recognized fashion brands. The company emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and accountability, offering a global environment that supports career growth and responsible business practices.

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PVH Senior Human Resources Manager

Sydney, Australia

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