Help build the future of Australian market operations!

We are partnering with a fast-growing fintech that's entering an exciting phase of growth..

The business is entering an exciting phase of growth in Australia, bringing key market operations in-house and building the foundations to support its continued expansion.

We're looking for an experienced Market Operations Associate who understands the Australian share market and enjoys getting into the detail of settlements, reconciliations and CHESS operations.

This is an opportunity to join a growing team, take ownership of critical day-to-day workflows and help establish the processes and controls that will support the business as it scales.

What you'll be doing

• Play a key role in building out the Australian market operations function as the business achieves critical milestones. 
• Take ownership of ASX settlements, CHESS processing, reconciliations and corporate actions.
• Work across the full settlement lifecycle, resolving exceptions and keeping day-to-day trading operations running smoothly.
• Help establish the processes, controls and workflows that will support the next phase of growth.
• Bring fresh ideas to improve how things are done, from reducing manual processes to introducing smarter automation.
• Work alongside experienced operations professionals, becoming a go-to person for complex operational challenges and sharing your expertise across the team.

What we're looking for

• Experience in Australian market operations, ideally within a stockbroking, investment platform, custody or financial services environment.
• Strong working knowledge of CHESS, including settlements, HIN management, corporate actions and reconciliation processes.
• Experience handling settlement exceptions and understanding how transactions move through the ASX settlement lifecycle.
• Exposure to SecuritEase would be highly regarded.
• Someone who is detail-oriented, enjoys solving operational problems and is comfortable improving processes rather than simply following them.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who enjoys being hands-on, takes ownership of their work and wants to contribute to building a strong Australian operations function.

Why consider it?

• Join a growing fintech at an important stage of its development in the Australian Market!
• Play a key role in establishing and improving Australian market operations.
• Work closely with experienced operations professionals and contribute to how the function evolves.
• Opportunity to influence processes, introduce automation and improve operational efficiency.
• Be part of a mission-led business focused on making investing more accessible.

Interested? Apply below or email Megan at megan@theonset.com.au with any questions.

Head of AI Product

Sydney | Hybrid – three days in the office

• Own the AI product strategy for a leading, private equity-backed Australian SaaS scale-up.
• Launch AI assistants and agents that transform complex workflows and deliver measurable customer value.
• Partner directly with the CPO, influencing five feature teams in a senior, hands-on role.

The role

Backed by a global private equity investor, this established SaaS business is investing in its next phase of growth. Its platform is embedded in customers’ daily operations, connecting complex workflows, communications, data and financial transactions.

Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you will own the AI product direction across the platform. You’ll combine strategic ownership with hands-on discovery and delivery, working with a dedicated AI enablement team and five feature teams to bring reliable, commercially valuable capabilities to customers.

The opportunity

• Set the AI strategy and roadmap: Identify high-value customer problems, prioritise investment and connect delivery to measurable customer and commercial outcomes.
• Build assistants and agents: Shape experiences that interpret information, recommend next steps and execute workflows, with clear decisions about autonomy and human approval.
• Develop shared capabilities: Partner with Engineering on reusable AI tools, grounded experiences and MCP/API capabilities that support multiple product teams and external agents.
• Own product quality standards: Define evaluation approaches, release thresholds and measures of accuracy, reliability and performance.
• Lead through influence: Establish direction, coach experienced Product Managers and help teams build their AI capability through practical delivery.

What you’ll bring

You have already taken customer-facing AI or ML products into production and can explain the decisions you made, the trade-offs involved and the results achieved.

Your experience will include:

• Significant B2B SaaS product experience, with ownership across complex software and multiple teams.
• Delivery of at least one AI assistant or agentic experience used by real customers.
• Technical fluency across LLMs, retrieval, tool use, model selection, context constraints, latency and cost.
• Practical evaluation experience: building test datasets, setting launch criteria, managing edge cases and monitoring performance after release.
• Strong customer discovery and product design judgement, including approvals, failure handling and recovery.
• Commercial judgement and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while staying close to delivery.

Experience with shared AI platforms, MCP, APIs, evaluation tooling or operationally complex vertical SaaS would be valuable.

Why consider it?

This is a senior individual contributor role with direct CPO access and influence across the product portfolio. It offers the backing, established customer base and delivery teams to turn a clear AI vision into products with meaningful reach.

The opportunity will suit an accomplished Principal, Lead or Head of Product who wants broad strategic ownership while remaining hands-on.

Interested?

Apply with a CV highlighting the AI products you’ve shipped, your personal contribution and the outcomes achieved. For a confidential conversation, contact Jacquie Nolan at Onset. 

jacquie@theonset.com.au 

Join a for-purpose Australian media organisation, where you’ll lead the HR function and support the people behind factual journalism.

Reporting directly to the CEO and sitting on the executive team, this is a broad, hands-on role combining operational HR with responsibility for culture, industrial relations, employee wellbeing and the implementation of a new HRIS.

What you'll be doing

• Advise the CEO, editors and department heads across a broad range of people matters
• Manage the employee lifecycle across permanent, part-time, casual and freelance workforces, including contracts, onboarding and offboarding
• Lead employee relations, performance management, disputes and grievances, drawing on external advice where needed
• Manage Enterprise Agreement and award compliance, union relationships and future bargaining processes
• Lead the evaluation, selection and implementation of a new HRIS, improving workflows and workforce reporting
• Develop practical initiatives that strengthen culture, engagement and connection across the workforce
• Build training, mentoring and professional development plans, and coach leaders on performance and feedback
• Lead WHS and wellbeing arrangements, including risk assessments and support for journalists exposed to high-risk environments or traumatic reporting
• Partner with Payroll and Finance on remuneration, workforce budgeting and employment costs
• Strengthen policies, statutory compliance, WGEA reporting and gender pay gap reviews

What we're looking for

We’re looking for an experienced HR leader who can independently run a broad function while improving the systems, processes and support around it.

You’ll be comfortable advising senior leaders, navigating unionised environments and making practical recommendations on complex employee matters.

Just as importantly, you’ll be willing to get involved in the day-to-day work. This is a role suited to someone who takes ownership, follows through and remains calm when priorities change.

You'll bring:

• At least seven years of progressive HR experience, including two to three years leading HR for a workforce of 80 or more
• A degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business or a related discipline
• Experience supporting a mixed workforce of permanent employees, casuals and freelance contractors
• Strong industrial relations experience, including unions, Enterprise Agreements and modern awards
• Sound knowledge of Australian employment legislation and independent contractor requirements
• Experience independently managing complex employee relations and performance matters
• A track record of leading or implementing an HRIS or ATS
• Confidence constructively challenging stakeholders and guiding leaders through change
• Practical experience across WHS, psychosocial safety and employee wellbeing

Experience in media, publishing, technology or another fast-paced operational environment will be highly regarded.

What's on offer?

• Report directly to the CEO and contribute as a member of the executive team
• Shape the HR function, with ownership of systems, culture and key people initiatives
• Access not-for-profit salary-packaging benefits
• Hybrid working, with a minimum of three days per week in the Sydney office

Apply now or contact Geri Condon at The Onset on geri@theonset.com.au

We are working with an Australian AgTech business looking for a key sales hire.

They have built a SaaS platform that helps agricultural businesses manage important operational and risk-based processes across their sites.

The business has early customer traction and is now ready to put more focus around sales.

This person will work closely with the CEO to take ownership of current opportunities, build new pipeline and create a sales process that can grow with the business.

The role will involve:

• Managing deals from first conversation through to close
• Running demos and building relationships with customers
• Developing pipeline through outreach, partnerships and industry events
• Building structure around CRM, forecasting and follow-up
• Helping the team understand which customers and channels to focus on

AgTech experience would be useful, but it isn’t essential. We interested in people who have sold SaaS or technology into industrial, construction, logistics, manufacturing or other traditional industries.

Interested to learn more? Message Megan - megan@theonset.com.au