People & Culture Manager

# People & Culture Manager

> Mons Royale · Wānaka, New Zealand · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-11

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

At Mons Royale, we believe action and adventure sports can be a force for good but most of the gear made for these sports is trashing the planet. That's why we're on a mission to shift riders from synthetics to natural fibres designing high-performance merino apparel that doesn't mess up the places we love to play.

We're looking for a People & Culture Manager to join the mission and our growing team in Wānaka. In this newly created role, you'll lead day-to-day people practices at Mons Royale, partnering with leaders across the business to build a strong team and a strong culture as we continue to grow globally.

The role spans recruitment, people operations, culture, employee relations and compliance across our office and retail teams. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys the full breadth of people work - from finding and welcoming great people, to coaching managers, to building the processes and culture that help a global team perform at their best.

### What you'll do

• Partner with hiring managers to recruit great people, running an effective process and a candidate experience that reflects who we are
• Build our employer brand and talent pipeline in our target geographies, and support the SLT with workforce planning and talent strategy
• Manage global mobility, including immigration, visas and relocation support
• Own and keep elevating our onboarding framework so new starters are set up to succeed
• Lead the annual performance and salary review processes, including salary benchmarking and supporting the SLT with remuneration decisions
• Support managers to have useful performance and development conversations, and foster a culture of continuous growth
• Bring our values to life by embedding them in core people processes and leading culture and engagement activities, regular engagement surveys and response plans
• Continuously simplify and improve people processes and tools so they scale as we grow
• Report on key people metrics - giving leaders visibility and insight
• Support payroll processes across our geographies, working with Finance to make sure everyone is paid accurately and on time
• Provide practical, compliant advice and coaching on day-to-day people matters, and run formal people processes with care and sound judgement
• Keep our people policies up to date, well communicated and compliant across all our geographies

## Requirements
### What you'll bring

• A genuine connection to what we stand for, pushing boundaries to drive change in an industry dominated by plastics.
• Generalist HR/People & Culture experience, with a track record of running people practices end to end in a growing business
• Experience across multiple international markets, or the appetite to learn the employment landscape beyond NZ
• Hands-on recruitment experience and a genuine enjoyment of finding and connecting with great people
• Sound judgement - you give practical, compliant advice and know when to respond and when to escalate
• A process improvement mindset - you build people practices that are impactful, efficient and scale as the business grows
• Highly organised with strong follow through
• A clear communicator, with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable working with people systems and data, using metrics to show what's working and what's not
• Curious about technology and AI tools that make people work smarter

## Benefits

**Opportunity for Growth**

Mons Royale is a fast-growing brand in the action and adventure sports space with lots of opportunities for career development, within and outside NZ.

**Mountain town lifestyle and flexibility**

We are based in mountain towns because we value time spent in the mountains and want to enable and encourage our team to achieve a work/life balance. While we do work hard and put in the hours, we also believe in the value of having a life outside of the workplace. This role will be based in our brand home, Wanaka.

**We value people and our team**

Company culture is important to us. We're often together in the mountains or catching up for a happy-hour bike ride. With offices in Squamish, Innsbruck and our hometown of Wanaka, Mons is comprised of a globally diverse workforce. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and therefore all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment.

**Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit**

Being a part of a fast-growing brand means that there’s never a dull moment and that you’ll likely be involved in a lot of opportunities that may fall outside of your typical job description.

**Competitive Salary and Discounts to fuel your passion**

We offer competitive remuneration, discounted Mons Royale product and access to discounts across the outdoor industry.

## Apply

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