People Partner

About Lyka:

Lyka was founded in 2018 by Anna Podolsky, inspired by her dog, Lyka, who was suffering from chronic health issues despite being on “premium” kibble. Together with Gabriel Guedes (COO) and Dr. Matthew Muir (Integrative Veterinarian), they built Lyka from the ground up with one core belief: better food can radically improve a pet’s healthspan and quality of life.

Lyka’s meals are vet-formulated and gently cooked from real food ingredients. Delivered via a flexible subscription model, Lyka meals have driven remarkable improvements for tens of thousands of customers, supporting gut health, reducing intolerances, improving energy and mobility, and even promoting hair growth.

What began as home-cooked meals has since scaled into one of Australia’s fastest-growing consumer companies, a vertically integrated, tech-enabled brand that is transforming pet health nationwide.

Lyka now operates from two offices, Sydney (HQ) and Melbourne, with three state-of-the-art food production facilities (two in Sydney, one in Melbourne) and a growing national footprint.

At Lyka, we’re not just selling pet food—we’re pioneering a new standard of wellness for pets. With strong product-market fit, deep customer love, and a track record of rapid growth, we’re now entering our most ambitious chapter yet: building a generational brand and category-defining business with global impact.

About the role:

We're hiring a People Partner to embed with our Operations (Manufacturing & Supply Chain) team. This role will be the trusted People person on site, close to the detail and the bridge between Ops and the wider People team. Expect a mix of People work that keeps a manufacturing & Supply Chain team running and the partnering work that builds a team people genuinely want to be part of. It's a role where scale-up pace meets manufacturing & Supply Chain rigour, and we're looking for someone energised by both.

What you'll do:

• Be the People Partner on the ground for our Operations (Manufacturing & Supply Chain) team. You will be the trusted go-to for Site Leaders and Pack Members, and the bridge between Ops and the wider People team
• Partner with Team Leads to keep time and attendance (clock in/out, leave, rostering) on track and make sure everything lands cleanly in our systems
• Be in the detail on performance, including levels, rates and and coaching leaders to have great conversations with their teams
• Drive the full people lifecycle for Operations with the support of the People Associate
• Partner with our SHEQ team to keep raising the bar on workplace health, safety and wellbeing
• Proactively build the relationship with our third-party labour hire partners
• Move through award-heavy industrial settings with confidence and a steady hand
• Roll up your sleeves on ER, with the wider People team there for support
• Partner with BizOps to automate processes
• Lead learning and development on site, in partnership with one of our People Partners who looks after L&D across the pack
• Build and roll out engagement initiatives across the sites

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years as a People Partner / HRBP (or similar), with a real People Ops streak.
• You genuinely enjoy building and continually improving processes
• Manufacturing & Supply Chain experience, or another award-heavy industry with similar safety and quality demands
• Clear, structured communicator, written and verbal. You know how to tailor a message for a team lead versus a leadership team
• Naturally collaborative, you’ll build relationships quickly, strong stakeholder management
• Strong on Excel. Reports, frameworks and clean data come naturally to you
• A current driver's licence. You'll move between sites and HQ

• Work in a fast-growing start-up, experiencing what goes on behind the scenes to sustain hyper-growth for a start-up with a physical product!
• Growth and Development – Lyka is growing extremely quickly, which means you will have the opportunity to experience different challenges every day and progressively acquire more responsibilities as our facility and team expand. We provide an annual L&D budget for you to continue your personal development.
• Work for a sustainability-focused company – we care about the health of our dogs and our planet. We’re proud to be Australia’s only carbon-negative and plastic-negative pet wellness company and we’re always looking at ways for us to improve sustainability practices.
• Be part of a diverse top-talent team, coming from widely different backgrounds and geographies.
• Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave top-up
• Wellbeing assistance and tools to take care of your mental and physical wellbeing so you can do your best work
• Pupper parent support to care for your furry friends – flexible arrangements for new pets, pet-friendly offices, discounts, and financial allowance for dog training and care to help them live their best life!

We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams

Lyka is an equal-opportunity employer devoted to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate diversity, are devoted to creating an inclusive environment for all staff and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.