Head of Queensland
Halter
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Posted on Jul 12, 2024
Are you ready to lead the growth of one of the most disruptive technologies in agriculture - to scale it across Queensland? This is not your usual role. We’re looking for an experienced commercial leader. You’ve successfully scaled a product in Queensland before. However, you have unfinished business. Maybe you have unfulfilled potential and you’ve been waiting for a company that matches your high ambition or a product that’s disrupting an industry. Well, timing is everything - this is the career-defining role you’ve been searching for.
About the role
Halter is one of the world’s fastest-growing agritech companies, and the most transformative technology available in pasture-based grazing. With Halter’s cattle collars and app, graziers can virtually fence and shift their cattle, as well as proactively monitor cattle locations and behaviour. We’re looking for an exceptional leader to establish and scale our Queensland business. This is a rare chance to build on existing demand and unlock expansion.
Queensland, exact role location TBD - with regular travel required to visit customers.
Who are we looking for - these skills are essential for this role and reflect how we operate every day. We expect applicants to demonstrate evidence of these requirements in their resume, cover letter and in interviews.
- Attitude: You’re a go-getter and a hands-on leader, keen to get in the details to deliver solutions. You’ll have experience getting in the field with customers and your team, solving problems and finding opportunities alongside them. You’re tenacious and gritty. Your work stories include times when others would have given up, but you found a way through. Your ambition and hunger for growth is matched by your genuine humility. This is how you drive a team to solve problems in a pragmatic way. You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a high degree of freedom and ambitious objectives.
- Growth: You have experience taking a product or service to market and scaling it to achieve quantifiable commercial value. You’re naturally curious - you have evidence of learning a complex domain quickly and adding value - you just love learning. You are creative and resourceful at chasing and realizing new growth opportunities. You can give examples of how you use data to identify and develop solutions to commercial problems.
- Leadership: The hardest times reveal your greatest leadership qualities. Because of your leadership, your team is focused, motivated and successful. Your colleagues will tell us about how you were one of the most effective leaders they’ve worked with. Your composure inspires your team to feel capable and safe, regardless of the challenges being faced. Your empathetic, dependable and inclusive approach builds psychological safety and unlocks innovation.
Bonus things you could bring along to the role (these are not essential for you to apply)
- Evidence of delivering value to pasture grazing systems in the beef market in Queensland. You have empathy for farmers/graziers, and evidence of helping them succeed.
- Experience working in a high growth tech company or similar field e.g. venture capital, management consulting, investment banking, law firm etc.
- Experience working with international companies and different cultures.
What your day could look like
- You’ll lead your team to achieve the growth objectives for your market by delivering customer value, growing our customer base, building out the team, embedding a high performance culture, and collaborating with teams in New Zealand and Australia.
- You’ll champion the needs of our Queensland customers across Halter, ensuring they are prioritized in our product roadmaps and accounted for in company priorities.
- You’ll develop and execute the growth strategy for Halter to scale across Queensland, establishing Halter as the category leader for virtual fencing. You’ll build the strategy to grow Halter’s brand and presence across Queensland, including our sales and marketing strategy. You’ll be an ambassador for Halter in Queensland with key industry stakeholders and at events.
- You’ll foster a high performance culture. You’ll shape an inclusive and supportive culture that’s a strong blend of Halter’s high performing DNA with the local strengths of Queenslanders. You’ll be a great role model, maintaining high performance standards throughout your team.
- Reporting to the VP Growth, you’ll work with leaders and other teams at Halter on scaling Halter throughout Queensland. You’ll provide input into key company strategic priorities when required.
Why our team loves working at Halter
- Every now and again a company comes along that disrupts and transforms an entire industry, leaving society in a better place. Few people get the opportunity to work at companies like these. Halter is an incredible technology transforming an essential industry. We have a genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- Our product changes the lives of our customers, directly improving their livelihoods and their lifestyle. Your work matters.
- Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a high growth culture. The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage.
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Medibank Health Insurance to support your well-being.
- We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
Halter in Australia
Halter started in New Zealand and is one of the fastest-growing companies in New Zealand. Halter’s customer base expands across New Zealand, Australia and the US.
In Australia, Halter entered Tasmania 20 months ago and has rapidly expanded to now have 20% of the state’s dairy herd with Halter - a thriving customer base, managed by a talented local team.
Queensland is an incredible growth opportunity for Halter; it’s a world-leading beef market with over 10 million cattle and some of the largest stations in the world. The market opportunity for Halter is vast and the need for a high-quality product is clear. Farmers, graziers, environmental and industry groups are looking to virtual fencing to improve productivity and sustainability. Halter’s product brings a world-leading solution to this market. In July we launched our first Queensland customer and over the coming months we are launching many more. We are recruiting the core team to lead this expansion.
In Victoria, NSW and South Australia, Halter does not yet have customers but there is a groundswell of demand for Halter across thousands of farmers. In Australia, virtual fencing is regulated by individual states’ animal welfare legislation. Currently, Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia have legislation that does not permit farmers to use high-quality virtual fencing technology. This legislation was set years before Halter existed, and virtual fencing technology has advanced considerably in recent years. These states are now reviewing their legislation and we are actively engaging with governments around modernizing this legislation.
About Halter
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
Join our team
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
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