Operating Partner (General Manager)

Carry end‑to‑end responsibility for financial, operational, and cultural outcomes. Lead, challenge, and develop the leadership team beneath you.....

Who We Are

GoodWork Investments acquires established, profitable businesses and partners with high‑calibre operators to run and grow them over the long term. We are looking for operators to step into portfolio businesses.

We are a Christian‑founded and values‑led investment group. We believe faith and work are not separate callings. Business is not morally neutral — it forms people, shapes communities, and allocates power and resources.

For us, work is worship. Leadership is stewardship. Business is a vehicle for redemptive impact when run with integrity, courage, and excellence.

We actively avoid industries that undermine human dignity or rely on exploitation. Instead, we seek to build businesses that are commercially strong, ethically sound, and a genuine force for good in the lives of employees, customers, suppliers, and the broader community.

The Role

This is a full‑time, on‑site General Manager role in one of our acquisition companies. We have availability in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

As an Operating Partner, you are entrusted to run the business as a steward‑owner — with real authority and real accountability.

You will:

• Carry end‑to‑end responsibility for financial, operational, and cultural outcomes
• Lead, challenge, and develop the leadership team beneath you
• Execute a clear strategy that drives sustainable, repeatable growth
• Build systems and leaders so the business performs without reliance on you
• Make difficult commercial and people decisions — and stand behind them

This is not an advisory role. It is not a portfolio role. It is not a role for observers. You run the business. We back you.

How We Define an Exceptional Operating Partner

Ownership & Accountability

You take full responsibility for outcomes within your remit. Problems are fixed at the root. Underperformance leads to visible change.

Integrity

You do not pursue profit at the expense of faith, trust, or long‑term value. You refuse decisions that knowingly create legal, ethical, or reputational risk.

Performance Excellence

You grow the business through disciplined execution and repeatable levers, outperforming industry benchmarks over time — not through short‑term heroics.

Courage & Humility

You act decisively, yet remain teachable. When evidence shows a better path, you change course quickly.

Disciplined Stewardship

You increase enterprise value while reducing reliance on yourself, developing leaders and systems that endure beyond you.

This Role Is Not For You If

• You want authority without clear accountability
• You separate personal faith from professional decisions
• You avoid difficult conversations or decisive action
• You prioritise ego, comfort, or status over service and stewardship
• You want values to be aspirational language rather than operating constraints

Experience We Expect

• Proven experience running a P&L‑accountable business or business unit
• Strong commercial judgement and financial literacy
• Experience building teams, systems, and operating rhythm
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and real consequences
• Genuine alignment with a Christian, faith‑integrated view of work

What You Get

• Industry-related salary and bonus
• Genuine Equity in the business you lead
• The opportunity to lead one business with real responsibility and trust
• Long‑term alignment with owners who share your faith‑shaped worldview
• Clear standards, support, and accountability
• The reward of building something that is both profitable and meaningful

How to Apply

If this role resonates with both your professional capability and your faith convictions, we encourage you to apply. We are deliberate and discerning — because this calling matters.