What Tandem Partners does

Tandem Partners is an Australian specialist HR recruitment firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Melbourne, with a second office in Sydney. It serves enterprise and mid-market organisations across Australia through four service lines: HR Executive Search (retained and contingency placement of CPO-level and HR Director talent), HR Recruitment (permanent placement across all HR domains from early career to leadership), HR Interim & Contracting (flexible HR capacity for parental leave cover, skills gap solutions, and HR project work), and Tandem Momentum (executive career management and outplacement). The firm operates with a team of 22 professionals several of whom have 20+ years of HR recruitment experience and is led by Founding Director Michael Murrie. The Pricing Index framework is offered through a Predictive Index certification partnership that adds psychometric and behavioural assessment to client engagements, supporting data-driven hiring and organisational effectiveness work.

The firm's go-to-market is consultative and relationship-led, relying on deep networks within the Australian HR community, thought leadership content (Tandem Talks events, HR Landscape Research Report, National HR Salary & Market Insights Survey), and a 14,218-follower LinkedIn presence to generate inbound demand. Reciprocal partnerships with Elliott Scott HR, Six Degrees Executive, TwoScots Recruitment, and The Predictive Index provide global referral corridors and assessment tooling. The named customer base spans banking (NAB, Judo Bank), retail (Coles, Kmart Group), healthcare (Bupa, Medibank), energy (Origin Energy), infrastructure (Transurban), automotive (BMW), pharmaceuticals (Moderna), government (Tourism Australia), and data/analytics (Quantium), among others, reflecting deliberate industry diversification rather than vertical concentration.

Tandem Partners operates as a privately held Australian company (Tandem Partners Pty Ltd) under founder-led ownership, with no external investment, parent company, or public listing disclosed. Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services fees structured as retained executive search commissions, contingency recruitment fees, and contract/interim staffing margins, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The firm is small (11-50 employees, 22 stated professionals), privately funded, and operates only within Australia, positioning it as a premium specialist boutique rather than a scaled platform.

Name

Tandem Partners

Legal name

Tandem Partners Pty Ltd

Website

https://tandempartners.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tandem Partners is an Australian specialist HR recruitment firm providing executive search, permanent recruitment, interim contracting, and outplacement services to enterprise clients across multiple industries from offices in Melbourne and Sydney, operating with a team of 22 professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. HR Executive Search: Retained and contingency search fees for placing senior and executive HR talent including CPO-level and HR Director appointments.
2. HR Recruitment: Contingency recruitment fees for placing HR professionals across all levels from early career through to HR leadership.
3. HR Interim & Contracting: Contract/interim staffing fees for providing flexible HR talent including parental leave cover, skills gap solutions, and HR project support.
4. Tandem Momentum (Executive Career Management): Outplacement and career management services for departing executives and senior HR professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tandem Partners is a specialist Human Resources services firm that provides HR Executive Search, HR Recruitment, and HR Interim & Contracting services to Australian organisations. The firm places HR professionals across all levels from early career through to CPO and HR Director appointments, and also operates the Tandem Momentum sub-brand for executive career management and outplacement. Its recruitment and consulting engagements are supported by The Predictive Index Talent Optimisation Framework for psychometric and behavioural assessment.

Product overview

Tandem Partners operates as a specialist Human Resources Services firm offering a portfolio of interconnected talent solutions. The core offerings consist of three main service lines: HR Executive Search (for senior and CPO-level appointments), HR Recruitment (covering permanent placements across all HR domains), and HR Interim & Contracting (providing flexible workforce solutions). These are complemented by Tandem Momentum, an executive career management and outplacement sub-brand, and a Predictive Index assessment module that adds psychometric data-driven decision-making to their recruitment and consulting engagements. All services operate across Australia with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, leveraging a team of 22 professionals and a network of over 4,000 HR roles recruited since inception.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tandem Momentum: Executive career management and outplacement services focused on creating great workplaces and driving high performance for people leaders and C-Suite executives.

Products and services

• HR Executive Search Specialist executive search service for appointing proven and emerging HR Executive talent at CPO level and above, including market mapping, competitor activity analysis, and HR structure reviews, supported by psychometric data. Targeted at enterprise organisations and boards seeking to elevate their people strategy through senior HR leadership appointments.
• HR Recruitment Full-service permanent HR recruitment covering all HR domains from early career through to leadership level, including HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, People & Culture Manager, and specialist roles such as Learning & Development, Remuneration & Benefits, and Diversity & Inclusion. Targeted at organisations seeking permanent HR talent across the Australian market.
• HR Interim & Contracting Flexible HR interim and contracting solutions providing skilled HR professionals for contract roles including parental leave cover, HR interim management, change projects, organisational design, HR governance, and systems implementation. Targeted at organisations needing to address skills gaps, manage fluctuating HR workload, or access project-based HR expertise.
• Tandem Momentum (Executive Career Management & Outplacement) Executive career management and outplacement service focused on creating great workplaces and driving high performance, offering strategic people advisory, leadership & team effectiveness, performance & culture diagnostics, and workplace transformation support. Targeted at departing executives, senior HR professionals, and organisations sponsoring leadership transitions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 4,000 HR roles recruited since inception
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Elliott Scott HRcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Elliott Scott HR, an award-winning specialist in HR recruitment with offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, San Paulo, Frankfurt, Singapore, and Tokyo. Their business ethos, culture and values align with Tandem Partners. The partnership benefits both clients and candidates and enhances knowledge and expertise of HR across global markets.
• Six Degrees ExecutivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with Six Degrees Executive, experts in recruiting Mid Level to Senior Executive roles across Sales, Marketing, Digital, Engineering and Supply Chain. Both firms share business philosophy of finding best talent and matching right person to job.
• TwoScots RecruitmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with TwoScots Recruitment who specialise in recruiting Payroll and Accounting professionals in the Accounting and Finance sector throughout Melbourne, Sydney and the UK. Shared professional and committed approach to matching best people to jobs.
• The Predictive IndexcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with The Predictive Index providing cutting-edge tools to assess cognitive and behavioral aspects of new hires, and to understand team and leadership dynamics for optimizing organisational effectiveness. Integration into services empowers organisations to make informed HR decisions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frazer Jones: Specialist HR recruitment and executive search firm operating globally across permanent, interim and consulting mandates. Closest pure functional peer to Tandem Partners outside Australia.
• Elliott Scott HR: Global specialist HR recruitment and executive search firm with offices across APAC, EMEA and the Americas. Directly comparable to Tandem Partners by exclusive HR focus; the two firms are also formal mutual partners.
• Six Degrees Executive: Australian executive search firm covering Sales, Marketing, Digital, Engineering and Supply Chain leadership. Formal Tandem Partners alliance partner; comparable in being a relationship-led mid-market Australian search firm.
• Ccentric Group: Australian-based executive search firm specialising in healthcare, life sciences and government leadership appointments. Comparable as a specialist, sector-focused Australian search firm of similar scale.

Regional players

• People2people: Australian-owned recruitment firm with dedicated HR support and corporate services practices. Overlaps with Tandem's mid-market HR recruitment and contracting offering in Australia.

Others

• Talent International: Australian-headquartered recruitment and workforce solutions provider. Adjacent ecosystem player serving enterprise hiring needs across Australia; partial overlap on contracting/interim staffing models.

Broad incumbents

• Hays (Australia): Global publicly listed recruitment firm with a dedicated HR practice across Australia. Competes with Tandem on HR search and interim mandates but operates across many functional specialisms.
• Robert Half (Australia): Global publicly listed staffing and consulting firm with a substantial HR and finance recruiting practice in Australia. Competes with Tandem for HR mandates but as one of many practice areas.
• Michael Page (Australia): Global recruitment group with an established HR division in Australia covering permanent and interim placements. Competes for the same mid-to-senior HR candidate pool as Tandem Partners.
• Hudson (Australia): Asia-Pacific focused recruitment and talent solutions provider with HR search and contracting capability. Larger and broader than Tandem but directly competes for mid-to-senior HR roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tandem-partners-pty-ltd-

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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