ELMO celebrates Australian AI Awards win
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The HR, payroll and workforce management platform has taken out one of the top prizes at Momentum Media’s third annual iteration of the Australian AI Awards.
ELMO was awarded AI Innovator – Human Resources at the 2026 Australian AI Awards, held on Friday, 30 October, at the Hyatt Regency Sydney.
The award recognised ELMO’s AI-powered Career Development solution, which assists HR teams in identifying workforce capability gaps and helps accelerate employee development.
According to software chief technology officer Josh McKenzie, the award reflects ELMO’s commitment to developing practical AI solutions for the HR industry.
“Much of the work our technology teams do happens behind the scenes, so it’s fantastic to see this innovation recognised on a national stage,” McKenzie said.
“This recognition belongs to the many talented people across ELMO who bring our products to life. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved with Career Development, and even more excited about what’s ahead as we continue building ELMO’s Complete AI Workforce Platform.”
The platform explained that the solution uses AI to generate role-specific structures from an organisation’s own data, reducing the development of organisational framework from up to six months to days.
Further, the capability enables the management of employee capability against a consistent framework and harnesses AI in the identification of priority development gaps and recommending learning pathways.
The solution achieved a 70 per cent reduction in creation time during product pilots, with participant trust rating at 8.6 out of 10.
McKenzie said: “AI is enabling us to build solutions that simply weren’t possible a few years ago. Career Development is a great example of that.”
“We’re taking what has traditionally been a complex, time-consuming process and making it faster, more accessible and more useful for HR teams, using AI to do the heavy lifting while keeping human judgment firmly in control.
“What’s particularly exciting is that we’re connecting workforce insights directly to action. Rather than simply identifying capability gaps, organisations can use those insights to support targeted employee development and prepare their workforce for what’s next.”
The Career Development capability is one of four now-aligned processes within ELMO’s Complete AI Workforce Platform, the other three being manager-led assessments, automated gap analysis and individual learning plans for employees.
ELMO’s Career Development solution launched in February 2026.
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An employee is a person who has signed a contract with a company to provide services in exchange for pay or benefits. Employees vary from other employees like contractors in that their employer has the legal authority to set their working conditions, hours, and working practises.
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