Director Strategic Programs (Remote)

Director Strategic Programs | Ausnet | Australia

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together, making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.
 

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

Make a real difference and join a team that are responsible for defining and reinforcing enterprise standards, methodologies and best practices for project and portfolio management, delivery of organisational strategic programs, capital investment governance and investment prioritisation across the Lines of Business.

In this role you will be accountable for the management and delivery of select Ausnet wide initiatives and have the structured capability to work in complex programme environments. You will model and reinforce strong delivery standards, methodologies and best practices to support investment ROI’s.

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in Southbank, Melbourne and is part of the Group Operations department, reporting into the GM Group PMO.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Lead ideation, development and delivery of select strategic initiatives in partnership with LoBs
• Responsible for the successful delivery of the Strategic deliverability initiative
• Oversees and reports on progress to plan, deviations, risks and opportunities
• Collaborate with Portfolio Planning & Prioritisation teams to ensure alignment to plans/priorities, frameworks and processes
• Comply with Group PMO frameworks, standards and requirements.
• Support the establishment and embedding of best practice program management frameworks that are fit for purpose.
• Establish and lead the Delivery community of practice to foster a culture of best practice standards and continuous learning.
• Align to the consistent value framework for investment prioritisation.
• Drive engagement and compliance of systems and processes to manage investment prioritisation across the portfolio.
• Support the delivery and maintenance of ISO 21500 certification and ongoing compliance.
• Inspire and coach a skilled, high performing team of that will foster a culture of best practice and continuous improvement across the organization, aligned to Ausnet’s leadership behaviours and values.

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Technology, Program Management or another related field
• Extensive experience in a Program Management role and a leadership position.
• Relevant training or qualification in project & program management (EG PRINCE 2 or PMP) 
• Proven track record of successful delivery outcomes of business wide, complex initiatives with budgets greater than $20M.
• Established success in leading program management frameworks across an enterprise. 
• Proven experience managing senior stakeholders up to and EGM level. 
• Exceptional experience with vendor & commercial management in a delivery environment. 
• Demonstrated operational project management experience such as budgeting, resourcing, planning, risk-management, group facilitation and reporting. 
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and with demonstrated experience in engaging and influencing senior stakeholder groups (including external industries – energy retailers, electrical trade, developers). 
• Skilled in building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders to influence drive alignment of program management requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate financial and PMO concepts to all audiences.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.

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