Group Portfolio Delivery Manager

Challenge yourself to lead and manage strategic projects for high-impact outcomes for the Group

Take an opportunity to support business units and functional areas across the Qantas Group to assist with critical program deliverables

Permanent full-time role based at our corporate campus in Sydney

Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an unpredictable industry. We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

As the Group Portfolio Delivery Manager, you will be responsible to influence senior management and work with business leaders and functional teams across the group in delivering this strategy and achieving the ambitious growth targets by leading initiative prioritisation and trade-off discussions amongst senior leaders ensuring outcomes are understood, coordinated and actioned, as well as owning and continuously improving strategically important artefacts (governance tools) and meetings to ensure the Group’s ways-of-working optimise growth and achieve financial targets.

The Group Portfolio Delivery Manager is accountable for the identification of engagement opportunities with key stakeholders across the Qantas Group, develop departmental transformation roadmaps, influence commercial decisions and effectively implementing an executive decision support framework considerate of capital, resource allocation to mobilise and accelerate key initiatives driving towards the Qantas Group strategy as well as designing and facilitating effective ceremonies (meetings) to effectively manage the realisation of benefits.

You will be responsible for the development of solution options, delivery plans and the management of complex systems, people, and process interdependencies for strategic programs of work. The position manages teams in the end-to-end planning, delivery and release of initiatives for multiple cross functional teams. This position will report into the Head of Group Value Optimisation & Transformation Delivery and will be responsible for managing the Strategic Integrated Plan and Roadmap across the Group.

You’ll have –

5+years’ end-to-end delivery experience

5+years’ experience in an agile environment

3+years’ experience as an Agile Delivery Manager or Agile Project Manager leading multiple cross functional teams

Extensive management experience ideally in a growth-focused digital and data-driven environment

Expert stakeholder management skills, assertive communication skills, and strong influencing and problem-solving skills

An organised and process-orientated capability with confidence to quickly identify key issues, structure a project plan and develop strategic options

Industry experience in a strategy or portfolio management type role with a customer focused, member and partner mindset

Strategy or management consulting experience

Involvement in new business development and implementation

Extensive workshop planning and facilitation skills

A structured and lateral thinking style with the capability to quickly understand and apply new concepts

The ability to work in and contribute to a high performing, collaborative and fun team environment

Resourceful and highly organised with proven ability to prioritise conflicting tasks in order to meet strict deadlines

Experience in guiding and coaching multiple teams in the adoption of the Agile mind-sets, behaviours, and best practices to facilitate their transition to high performing teams

Experience in effectively managing and communicating complex risks, issues and dependencies

Ability to create effective team environments for people to innovate and learn

Excellent stakeholder management skills across both business and technical functions up to and including C-level executives

Proficient in multiple agile frameworks at scale (SAFE,LESSetc.)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master(PSM) or other agile certifications

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.

We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.

We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.

We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

If you’re ready for a culture that will challenge and excite you, submit an application today.

Applications close: 4th June 2024

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

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