Manager for Enterprise Portfolio Office

Job Description

Establish Hydro Tasmania's Enterprise Portfolio Office, and own turning strategy into clear priorities to deliver effective outcomes across the organisation.

Leading a cross functional team of project and change managers, you will be responsible for establishing and leading an enterprise portfolio function that connects strategy, capacity and delivery across the organisation. This role provides a whole‑of‑business view of projects and initiatives, enabling clear prioritisation decisions that deliver real benefits. Operating as a trusted adviser to the Executive team and the Board, you will translate complex portfolio insights into clear recommendations that are focused on achieving strategic outcomes.

Base salary starts from $186,964 plus super

Benefits

• A newly created role, you'll design the Enterprise Portfolio Office and bring it to life
• Be a part of a high performing team focused on enterprise leadership, collaboration and strategy execution
• Lead once in a lifetime strategic initiatives that will influence Hydro Tasmania's future
• Competitive salary and benefits, including salary packaging, generous parental leave, sick leave and more
• Flexible hybrid working environment supporting you to thrive

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Key Responsibilities

• Enable prioritisation, sequencing and stop/start decisions aligned to strategy, value and capacity
• Act as a key adviser to the Executive team and senior leaders in setting business priorities and resource allocation to support confident decision‑making to deliver strategic outcomes
• Delivery of project and change management to major cross‑functional strategic projects and initiatives not covered by existing PMO's
• Design and embed portfolio governance, reporting and benefits tracking that provide clear visibility of risk, dependencies and enterprise impact

Skills & Experience

If you're excited by this role and don't have all the skills listed, we'd still love to hear from you, diverse professional backgrounds and perspectives are important to us:

• Experience leading enterprise‑level portfolio, program or strategic delivery functions
• Strong whole of business portfolio management and prioritisation capability
• Influencing at Executive and Board level as a trusted adviser
• Leading stakeholders persuasively across business areas to reduce silos and improve enterprise outcomes
• Experience establishing or transforming governance frameworks, portfolio offices or central delivery functions
• Financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to assess investment value, risk, capacity and delivery feasibility

About your team

The Enterprise Portfolio Office is a newly created team that will integrate strategic prioritisation, portfolio visibility, project delivery standards and change capability into a coherent enterprise portfolio system, that effectively connects with broader business planning. The EPO team will work across the business and with the Executive and CEO delivering effective, value driven outcomes that are focused on strategy execution. You will be working in a cross-functional team that includes enterprise change and portfolio oversight as well as providing project and change management support for critical enterprise programs or projects. The EPO is a key part of a wider Group Strategy and Sustainability team ensuring that enterprise strategy, planning and project execution are underpinned by long term sustainability.

Questions and next steps

Please attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you will bring as soon as possible. We will be running an agile recruitment process and will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.

Hydro Tasmania is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you require adjustments or accommodation during any stage of the process, please let us know. For more information, or to discuss your needs confidentially, reach out to [email protected]

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