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Help us deliver like never before  

We are hiring a Senior Manager, Portfolio & Planning to lead the coordination and optimisation of our Enterprise Services portfolio. This is a pivotal leadership role focused on aligning business priorities, product roadmaps and technology investments to enable the delivery of value at scale.  In this role, you will drive enterprise‑wide portfolio planning, ensuring clarity, coherence and confidence in how we invest, prioritise and execute across our technology landscape. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders to strengthen decision making, transparency and outcomes as Australia Post continues its ambitious business modernisation journey.

This is a great opportunity to bring a measured, structured approach to resource planning and partner closely with internal teams, as a trusted leader who drives clarity, rhythm and alignment.

What you’ll deliver with us  

Portfolio Planning & Prioritisation

• Drive and coordinate the Enterprise Services Portfolio Planning and Prioritisation processes to support strategic decision making. 
• Manage the business-technology portfolio by aligning initiatives and objectives with organisation strategy by maintaining the flow of new demand, including developing and evaluating investment cases.
• Maintain the evolving portfolio roadmap integrating inflight and prioritised future delivery.
• Plan and lead quarterly and annual planning cycles including design, implement and operate “Big Room” sessions

Knowledge Management

• Support the development of the Enterprise Services Knowledge Management Strategy.
• Manage the capture, maintenance, accessibility and relevance of technical documentation, service delivery knowledge, processes and policies within systems or organisational knowledge stores. 

Communication & Executive Reporting

• Deliver executive level reports on technology performance to meet organisational requirements and enable effective executive engagement.
  
  

Leadership

• Support the Head of Portfolio and Planning in driving Enterprise Services wide initiatives and act as the second in charge to provide day to day leadership support to other team members within the portfolio and planning team.
  
  

About You  

You are highly skilled in leading structured quarterly alignment and planning forums bringing together demand drivers, suppliers and delivery teams into a single, outcome focused conversation. You excel at orchestrating Cadence based planning, setting agendas, aligning stakeholders, ensuring assessments are completed upfront, and enabling detailed discussions grounded in a single source of truth. You are an exceptional communicator, confident in setting context, articulating priorities, and facilitating clear, disciplined discussions with senior stakeholders. Measured, well organised and highly structured, you provide clarity and create confidence in what the organisation is genuinely committed to delivering each quarter, in alignment with enterprise priorities.

You’ll also bring 

• Proven experience in senior role in a Portfolio and Planning function covering multiple domains.
• Proven capability working in a product and platform-aligned technology organisation.
• Ability to work and influence senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and drive enterprise-wide change.

How we’ll deliver for you  

At Australia Post, we believe in investing in our people and fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment. Here’s how we’ll deliver for you: 

• Career Development: We offer opportunities for professional growth and development, helping you to build a rewarding career. 
• Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements to support your personal and professional needs. 
• Employee Wellbeing: We prioritize the wellbeing of our employees, providing resources and support to ensure a healthy and safe work environment. 

We’re delivering together 

At Australia Post, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees. 

We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees. 

We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace.  If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on inclusivecareers@auspost.com.au.

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