Manager - Portfolio Management

At Qantas Loyalty, we're not just about points; we're about creating exceptional customer experiences and driving significant value for the Qantas Group. As we embark on an ambitious journey to achieve our 2030 vision, smart, strategic investments are paramount. Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping our future.

Manager – Portfolio Management, you will be instrumental in ensuring Qantas Loyalty makes informed, high-value decisions that align with our overarching strategic objectives. You will provide critical oversight and guidance on where we invest our time, capital, and resources to achieve maximum commercial and strategic impact.

• Reporting to the Senior Portfolio Manager, maintain a comprehensive view of strategic initiatives across various business units within Qantas Loyalty, contributing to a consolidated Group portfolio perspective.
• Strategic Portfolio Oversight: Lead the development, evaluation, and ongoing review of business cases and initiative estimates, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and robust commercial rationale.
• Value Realisation: Establish frameworks and processes to track and assess the actual versus expected benefits of portfolio investments, driving a focus on tangible outcomes.
• Annual Planning Leadership: Contribute to the development and refinement of annual planning processes, ensuring strategic alignment and effective resource allocation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and manage strong relationships with senior stakeholders across business units, acting as a trusted advisor on portfolio management best practices.
• Decision Support: Drive proactive decision-making through ownership of regular, high-quality portfolio reporting, providing clear insights and early escalation of risks and delivery concerns.
• Commercial Acumen: Apply strong commercial understanding to evaluate investment opportunities and ensure optimal capital allocation.
• Portfolio Maturity Uplift: Collaborate with business units to enhance portfolio and execution maturity across the organisation.

• Bachelor's degree in a Business-related field or relevant tertiary qualification.
• 7+ years of demonstrable experience in strategic portfolio management, corporate strategy development, commercial finance, or an enterprise PMO function with a strong strategic focus.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to manage and interpret complex financial and strategic information.
• Strong commercial acumen and a deep understanding of value-based decision-making and capital allocation principles.
• Significant experience supporting and influencing annual planning cycles and delivering portfolio-level reporting to executive audiences in large, complex organisations.
• A proven track record of collaborating effectively across diverse functions and building strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Comfort navigating ambiguous and evolving environments, with the ability to contribute to the development of emerging practices.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly and concisely to executive audiences.
• Experience leading the commercial evaluation and justification of large-scale, complex initiatives across multiple business units is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to drive results and maintain momentum in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

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.

• 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: 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 partnerships we can offer discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also participate in our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We'll support your wellbeing: Access to mental health resources, wellbeing app, and tailored nutrition plan.

Applications Close: 19th September 2025