Chief Commercial Strategist

Leadership Opportunity

Drive meaningful results and lead a high-performing team in a hybrid role that offers the perfect blend of challenge, growth, and work-life balance.

As a strategic leader with a strong commercial mindset, you will be responsible for delivering a refreshed commercial framework that supports future agreements and drives strategic reform across V/Line's Corporate Services Group. This role is central to shaping commercial priorities, aligning contract management across workstreams, and influencing long-term planning.

You will provide expert advice to the Executive Leadership Team and lead a high-performing team to foster a culture of excellence. Key accountabilities include:

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• Leading negotiations for strategic infrastructure and telecommunications agreements.">
• Driving revenue growth across supplier management and operator engagement, including marketing and advertising streams.">
• Finalising inter-operator transport agreements and deliver high-impact outcomes for Victorian communities.">
• Building strong partnerships across government, industry, and community stakeholders.">
• Ensuring governance, budget compliance, and workforce planning are aligned with strategic goals.">
• Leading V/Line's new commercially focused ways of working.">

About You

With a proven track record in negotiating and delivering complex projects, you possess high-level stakeholder engagement skills, strong negotiation skills, and exceptional interpersonal and leadership capability. Your strengths include:

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• High-level stakeholder engagement and the ability to build trusted relationships across government, industry, and community.">
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen to drive value and strategic outcomes.">
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership capability, with a focus on mobilising and delivering with the broader team.">
• Commitment to compliance and integrity, ensuring governance and risk are effectively managed.">
• Clear and persuasive communication, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at executive levels.">
• Resilience and adaptive thinking, thriving in complex environments and championing innovation.">
• Collaborative working style, fostering alignment across teams and stakeholders.">
• A relevant degree qualification in commerce, finance, economics, business management or related commercial discipline is highly regarded.">
• Demonstrated alignment with V/Line's values of responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect, leadership and human rights.">

If your skills or experience don't exactly match our listed requirements, we still encourage you to apply. We value diverse perspectives and believe in the potential for growth and development.

Why Choose Us

We offer a dynamic environment, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth and development. Our inclusive workplace culture promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strive to create an accessible recruitment process. Join us in shaping the future of V/Line

• Flexible working arrangements to support your work-life balance

• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• Inclusive workplace culture promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Accessible recruitment process

At V/Line, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and network that reflects the communities we serve. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners' lands, waters, and skies on which we live and pay respects to their Elders past and present. We proudly endorse equal opportunity employment practices and promote a culture of safety, transparency, and open communication.

Successful applicants will undergo relevant pre-employment and medical checks to meet our safeworking standards. Applications close on 9th September 2025.