Integrations Specialist

As a Program Manager for Distributed Energy Resources Integration, you will be responsible for leading the implementation of significant initiatives that drive strategic growth in Western Australia. Your key objective is to ensure effective governance, milestone achievement, and stakeholder alignment.

Reporting directly to the Head of Distribution Energy Transition, this role oversees program planning, execution, and delivery. You will manage budgets, risks, and organizational change while providing technical thought leadership and collaborating with key partners.

The position requires you to lead a small team to achieve program objectives, driving cross-functional alignment and managing interdependencies to ensure timely delivery of high-impact outcomes. You will be accountable for financial performance, regulatory compliance, and realizing long-term business benefits.

As a trusted advisor, you will resolve complex challenges and influence senior leadership to drive transformation. This role demands strong negotiation and relationship skills, enabling effective communication at all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.

Key Responsibilities:

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• Provide program thought leadership in driving successful planning, organizing, and delivery of assigned programs and interdependent projects.">
• Manage assigned programs and associated projects to ensure timely outcomes, identifying and actively managing cross-functional and initiative interdependencies, risks, issues, and assumptions.">
• Direct, monitor, manage, and evaluate performance of a specialist small team in the Program Management Office, coaching staff to deliver services effectively and mentoring them to motivate optimum support for the overarching project.">
• Technically lead, coordinate, and manage assigned programs and related projects to conclusion on time, within budget, and in line with quality standards and stakeholder expectations.">
• Act as the definitive thought and technical leader in their industry or field of expertise, providing significant guidance, advice, and counsel to support resolution of complex issues.">
• Develop strategic objectives and program scope, establish program resourcing and governance structures, and establish budget and resources to manage the program from inception to approval.">
• Monitor and control all budgeted program expenditures in line with set-out constraints, taking mitigating or corrective actions where required.">
• Successfully manage risks against regulatory, commercial, reputational, legal, and safety risks to ensure the program operates within its approved parameters.">

Requirements:

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• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Engineering, Business Management, Economics, Program Management, or related discipline.">
• Seasoned professional with broad and/or deep range of knowledge and expertise gained through comprehensive energy industry or closely related experience.">
• Significant experience in managing large-scale complex programs of concurrent projects with multiple workstreams.">
• Proven successful program delivery outcomes within tight timeframes in a complex environment.">
• Advanced negotiation and relationship skills and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.">
• Strong knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programs.">
• Ability to negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to achieve win-win outcomes.">
• Ability to lead and influence program stakeholders and assigned project resources to achieve business outcomes.">
• Ability to condense multiple information streams to make informed program decisions.">
• Proven technical leadership and team-building skills when managing large and complex programs and projects.">

Benefits:

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• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.">
• Flexible work arrangements to support part-time work, working hours, and working from home arrangements.">
• Opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.">
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.">
• Award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.">
• Innovative team culture that enables the transition to renewable energy.">

Others:

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• Western Power fosters career development and promotes a healthy work-life balance, empowering employees to drive innovation.">
• Employs over 50% of their employment opportunities driven by career progression.">
• Supports flexible work arrangements, enabling employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance.">