Head of Portfolio Planning and Performance

2 days ago

West Melbourne, Australia Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Full time

**Lead our portfolio planning and drive results to achieve Lifeblood’s strategic objectives**:

- **Permanent full-time position hybrid with WFH flexibility - Location flexible**:

- **Salary $180-200k + Superannuation + Salary Packaging**

**Discover life-giving possibilities**
Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple: to give life. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

**About the role**
The Head of Portfolio Planning and Performance is accountable for ensuring Lifeblood effectively transitions from managing individual projects to strategic portfolio management across longer term time horizons.

You will be responsible for maintaining a whole of strategy perspective, ensuring strategic roadmaps are maintained and ensuring they drive prioritisation decisions. This role will also proactively identify activities to deliver Lifeblood’s strategy through analysis of current performance and engaging with business stakeholders.

You will lead the effective delivery of approved projects and initiatives, through the Project Management Office and Organisational Change Management to ensure effective project and people support while also implementing portfolio health check reporting to provide transparency of portfolio risks, along with recommended risk mitigation activities.

**Sound interesting? Here’s what we are looking for**;
- 3+ years of experience in portfolio leadership
- Strong strategic planning and portfolio prioritisation capabilities
- Experience managing a bi-modal (Agile and Waterfall) portfolio of work
- Excellent communication (oral and written), negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience in providing high level written and oral presentations and reports to Senior Management and Boards
- Strong ability to work across and influence others from Executives, Senior Leaders to peers
- Proven, financial, quality and risk management skills.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity offering a hybrid working environment and can be based any location nationally. Lifeblood is proud to accommodate flexible working, and we are open to conversations around what this means to you.

**Thrive in a diverse culture that cares for your wellbeing**
We’re a diverse and inclusive bunch. We’re proud to foster an environment where all people can come together to achieve their very best. Whether it’s workplace safety or work/life balance, we look after our employees’ varying needs. As part of the Lifeblood team, you’ll have access to a generous salary packaging program, plus a great range of rewards like discounts on insurance, groceries, food & beverage, department stores, travel, and more.

**Next steps**

If selected, you’ll be required to complete a few background checks and we’ll help you through this process.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to us.

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