Head of Group Strategy

Challenge yourself to be responsible for developing, leading and presenting strategic projects
- Take pride in being recognised as a trusted leader and expert in assessing and solving critical and challenging problems
- Full time permanent opportunity based at our Mascot Campus

We operate in an unpredictable industry, we thrive on uncertainty and are always ready for a challenge. We take a commercial mindset to all we do, ensuring we make strategic decisions that live up to customer expectations. It’s in us to be our best. We see it as our responsibility to take ownership and drive outcomes, ensuring we make a contribution to take the organisation forward.

The Head of Group Strategy will be responsible for developing, leading and presenting strategic projects which directly enable executive management to make the highest priority and most significant strategic decisions aligned to Group priorities. The strategy projects are unique in nature and have very high value, high impact outcomes. Strategy projects are generally initiated internally and/or at the direction of the Board, Group CEO or members of the Group Management Committee. Strategy projects often involve complex and detailed analytical reviews of current business and industry performance followed by the development of recommendations for decision by the Group.

The Head of Group Strategy identify, assess and solve critical and challenging problems. They are responsible for identifying, developing and/or evaluating strategic project proposals and business cases, scoping and leading priority projects and working in partnership with Group business owners to advance strategic recommendations, and ensuring appropriate decision-making realises value for the business and customers. The Head of Strategy manages, develops and facilitates a strong high-performance culture across a team of strategy managers, associates and analysts. They ensure proactive recruiting, team development and team retention that ensures an ongoing strength in internal strategy capability and what is widely recognised as critical talent development for the Group.

You’ll have
- 12+ years relevant experience
- Graduate degree in a relevant discipline and post graduate qualifications
- Highly developed people management skills and experience managing people managers.
- Strong experience leading teams in a changing environment.
- Strong ability to maintain and enhance external networks.
- Highly experienced with external stakeholder management.
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
- Significant leadership experience in management/strategy consulting, preferably with a top tier firm.
- Exceptional understanding of business processes and extensive experience in commercial and /or operational business functions.
- Superior strategy development, financial, communications and project management skills.
- Thorough understanding of strategic evaluation and financial evaluation techniques.
- Proven ability to quickly identify issues, structure project plans and develop strategic options.
- Experience in leading project teams and developing staff.
- Customer oriented approach with an ability to question and challenge effectively whilst maintaining strong relationships.
- Broad appreciation of wider strategic issues and drivers which shape the aviation industry.

Why Qantas?

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.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- 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: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 14 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 our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether