Portfolio Manager

Are you an experienced Portfolio Manager looking to return to the Tech industry after a career break?

Westpac understands that re-entering the workforce can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced world of technology.

That's why we're offering the Empower Up Tech Returnship program to help you get your career back on track. Whether you've taken time off for parenting, travel, caregiving, or personal health, our program is designed to support your transition back into the tech field.

**What We Offer**:

- **24-week structured program**:Gain hands-on experience in your tech role with dedicated support.
- **Collaborative learning environment**:Work alongside a cohort of peers with similar life experiences, enhancing your support network and boosting your confidence.
- **Tailored training for leaders**:Our people leaders is trained to understand your needs, especially when it comes to flexibility and work-life balance.

Join us at Westpac and take the next step in your tech career with the Empower Up Tech Returnship. Let's EmPOWERUP together

**How will I help?**

We are looking for a Portfolio Manager who will act as a liaison between staff, executives, senior leaders, and the Group Executive, regarding data platforms strategic initiatives, project updates, proposals, planning and employee well-being.

This is a full-time position based in Sydney, requiring attendance at the office twice a week.

Your key responsibilities include:

- Ensure the successful delivery of the Data Platforms strategy through an effective strategic plan that includes financials, risk management, projects (change), people and operating model components.
- Recommend corrective action plans and provides in-depth expertise for required adjustments and improvements. Collaborate with Finance, Human Resources, Corporate Communications (Internal and External), Risk and other Group Technology divisions to progress the strategic plan.
- Support daily operations of the division through collaboration with senior management and leaders, performing an array of tasks from generating correspondence, maintaining electronic files, planning and coordinating regular rhythm of governance meetings and committees.
- Build and develop relationships with employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness into existing operations and help to define new operational strategies working with the General Manager of Data Platforms and leaders on special projects.
- Develop regular executive level reporting to ensure appropriate governance and escalation of management information and issues.

**What’s in it for me?**

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

**What do I need?**
- Previous technology domain experience.
- Proven track record in strategic and/or business performance role at a similar level.
- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form.
- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives.
- Strong data analysis skills.
- Experience with financial management.
- Extensive stakeholder management experience.
- Experience working together and collaborating with other divisional leaders and business stakeholders.
- Strategic and innovative thinking.
- A change agent with proven ability to lead change.
- Supplier management (offshoring and outsourcing).
- Demonstrable knowledge of technology, data, and risk processes including applicable frameworks.
- Tertiary level qualifications, relevant post-graduate study preferred.

**What’s it like to work there?**

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We’ll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.

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