Senior Manager Investor Relations

You're a purposeful leader who understands the why and connects everyday moments to the bigger picture.

You know that to make a meaningful contribution there needs to be connection and collaboration across the teams. Here's your opportunity to help our people make a big impact.

In this role, you'll:

• Lead enterprise assurance and investor relations developing agreed assurance pathways for capital and recurrent projects in collaboration with external Gateway Assurance agencies.

• Provide timely, clear and evidence-based updates and insights to leadership to ensure accurate and consistent project information that supports executive confidence in investment decisions.

• Collaborate across advisory teams within the unit (including business case, economic, benefits, and capital optimisation) to ensure alignment and integrity of investment data and contribution to and promotion of information sharing across the team.

• Provide expert advice to planning and delivery divisions on assurance requirements, enabling compliance and robustness throughout the investment lifecycle. Support capability development across the transport cluster, contributing to improved investment governance and assurance practices.

• Manage strategic relationships with key stakeholders, including Infrastructure NSW, the Department of Customer Services, and other Gateway Assurance entities, navigating competing agendas to build consensus.

• Drive high-quality business cases that meet Transport, INSW, NSW Treasury, and Australian Government standards.

• Manage project registrations, reporting, and performance analysis, identifying emerging risks and opportunities across scope, cost, and time.

• Foster strong internal and external relationships, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and collaboration across divisions, project teams, executive leadership, and government agencies.

• Lead and develop an effective, ethical, and professional team of two direct reports with a clear focus on the delivery of planned outcomes and the continual development of individual team member capabilities.

Permanent, fulltime Transport Senior Service Manager role | Home office Elizabeth St Sydney. Hybrid work arrangements based on role requirements and in line with Transport's evolving policies for workplace presence.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You are a strategic and highly collaborative leader with exceptional communication skills. You have deep understanding of infrastructure investment decision making and well-developed project planning, reporting and management expertise. You lead with empathy and care and the ability to inspire and develop staff to deliver impact.

You also demonstrate:

• The essential requirement of experience in providing assurance advice, project reporting and governance on capital infrastructure projects or services delivery environment.

• Stakeholder management expertise and experience to navigate through government processes combined with strong leadership skills with the ability to drive performance in complex, politically and commercially sensitive environment.

• Expertise in applying project management principles to ensure timely and quality delivery of key outputs.

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications and demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience.

• Experience in providing assurance advice, project reporting and governance on capital infrastructure projects or services delivery environment.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. 

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you'd like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team's home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now

Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday 16 November 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact CHRISTINE..NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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