Senior Manager Capital Optimisation

You see the big picture, you've always worked on a grand scale, and now you're ready to re-focus on grand impact.

You want broad scope and collaboration, mixed with autonomy and impact.

In this role, you'll:

• Lead the development and implementation of strategies that maximise the value of capital infrastructure projects and investments across Transport for NSW. You will play a critical role in ensuring that capital infrastructure projects and investments deliver maximum value within agreed funding envelopes, align with strategic priorities, and support informed, portfolio-level decision-making.

• Oversee scope optimisation, financial analysis, optioneering and options assessment, and prioritisation frameworks to support informed decision-making and enhance capital portfolio management.

• Ensure the efficient use of capital resources across the portfolio as well as recognising the constraints of agreed project budgets. In the case of projects with funding pressures, ensure options are presented which trade-off additional funding versus reduced scope.

• Conduct comprehensive option assessments, scope optimisation and financial analysis for capital projects, providing recommendations that support strategic decision-making and value maximisation.

• Provide expert advice to the leadership team on governance and decision-making related to the capital portfolio, ensuring that decisions are well-informed and consider portfolio-level implications.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (finance team, capital infrastructure and investment project managers, senior leadership) and external stakeholders (consultants, government bodies) to drive optimisation and compliance.

• Lead and develop an effective, ethical, and professional team of two (2) 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 skilled leader with extensive experience in capital infrastructure projects, including ability to critically review the business case to support value for money outcomes.

You also understand infrastructure project investment decision making, financial governance and assurance frameworks like INSW and NSW Treasury Gateway policies and requirements.

You demonstrate:

• Experience working on large capital infrastructure projects and leading major investment decision making processes within a large, complex organisation. This includes options assessment, cost benefit analysis, lifecycle cost estimation and forecasting and identification of key delivery risks.

• Proficiency in portfolio level scenario modelling, financial analysis and management and public sector accounting for capital projects.

• Ability to balance competing demands on capital resources while ensuring optimal allocation in a complex organisational environment

• Highly skilled in asking the tough questions to correctly assess situations and suggest and implement remedial actions.

• Gaining consensus among diverse stakeholders with differing priorities and objectives.

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications such as in accounting, finance, economics and/or engineering, or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience.

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 Wednesday 12 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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