Portfolio Planning

Work.
Are you passionate about driving strategic alignment and delivery readiness across complex portfolios? We're seeking a dynamic
Portfolio Planning and Resource Lead
to join our Business Systems Portfolio Management Office team in Brisbane.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our portfolio delivery capability and contribute to the uplift of governance and planning practices across the business. You'll be at the heart of translating capability roadmaps into actionable delivery plans, ensuring initiatives are prioritised, sequenced, and resourced for success.

This newly established role will report directly to the PMO Manager within the Business Systems Portfolio and will be responsible for several key accountabilities, including:

• Lead annual and quarterly planning cycles, aligning strategic priorities with delivery initiatives.
• Translate capability roadmaps into integrated portfolio plans that reflect strategic intent.
• Drive the pipeline process from idea to delivery, ensuring initiatives are endorsed and resourced.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of resource supply and demand, identifying gaps and opportunities.
• Collaborate with Delivery Managers and Sponsors to ensure resource allocations support performance targets.

We're looking for a seasoned professional with a minimum of 7 years' experience in a comparable role, backed by a degree in Project Management, Commerce, or equivalent practical expertise. A Portfolio Management certification (MoP) is highly desirable. Beyond qualifications, you will bring:-

• Proven experience in project planning, resource forecasting, and strategic coordination.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence across business and technical teams.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for enabling delivery excellence and strategic outcomes.

This permanent full time role offers an array of attractive benefits including a competitive base salary, 12.75% superannuation, access to banked time and TOIL, 17.5% leave loading and a genuine emphasis on work/life balance.

Water.
Imagine a career where your work truly matters, where you are part of a team that values you and your contributions. At Sunwater, you will bring life's most essential resource to over 5,000 agriculture, urban and industrial customers, helping to sustain communities and drive water for prosperity across regional Queensland. We share the values of these communities — starting with caring about our people. Engage in fascinating work that is constantly evolving, allowing you to grow and shape a successful career and develop unique skills and experience in an industry brimming with opportunity.

Life.
At Sunwater, we believe our employees are our greatest asset, and we are committed to providing the support, resources and benefits that you need to thrive. That's why we offer a range of attractive benefits designed to help you bring your best every day, including:

• My benefits:
  Access employee benefits and discounts hosted by Reward Gateway.
• My wellbeing:
  Prioritise your wellbeing with our comprehensive health and wellness offerings and programs.
• My time
  : Enjoy flexible working arrangements and the ability to purchase up to 4 additional weeks of leave, ensuring you can tailor your work to fit your lifestyle.
• My growth:
  We prioritise your professional growth with career development programs, study assistance, support for professional memberships, and structured early career pathways to help you build a rewarding and successful career.

Now is the perfect time to join Sunwater and take advantage of the boundless opportunities for your career today and in the future. We are a diverse team and proud of the unique journeys and stories each of us brings. As we continue to grow, we need more diverse backgrounds and perspectives than ever before. We are committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, please let us know so we can ensure you can fully participate in our recruitment experience, which includes reference verification, psychometric testing, background checks and a pre-employment medical evaluation to ensure the best fit for our team.

Sunwater acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of this country and Traditional Custodians of the land and water we rely on. We respect and value their continued sacred connection to Country, including the diverse, rich traditions, languages and customs that are the longest living in the world. We acknowledge their resilience in the face of significant and ongoing historical, cultural, and political change within Australia. We recognise and value the importance of truth-telling today, and our role to listen and learn.

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