Business Sponsor, Transformation M&A

**About US**

UniSuper is a place where brilliant thinkers and passionate people come together. As one of Australia's largest super funds, the work you'll do with us makes a meaningful difference today and tomorrow for our members, the planet and for you.

**The opportunity**

We have developed a comprehensive 3-year strategy and transformation program here at Unisuper. Our goal is to propel our organization into new heights of success, innovation, and market leadership.

Our new **Business Sponsor - Transformation M&A **will work as a member of the Member & Advice (M&A) Leadership reporting to the Chief Member & Advice Officer to execute the M&A 3-year business strategy _. _This is a transformational strategy with success dependent on prioritisation, alignment, and sequencing with other organisational change. This role will be responsible for building the execution plan to deliver, one with a strong focus on change management and communication.

Besides, this role is accountable for leading the transformation of the Customer Management Strategy for Member & Advice (M&A) which will look like:

- Increased capability in M&A delivery and integration with other strategies and initiatives across the enterprise
- Ensuring that the strategy is communicated clearly to all stakeholders, and that everyone understands what is expected of them in terms of their role in implementing the strategy
- Providing a consistent, commercial & transparent linkage to business outcomes & benefits, as well as end-to-end program view for all portfolio initiatives
- Supporting and improve the timing, sequencing, dependencies, and resource management for in-scope strategies / initiatives
- Providing capacity and expertise to the leadership team as well as simplifying project governance and supporting the Executives / Heads of Department / Project Sponsors to execute successfully

In addition to this you will be responsible for:

- Program management & project delivery over a portfolio of strategic initiatives from inception to completion, as well as managing all program documentation and preparing reporting to track delivery of outcomes
- Developing a comprehensive implementation plan that outlines the key activities, timelines, and resources required, continuous reviewing and refining the implementation plan to ensure that it remains relevant and effective
- Building and executing a leader led change management and communication strategy and plan that is transparent and engaging
- Bringing to life and aligning recommendations from our recent business reviews, including operating model, workforce planning and Advice technology and processes
- Overseeing the financial management and resourcing of Programs / Projects within agreed budgets and constraints and meet evolving needs, including economic models of benefits cases, adequate workforce planning and forecasting

**About you
**- All round commercial acumen garnered in a large corporate environment preferably within financial services
- Experience in large scale program management, responsible for business transformation
- Strategic thinking and questioning
- Experience in strategy execution (customer management highly desirable), large transformation projects and program execution
- Experience in program governance
- Storyteller & motivator to share the articulated vision to inspire and motivate others
- Ability to convert ambiguous situations into easily understood and practical scenarios.
- Strong influencing, leadership and relationships building skills
- Stakeholder management across various levels in the organisation including ELT and Board where required
- Experience in CX and agile ways of working highly desirable
- An eye to detail and ability to see a big picture and facilitate others to work for change

**What US offer**

We take a long-term outlook and will invest in our employee's development and training with a personal development plan and yearly funding to support your career goals, as well as amazing benefits, such as:

- Additional 3 days paid leave over the Christmas period - equating to 5 weeks leave
- Additional 3 days 'Community and Culture' leave allowing you to give back to your community and celebrate what is important to you

We're passionate about knowledge and sharing it amongst our members and our employees so believe 60% in office is the best way to collaborate and build relationships with your colleagues whilst offering flexibility.

If you feel you have the experience and skills required for this role, please apply

**Think Great. Create Great.