Group Manager Strategy NEW

What’s on offer

• Join one of the largest essential service providers in Australia and New Zealand.
• Work alongside Ventia’s Executive Leadership Team to shape and deliver enterprise-wide strategy and revenue growth agenda.
• Play a key role in influencing the future growth of a leading ASX-listed organisation across infrastructure services, telecommunications, transport, defence and social infrastructure.
• Permanent full-time role with flexible hybrid working, where you’ll grow your career while contributing to projects and strategies that deliver essential services and create lasting value for the communities we serve.

About the role

Reporting to our General Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Growth, as our Group Manager Strategy, you’ll play a key role in shaping Ventia’s future by translating enterprise strategy into practical initiatives that drive growth and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Working across our diverse sectors, you’ll lead the annual strategy cycle, support enterprise-wide alignment, identify growth opportunities and provide market, competitor and industry insights to inform strategic decision-making. You’ll partner with senior stakeholders to support business development strategy, evaluate growth opportunities and help ensure our strategic priorities are reflected in the markets we pursue and the opportunities we bring forward.

This highly visible role will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders across the business, helping bring our strategy to life through clear execution plans, effective governance and commercially focused outcomes.

We offer a flexible hybrid working environment, combining time in the office with work from home. 

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and coordinate Ventia’s annual enterprise strategy cycle, including preparation of Executive Leadership Team and Board materials.
• Translate enterprise strategy into practical, actionable initiatives with clear ownership, governance and measurable outcomes.
• Support ongoing enhancements to Ventia’s business  development strategies.
• Partner with business leaders to maintain strategic alignment across sectors and functions, supporting investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Monitor, track and report on strategic initiatives, providing insights, recommendations and interventions where required.
• Facilitate strategy workshops and executive discussions that challenge thinking and drive alignment across the business.
• Provide market, customer and competitor insights to support strategic planning, business growth and commercial decision-making.
• Identify emerging market trends, growth opportunities and strategic partnerships that support Ventia’s long-term objectives.
• Work collaboratively with Corporate Development, Finance and sector leaders to support enterprise growth initiatives and strategic priorities.

About you

• Degree qualified in Business, Commerce, Engineering, Economics or another relevant discipline. At least 5 years’ experience working within corporate strategy in either a leading consulting firm or a large, complex corporate environment.
• Extensive experience in infrastructure services, infrastructure, defence and/or Government sectors.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategy, with the ability to translate high-level strategic direction into practical business initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience supporting growth strategy, market analysis, business planning or strategic decision-making.
• Excellent analytical, financial modelling and presentation skills, with the ability to develop executive-ready papers and communicate confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of strategy frameworks, market and competitor analysis, and enterprise planning.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple business functions.
• Direct experience in enterprise business development or business development strategy will be highly valued.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing small, high-performing teams.

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
 
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.   

How to apply  

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Position Reference Number: 167700