Portfolio Director / Head of Transformation Delivery

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced Portfolio Director / Head of Transformation Delivery to lead a portfolio of complex, multi‑workstream enterprise transformation programmes for a large Australian organisation. This senior contract position reports into the Enterprise Delivery function and provides strategic and hands‑on leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Provide senior delivery leadership across several enterprise transformation programmes.
• Own programme governance, budget management, benefits realisation and reporting.
• Manage complex stakeholder environments across business units, technology teams and senior leadership.
• Oversee multiple vendors and third‑party delivery partners.
• Identify and manage cross‑programme dependencies, risks and issues.
• Challenge assumptions, ask critical questions and drive continuous improvement.
• Contribute to raising delivery maturity across the broader portfolio.

Required profile

• Proven track record delivering large‑scale, multi‑year enterprise transformation programmes.
• Experience managing multiple programmes and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong vendor and third‑party management expertise.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, comfortable engaging at C‑suite and executive level.
• Ability to operate in environments where delivery frameworks are still maturing.
• Strategic thinker with hands‑on delivery discipline.
• High commercial acumen and budget management experience.

Required skills