Portfolio Director- Digital Resilience and Corporate

• Lead a strategically important portfolio modernising AusNet’s digital infrastructure and corporate platforms
• Draw on deep experience leading major enterprise technology implementations to proactively manage risk, navigate complex delivery challenges and drive successful outcomes.
• Drive modern, innovative and AI-enabled ways of working across Digital Delivery

We're seeking a leader with substantial hands-on experience delivering large-scale digital and technology programs. Whilst governance and PMO experience is valuable, this role is best suited to candidates who have personally led complex technology delivery initiatives.

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together, making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

We are going through an exciting period of growth and have a great opportunity for a Digital Portfolio Director – Digital Resilience & Corporate to join us

This role will shape, prioritise and deliver strategic digital investments spanning infrastructure modernisation, technology lifecycle uplift and enterprise corporate applications

You will optimise investment and delivery capacity and lead initiatives that strengthen resilience, security, regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness across AusNet

The role will maximise enterprise value through strong portfolio leadership, benefits realisation, delivery execution and continuous improvement, while building capability through modern and AI-enabled ways of working

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Lead digital infrastructure, network modernisation and lifecycle upgrades that improve resilience, security and technology currency
• Oversee a diverse portfolio of corporate application uplift initiatives across enterprise platforms
• Lead portfolio-level prioritisation and investment optimisation, balancing strategy, delivery capacity, risk and expected business value
• Drive benefits realisation and ensure initiatives deliver tangible, measurable business outcomes
• Provide delivery leadership across other Digital portfolios as required, flexing priorities, resources and expertise to support enterprise needs
• Champion modern delivery practices, innovation, data-driven decision-making and AI-enabled ways of working
• Build delivery capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning and development of future delivery leaders
• Strengthen accountability across delivery partners, sponsors and stakeholders
• Maintain strong portfolio governance, forecasting, risk management and decision support
• Ensure delivery contributes to safety, privacy and cyber objectives

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• To be successful in this role, we're looking for significant hands-on leadership experience delivering large-scale digital and technology initiatives. Candidates with backgrounds more focused on governance, PMO leadership, or oversight functions may be less aligned to the core requirements of the position.
• Experienced Program or Portfolio Director with a proven track record delivering complex digital portfolios over $15M, ideally in asset-intensive and regulated sectors
• Demonstrated experience delivering portfolios spanning digital infrastructure modernisation and enterprise application implementation or uplift
• Strong portfolio-level prioritisation, investment optimisation, budgeting, resource planning, risk management and reporting capability
• Proven ability to manage vendors and delivery partners, with strong commercial discipline, cost control and accountability for outcomes
• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and concise decision-support capability
• Experience leading initiatives from concept through implementation and benefits realisation
• Experience developing high-performing teams and future delivery leaders
• Ability to lead innovation, continuous improvement and the practical adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part-time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.

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