Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Enablement

Endeavour GroupCouncil of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2 days ago

Job description

Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Enablement – Endeavour Group

Let’s create a more sociable future together. Endeavour Group's Digital & Data division is committed to creating value for our customers, guests, and teams through smarter, easier and more connected experiences. We achieve this by connecting them with our trusted brands, including Dan Murphy’s, BWS, Langtons, and ALH managing 350+ iconic Australian venues.

To support our businesses and teams, we provide a comprehensive suite of digital and data-driven services, encompassing : eCommerce, Retail Products, Customer Technology Platforms, Hotels Products, Hotels Technology Platforms, Data & AI Products, Data Platforms and Management and Data Privacy, Governance, and Literacy.

The Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Enablement is responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of project / initiative management within the Digital & Data, ensuring strategic alignment, investment decisions, and effective project delivery. This role involves governing the Digital and Data Portfolio of in-flight initiatives, enabling prioritisation of new initiatives, ensuring consistency in governance, and managing the Digital and Data Delivery framework to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership : Evolve and maintain a robust delivery framework, including policies, procedures, templates, and methodologies. Establish and oversee the governance structure for all projects, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the Portfolio and across project portfolios.
Delivery Gates & Multi-Methodology Facilitation : Lead and facilitate delivery gate reviews to assess solution feasibility, strategic alignment, and delivery progress at critical decision points, tailoring the approach to fit Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall delivery environments. Collaborate with delivery leads to ensure initiatives meet criteria and governance checkpoints before advancing. Implement and refine processes to align with evolving strategic goals and high-cadence, multi-methodology delivery.
Framework Evolution & Implementation : Leverage and evolve delivery frameworks, methodologies, and best practices. Identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement across the delivery process and work with owners to implement changes. Ensure standardisation across Digital and Data’s portfolio to promote consistency, quality, and efficiency. Drive the adoption of appropriate project management approaches (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
Project Prioritisation & Investment : Collaborate with senior leadership to develop project prioritisation and investment processes based on strategic value, ROI, and resource capacity. Lead development and refinement of processes for evaluating and selecting projects and enable trimester planning with Digital and Data leadership and delivery teams.
Portfolio Management & Reporting : Establish performance metrics to monitor post-investment progress. Report portfolio status, highlighting risks, issues, and achievements to senior leadership. Ensure transparent reporting of project performance, financials, and alignment with business outcomes.
Tool Management & Evolution : Oversee the optimisation and evolution of tools to ensure consistent use, visibility, and measurement for project tracking, reporting, and resource management. Continuously improve toolsets to meet evolving business needs.
Team Leadership & Development : Lead and develop a portfolio capability and delivery guild within Digital & Data. Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Provide guidance on best practices for portfolio, program and project management, ensuring consistency across projects. Develop KPIs, oversee recruitment, training, and development of resources, and mentor the team with coaching and growth opportunities.

What we need from you

Leadership Style : Strong leadership skills with experience influencing teams, ensuring alignment, and motivating teams to deliver results.

Drives performance and outcomes

Excellent interpersonal skills, fostering collaboration and building relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and provide clear, concise updates on RAID, financials, and project performance.

Personality & Mindset : Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make decisions based on financial and risk-related information.

Ability to anticipate and resolve issues proactively

Remains focused and effective under pressure in large-scale environments

Results-driven, consistently focused on achieving outcomes

Achievements & Accomplishments

Experience working with digital and data product delivery

Experience working with technology project / program delivery

Experience working in portfolios delivering with agile, agile and waterfall delivery

Knowledge of structuring schedules to align with industry best-practice while adhering to internal / external compliance and maintaining program transparency

Proven experience ensuring portfolio schedules meet quality standards from planning through delivery

Experience communicating across levels of the organization, including to C-suite executives

Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor\'s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field

PMP or PgMP certification preferred

10+ years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in a PMO leadership role

Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Scrum)

Proven experience in developing PMO capability

Expertise in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and change control

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

Proficiency in Google Suite and project management software

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Strong leadership, mentorship, and coaching skills

What’s in it for you?

The benefits are good too!

We offer flexible working in every sense

An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands

Monthly meeting-free days

Benefits supporting health and wellbeing including services for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing

Dedicated learning and development options to grow your career

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome. If you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future – for our customers and each other. If this job excites you and you’re close on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you. You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. #WeAreTogetherCreators

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