Manager - Portfolio Governance at Australian… · Brisbane

Take hold of a monster opportunity and join Australian Retirement Trust as our Portfolio Governance Manager. In this influential leadership role, you'll provide governance expertise, commercial insight and strategic portfolio advice that helps drive investment decisions and the delivery of organisational priorities. You'll lead a high-performing team, partner with senior stakeholders, and help maximise portfolio outcomes through strong governance, planning and value realisation practices.

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a Portfolio Governance Manager, you'll play a critical role in enabling effective investment decision-making by providing governance, commercial insight, portfolio planning support and strategic advisory services across the organisation. You'll work closely with executives, sponsors and initiative leaders to guide governance outcomes, support prioritisation and planning activities, and strengthen portfolio oversight. You'll also champion continuous improvement across portfolio governance frameworks and practices to help maximise value delivery.

You'll join our Finance & Strategy team within Commercial Performance & Governance, where you'll lead the Portfolio Governance team and build strong relationships across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Transformation and the broader delivery community. You'll have the opportunity to influence enterprise planning, governance and investment decisions while helping shape the future direction of the portfolio governance function.

This role is a permanent opportunity. The preference for this role is to be based in Brisbane; however, we are open to Melbourne and Sydney also.

Responsibilities

Day to day, you'll:

• Lead the Portfolio Governance team and partner with key stakeholders to strengthen governance, planning and portfolio delivery practices.
• Provide governance advice and guidance to support high-quality business cases, funding submissions and executive decision-making.
• Support enterprise portfolio planning through analysis of strategic alignment, prioritisation, value generation and investment trade-offs.
• Analyse portfolio performance information and deliver meaningful insights, recommendations and early warning indicators.
• Act as custodian of portfolio governance policies, frameworks, standards and templates, driving continuous improvement.
• Build trusted relationships with executives and business leaders while providing independent challenge and commercial insight on strategic initiatives and investments.

Qualifications

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

• You have demonstrated experience working within an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office or a comparable portfolio, program or project governance environment.
• Your knowledge of portfolio, program and project management methodologies, governance frameworks and delivery practices is well developed.
• You'll bring strong commercial acumen and experience supporting investment, funding or strategic decision-making activities.
• You're experienced in analysing portfolio performance data and translating insights into meaningful actions and recommendations.
• You have proven success influencing, negotiating and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Your written and verbal communication skills enable you to prepare high-quality executive and governance reporting.
• You'll thrive in complex environments, balancing competing priorities while maintaining a strategic focus.
• You're ideally familiar with the superannuation industry, benefits realisation, portfolio value delivery, technology programs or relevant portfolio management certifications.

About the Team

Bring your potential to Australian Retirement Trust and unleash our monster possibilities:

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our recruitment process - such as reviewing applications, supporting screening interviews, reference checking, and matching skills to roles. All final hiring decisions are made by people.

By applying, you agree to the use of these technologies as part of the recruitment process.

About the Company

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of around $375 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.