Job Description:
About the Role
Join Schneider Electric's Cloud & Service Provider (C&SP) business and our market-leading One Solution delivery model, bringing together power, cooling, digital infrastructure, software, services, and sustainability solutions to support the world's largest cloud, hyperscale, and colocation customers.
As the Portfolio Delivery Manager, you will lead a portfolio of mission-critical data centre and cloud infrastructure projects across Australia and APAC, ensuring exceptional delivery performance, customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and sustainable business growth.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing project delivery teams, driving portfolio performance, and ensuring Schneider Electric continues to deliver world-class outcomes for some of the industry's most strategic customers. Working closely with Sales, Project Directors, Operations, Engineering, Services, and Executive Leadership teams, you will play a critical role in shaping delivery strategy, strengthening organisational capability, and supporting the continued expansion of the Cloud & Service Provider business.
What You Will Do
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Lead and oversee a portfolio of cloud, hyperscale, colocation, and data centre projects, ensuring successful delivery against safety, quality, schedule, financial, and customer objectives.
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Drive portfolio governance, performance management, forecasting, and reporting, ensuring strong operational and commercial outcomes across multiple programs.
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Lead, coach, and develop Project Directors, Project Managers, and delivery teams, building a high-performing culture focused on accountability, customer success, and continuous improvement.
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Own portfolio-level financial performance, including revenue forecasting, profitability, resource planning, utilisation, and risk management.
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Partner with strategic customers and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and long-term customer satisfaction.
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Provide leadership and oversight on major project risks, escalations, commercial matters, and resource challenges.
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Collaborate with Sales and Segment leadership teams to support business growth, strategic account planning, major pursuits, and future delivery requirements.
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Drive operational excellence by strengthening governance, delivery frameworks, resource planning, and best-practice execution across the portfolio.
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Contribute to organisational planning, capability development, succession planning, and long-term growth strategies for the C&SP delivery organisation.
(External) English Qualifications:
About You
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Extensive experience leading project portfolios, delivery organisations, or major infrastructure programs within data centres, critical infrastructure, electrical, engineering, construction, or technology sectors.
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Proven success managing senior project leaders and delivering large-scale, complex customer programs.
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Strong commercial acumen with responsibility for portfolio performance, forecasting, resource planning, profitability, and risk management.
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Deep understanding of data centre delivery, mission-critical infrastructure, hyperscale customers, and large capital projects.
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Exceptional leadership, coaching, and organisational capability-building skills.
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Strategic mindset with the ability to balance customer outcomes, delivery excellence, and business performance.
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Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Business, or related tertiary qualification preferred.
Why Join Schneider Electric?
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Lead delivery across one of Schneider Electric's fastest-growing and most strategic segments.
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Influence the successful execution of some of the region's largest cloud and data centre infrastructure programs.
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Work alongside global hyperscalers, cloud providers, and colocation leaders.
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All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for interview.
Local Benefits (English):
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Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: We see you and we value you. It’s more than just pay and benefits—it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed to help you perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential. The package helps you care for yourself and your family, plan your future, grow your skills and career, collaborate in an inclusive workplace, and contribute to your community. At Schneider Electric, we’re here for what matters most to you. Discover more at our Career Page.
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(External) English Company Boiler Plate:
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
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