- Lead the portfolio that shapes Unitywater's strategic future
- Shape a team delivering real, tangible benefits to Unitywater and our communit
- Access flexible and hybrid work arrangements that support work-life balance.
About the role:
Unitywater is on a genuine transformation journey, and this role sits right at the centre of it. As Portfolio Delivery Manager, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for delivering the organisation's portfolio of strategic initiatives from idea through to adoption. You will be equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves on complex delivery challenges and influencing enterprise-level planning decisions with senior stakeholders. This is a role where governance discipline and delivery excellence go hand in hand, and where the work you do directly shapes outcomes for customers and communities across Southeast Queensland.
- Build a team culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement, where team members proactively identify issues, bring forward options and recommendations, and take responsibility for improving delivery outcomes.
- Overseeing portfolio-level planning, scheduling, release management and quality assurance, intervening early on risk and ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery across the portfolio
- Actively maintains quality and effectiveness of delivery governance by providing clear visibility of progress, risk, dependencies, benefits and performance to senior leaders and governance forums; using insights and lessons learnt to improve delivery outcomes.
- Championing Unitywater's delivery framework and methodologies across the enterprise, ensuring approaches are fit for purpose, aligned to standards, and balance risk, value and delivery confidence.
- Acting as a trusted advisor in planning and investment discussions, ensuring portfolio decisions are grounded in delivery reality and connected to Unitywater's strategic ambitions
- Identifying and negotiating portfolio-level priorities and trade-offs with diverse stakeholders, managing dependencies and change impacts to support coordinated, value-driven delivery
About you:
Our One Unitywater behaviours -
Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:
What you will need (must have)
- A bachelor's degree or higher in information systems, business, project/program/portfolio management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience leading complex, multi-initiative portfolios
- Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams in complex operating environments, with a track record of building high-performing cultures and owning delivery performance end to end
- Demonstrated experience operating within portfolio governance and assurance environments, balancing controls, pace and trust to support informed decision-making
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate strategic and business needs into coherent delivery priorities, sequencing and outcomes
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including presenting to senior leaders and governance forums
- Demonstrated line management and leadership capability, including delegating, sequencing and balancing work to optimise team capacity, performance and quality
- Experience working in varied delivery methods and systems thinking approaches; working in and with agility practices.
What will set you apart (nice to have)
- A portfolio, program or project management certification such as MSP, P3O, PMP or equivalent
- Experience partnering with enterprise planning, strategy, capability and finance functions to inform portfolio investment decisions and prioritisation
- Knowledge of the utilities sector and its operating, regulatory and transformation context
Working at Unitywater:
- Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you!
- Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
- Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
- Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.
About us:
Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
We think a pretty good job starts here.
How to apply:
Apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.
We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.
Applications close: Midnight Sunday 21st June 2026
For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at
[email protected]
If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist
[email protected]
Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.