Associate Director, Enterprise Transformation and Performance

Talenza; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tranzformd is seeking an Associate Director to lead an enterprise-wide value transformation program for a major client. This senior, hands-on leadership role translates cost reduction opportunities into executable plans, coordinates across workstreams, and links initiatives to measurable financial outcomes.

Working with executives across Finance, Technology and Change, you set program direction, drive delivery discipline and ensure benefits realisation while managing risk and dependencies to

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex, multi-stream enterprise transformation programs.
• Experience spanning cost reduction, productivity improvement, margin optimisation or value transformation.
• Commercial and financial acumen, including savings validation, forecasting and benefits realisation.
• Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous opportunities into structured, executable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong executive influencing, facilitation, analytical thinking and commercial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the program: Set direction and priorities, integrating delivery across business-owned workstreams.
• Turn opportunities into action: Build credible plans with clear owners, milestones, dependencies and delivery commitments.
• Drive cost reduction and benefits: Partner with Finance and business owners to validate opportunities, profile savings and track forecast versus realised benefits.
• Provide delivery assurance: Challenge delivery confidence, surface risks early and drive corrective action where required.
• Engage executives: Align senior stakeholders, resolve competing priorities and secure timely decisions.
• Strengthen governance and reporting: Provide concise, decision-focused reporting on delivery, financial performance and exceptions.
• Coordinate across functions: Align business, Finance, Technology and Change teams to resolve dependencies and support implementation.

Skills

Complex program leadership

Cost reduction & benefits

Executive stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Associate Director, Enterprise Transformation and Performance

Tranzformd is a management consulting and program delivery organisation that leverages an extensive network of highly skilled professionals to deliver exceptional outcomes for enterprise clients.

Through our bespoke, human-centric approach, we partner with ambitious organisations to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful change.

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director to lead the integrated delivery of a large-scale, enterprise-wide value transformation program for one of our clients. This is a senior, hands-on leadership opportunity to translate cost reduction opportunities into executable plans, coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams and connect initiatives to measurable financial outcomes.

About the opportunity

Working with executive sponsors, business leaders, Finance and Technology teams, you will set program direction, build delivery discipline and ensure initiatives move from opportunity to implementation.

The role requires commercial acumen, structured problem-solving and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, while maintaining a practical focus on execution, risk management and benefits realisation.

This is a delivery leadership role rather than a traditional PMO or reporting position. You will work across strategic priorities and detailed delivery to create clear ownership, resolve dependencies and sustain momentum.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the program: Set direction and priorities, integrating delivery across business-owned workstreams.
• Turn opportunities into action: Build credible plans with clear owners, milestones, dependencies and delivery commitments.
• Drive cost reduction and benefits: Partner with Finance and business owners to validate opportunities, profile savings and track forecast versus realised benefits.
• Provide delivery assurance: Challenge delivery confidence, surface risks early and drive corrective action where required.
• Engage executives: Align senior stakeholders, resolve competing priorities and secure timely decisions.
• Strengthen governance and reporting: Provide concise, decision-focused reporting on delivery, financial performance and exceptions.
• Coordinate across functions: Align business, Finance, Technology and Change teams to resolve dependencies and support implementation.

About you

Essential experience and capabilities

• Significant experience leading complex, multi-stream enterprise transformation programs.
• Experience spanning cost reduction, productivity improvement, margin optimisation or value transformation.
• Commercial and financial acumen, including savings validation, forecasting and benefits realisation.
• Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous opportunities into structured, executable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong executive influencing, facilitation, analytical thinking and commercial judgement.
• Pragmatic, hands-on leadership across strategic priorities and detailed delivery, without relying on direct line authority.

Highly desirable

• Management consulting or transformation advisory experience.
• Strong in-house experience delivering enterprise cost reduction, productivity or value transformation programs.
• Experience working across business, Finance, Technology and Change functions in complex enterprise environments.

What success looks like

• A credible integrated plan with clear ownership, milestones, dependencies and benefits timing.
• Active management of delivery risks, slippage and corrective actions.
• Transparent benefit forecasts and realised savings supported by Finance validation.
• Executives equipped with timely insight, options and recommendations to make decisions.
• Strong business ownership and sustainable delivery discipline.

The ideal candidate

You are a commercially minded transformation leader with consulting-style problem-solving skills and proven experience delivering complex value transformation programs. You establish delivery discipline, challenge constructively and work confidently with executives and operational teams.

This is an opportunity to lead a high-impact enterprise transformation, convert cost reduction opportunities into measurable value and build sustainable delivery discipline across the organisation.