Delivery Planning & Performance Lead

Westpac Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave

Learning and development opportunities

Community volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Westpac Group is seeking a Delivery Planning & Performance Lead to coordinate strategic initiatives across the organisation. You will bring teams together to ensure planning activities run smoothly, align priorities and keep delivery outcomes visible and well managed.

You will lead enterprise planning cycles, coordinate governance forums, and help teams navigate dependencies, risks and challenges affecting delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting portfolio planning, governance, PMO or delivery management in a complex environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence and coordinate across multiple teams.
• Experience using portfolio, reporting or delivery management tools such as Planview, Jira or Power BI.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for simplifying processes through technology and automation.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and how they can enhance planning and delivery effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise planning cycles and coordinate governance forums across the organisation.
• Help teams navigate dependencies, risks and challenges that impact delivery.
• Produce meaningful reporting and insights to support decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning and governance processes through automation and new tech.

Skills

Portfolio planning

Stakeholder engagement

Planview/Jira/Power BI

Continuous improvement

AI and emerging tech curiosity

Tools

Planview

Jira

Power BI

Job description

As a Delivery Planning & Performance Lead, you'll play a key role in helping Westpac plan, coordinate and deliver strategic initiatives across the organisation.

Working across multiple business and delivery teams, you'll bring people together to ensure planning activities run smoothly, priorities stay aligned, and delivery outcomes are visible and well managed. You'll lead enterprise planning cycles, coordinate governance forums, and help teams navigate dependencies, risks and challenges that can impact delivery.

You'll also be responsible for producing meaningful reporting and insights that support decision-making, while identifying opportunities to improve how planning and governance processes operate across the bank. Working with tools such as Planview, Jira and Power BI, you'll help create a more connected and efficient planning environment.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex programs of work, building strong stakeholder relationships, and driving continuous improvement through technology, automation and emerging AI capabilities.

What do I need?

You'll be a strong organiser and collaborator who enjoys working across teams to improve planning, governance and delivery outcomes.

• Experience supporting portfolio planning, governance, PMO or delivery management activities in a complex environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and coordinate across multiple teams.
• Experience using portfolio, reporting or delivery management tools such as Planview, Jira or Power BI.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for simplifying processes through technology and automation.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and how they can enhance planning and delivery effectiveness.

Our promise to you

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

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