EGM - M&A & Enterprise Transformation

MEGT; Sydney; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

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Job summary

MEGT, one of Australia’s largest apprenticeship network providers, seeks an Executive General Manager - M&A & Enterprise Transformation to lead the growth and transformation agenda.

Reporting to the CEO and sitting on the Executive Leadership Team, you will drive end-to-end M&A and enterprise programs, align people, processes and systems, and advise the Board on strategic growth.

Qualifications

• Executive leadership of M&A transactions and post-merger integration at scale.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation in a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to translate strategy into operational outcomes.
• Proven success engaging Boards and senior stakeholders through significant change.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships from origination through integration.
• Drive enterprise-wide transformation programs aligning people, systems and structure to MEGT's mission.
• Provide commercial counsel to CEO and Board on growth opportunities in employment services and vocational education.
• Build organisational capability and change readiness across a dispersed workforce.

Skills

Executive leadership

M&A transactions

Enterprise transformation

Board engagement

Group Training/RTO exposure

Job description

MEGT has spent decades connecting Australians with meaningful employment and training pathways. Now, as the organisation enters a period of deliberate structural evolution, an exceptional executive is needed to lead the charge, someone who understands that transformation isn't just about process, it's about people and purpose.

The Scope of the Role

Reporting to the CEO and operating as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Executive General Manager - M&A & Enterprise Transformation will shape and execute MEGT's strategic growth agenda. This is an enterprise-wide mandate encompassing:

• Leading end-to-end mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnership activity, from origination through to integration
• Driving enterprise-wide transformation programs that align people, systems, and structure to MEGT's long-term mission
• Providing commercial counsel to the CEO and Board on growth opportunities within the employment services and vocational education sectors
• Building organisational capability and change readiness across a geographically dispersed workforce

What You Bring

• Demonstrated executive leadership of M&A transactions and post-merger integration at scale
• Experience leading enterprise transformation in a complex, multi-site organisation
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate strategy into operational outcomes
• Proven success engaging Boards, senior stakeholders, and external partners through significant change
• Experience within the Group Training and/or Registered Training Organisation model
• A leadership style grounded in accountability, collaboration, and genuine respect for the communities MEGT serves

Why MEGT

MEGT is not a typical NFP. As one of Australia's largest apprenticeship network providers, it operates at genuine scale, and it takes its social mission seriously. You'll join an organisation where commercial rigor and community impact are not competing priorities but complementary ones. Salary packaging is available, adding real value to your remuneration. The Melbourne-based executive team is cohesive, direct, and deeply committed to getting this next chapter right. This is a role where your strategic work will have a measurable effect on the livelihoods of thousands of Australians each year.