Enterprise Transformation Specialist

Seqwater; Queensland; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Seqwater is seeking an Enterprise Transformation Specialist to lead cross-functional, multi-year transformation programs across South East Queensland. You will translate strategic objectives into roadmaps, drive governance, and ensure benefits realisation while embedding sustainable change across the organisation.

Responsibilities include coordinating multiple workstreams, engaging executives, and applying data-driven problem solving to improve performance.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Finance, Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading large-scale, complex, multi-year enterprise transformation programs with disciplined stage gating and fast paced delivery.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple workstreams in cross-functional environments.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and benefits realisation expertise.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, influencing, and governance skills with executive leaders.
• Excellent storyboarding ability to distil complex scenarios into simple, actionable messaging.
• Experience with a range of business improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of Seqwater's enterprise transformation portfolio, translating strategic objectives into a clear roadmap.
• Establish and manage executive and workstream governance to drive data-driven problem solving.
• Drive successful execution across multiple transformation workstreams and realise benefits.
• Build trusted relationships with executive and senior leaders to influence decisions.
• Support benefits realisation and monitor progress, risks and dependencies across the portfolio.
• Apply data-driven problem solving and lead organisational change initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Strategic thinking

Analytical problem solving

Benefits realisation

Storyboarding

Change management

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Business/Commerce/Finance/Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Job Description

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we're not just delivering water—we're driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it's about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

About Your Opportunity

As the Enterprise Transformation Specialist, you will lead the delivery of enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that drive strategic value and lasting organisational improvement. Working across complex programs of work, you will build executive alignment, establish effective governance and accountability frameworks, and ensure benefits are realised to achieve agreed business objectives. This role plays a critical part in embedding sustainable change, enhancing organisational capability and performance, and delivering outcomes that support Seqwater's long-term strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the planning and delivery of Seqwater's enterprise transformation portfolio, translating strategic objectives, detailed diagnostics and benchmarking into a clear roadmap with a significant number of initiatives spanning the whole organisation.
• Establish and manage executive and workstream governance to ensure a data driven, problem solving and action orientated approach is maintained to achieve program goals.
• Drive successful execution across multiple transformation workstreams, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and delivery of agreed business objectives and benefits.
• Build trusted relationships with executive and senior leaders to influence decision-making, align priorities, and support the achievement of transformation outcomes.
• Support and drive the achievement of benefits realisation, monitoring progress, risks, dependencies across the portfolio.
• Apply data-driven problem solving and lead organisational change initiatives that remove barriers, improve business performance, and embed sustainable capability uplift.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Finance, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading large scale, complex, multi-year enterprise transformation programs with disciplined stage gating and fast paced delivery.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and deliver outcomes within large-scale, cross-functional environments.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and benefits realisation expertise.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, influencing, and governance skills, with experience working closely with executive leaders, operational and functional leaders.
• Excellent storyboarding skills with the ability to distil complex scenarios into simple, insightful and actionable messaging.
• Demonstrated experience in a range of business improvement methodologies that would support a wide ranging transformation program.

This position will be offered on a full-time 12 month fixed term contract with a competitive salary, plus 12.75% superannuation.

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/(link is external)