Innovation and Transformation Director

KBR, Inc.; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career development

Family-friendly benefits

Work-life balance

Job summary

KBR is seeking an experienced Innovation and Transformation Director in Australia to lead the creation and operationalisation of a strategic innovation program within a major infrastructure program business, working in a client-side environment.

You will influence outcomes, build trusted relationships across stakeholders and drive alignment on strategy, budgets and delivery plans, while ensuring value for money and successful benefits realisation.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise change, innovation and transformation programs.
• Track record of strategic leadership, anticipating needs and opportunities, proactively crafting appropriate responses and implementing data based decision making.
• Strong communication and reporting skills with experience working across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail in reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build positive, trusting and effective relationships across a range of stakeholders and achieve alignment on strategy and execution plans.
• Lead the transformation and innovation generational change agenda for an enterprise program with diagnostics, maturity assessments and initiatives.
• Explore the client’s perceptions of change need and priorities and develop a comprehensive strategy, change plan and execution pathway.
• Lead the design of pilot programs and robust stress and success tests and refine strategy accordingly.
• Underpin approaches with LEAN thinking and benefits realisation.
• Lead the roll-out of programs and transition into BAU including measurement of benefits.
• Oversee specialist subconsultants and international experts to ensure value for money.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Innovation and Transformation Director. You will contribute your proven strategic leadership capabilities, effective influencing and communication skills and track record in delivering innovation and transformation within complex organisational environments to make your mark on KBR and our client’s business.

Join us today!

We are renowned for working in partnership with our clients and construction partners to deliver exceptional outcomes through a collaborative and practical approach.

Creating a strong and inclusive culture is a key part of our success and growth, genuine collaboration across the business underpins how we work. As a company, KBR has built an open environment where people matter, are valued, and supported.

We partner with a range of private and public sector clients to help plan, manage and deliver large scale, complex capital investment programs across essential infrastructure sectors. These programs span diverse assets and create long-term benefits for communities. Our teams work closely with client organisations and delivery partners to improve safety, reliability, value for money, sustainability, and stakeholder outcomes.

The Opportunity

As the Innovation and Transformation Director, you will lead creation and operationalisation of a strategic innovation and transformation program within the context of a major infrastructure program business and inside a client-side environment. You will play a key role in influencing outcomes and work collaboratively with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Success in this role will rely on your ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders including client, specialist consultant and KBR team members. You will navigate competing priorities and expectations to drive alignment, manage risk, budget and support the team to deliver outcomes which uplift the team’s delivery of the client’s program. You will also demonstrate an ability to think and act strategically. You will be able to identify and understand a business’ contexts and its emerging risks and opportunities and design appropriate action plans in response.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will be required to:

• Build positive, trusting and effective relationships across a range of stakeholders and achieve alignment on strategy and execution plans
• Lead the transformation and innovation generational change agenda for an enterprise program. Through a robust approach to the discovery phase, including diagnostics and maturity assessments, develop transformation and efficiency initiatives and plans aligned with agreed outcome objectives
• Explore the client’s perceptions of change need, options and priorities and combining this with a change management approach sensitive to the business’ change capability and capacity expand KBR’s initial offering into a comprehensive strategy, change plan and execution pathway.
• Lead the design of pilot programs and robust stress and success tests. Lead the critical evaluation of pilots and refine strategy and execution plans accordingly
• Underpin approaches with an international best in class mindset, LEAN thinking and benefits realisation at their centre.
• Lead the roll‑out of programs and transition into BAU including measurement of benefits to demonstrate KBR has delivered on its commitments with certainty, confidence and transparency
• Be accountable for the outputs of specialist capability, mapping out a course for the engagement of specialist subconsultants and international subject matter experts and ensuring a pathway for their iterative contributions represent value for money

Who are you?

To succeed in this opportunity the skills and experience required are:

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise change, innovation and transformation programs
• Track record of strategic leadership, anticipating needs and opportunities, proactively crafting appropriate responses and implementing data based decision making
• Strong communication and reporting skills with experience working across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail in reporting

Who are we?

We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders.

Our people blend seamlessly into customer teams to help create a positive impact on the communities and environments they seek to improve. Our expertise and adaptability is unmatched and continues to meet the demands of tomorrow to help shape Australia’s future for the better.

In Australia, KBR employs over 1200 people with offices in each state. Our project delivery track record, industry profile and strong relationships have enabled us to grow significantly, and we continue to expand. This continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure.

In addition to working on some fantastic projects, KBR offer an array of benefits focused on providing our people with a great working environment, continual career development, Family friendly flexible work arrangements and work/life balance. Our culture, and our genuine focus on our people is a major factor in our success and we want you to be part of our journey.

KBR values an inclusive and diverse work environment, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.