Lead, Productivity

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is seeking a Lead, Productivity in Docklands to oversee the enterprise productivity pipeline, ensure well-defined initiatives, and align with financial targets. You will partner with business leaders, Finance, and initiative owners to maximise outcomes and provide clear insights for executive decisions.

Role is permanent, full-time (40 hours) at 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008.

Qualifications

• Experience managing transformation, productivity, cost optimisation, or business improvement portfolios.
• Strong understanding of benefits realisation, financial analysis, governance, risk and dependency management.
• Ability to challenge assumptions constructively and improve initiative quality and delivery confidence.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and commercial acumen.
• Clear communication and reporting skills with the ability to translate complex information into actionable insights.
• Experience working in regulated environments, consulting, transformation offices, or portfolio management functions is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Review and assess productivity initiatives, ensuring benefits, scope, milestones, and assumptions are robust.
• Work with divisional teams to prioritise and sequence initiatives for maximum value delivery.
• Identify risks, dependencies, overlaps, and delivery challenges, and support teams in resolving them.
• Partner with Finance to align productivity targets, financial assumptions, and realised benefits.
• Facilitate pipeline reviews and governance forums, providing insights and recommendations.
• Prepare concise reports on pipeline health, progress, risks and opportunities for senior stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across business units and provide constructive challenge to improve delivery outcomes.

Skills

Transformation management

Productivity

Cost optimisation

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Governance

Risk management

Executive reporting

Regulated environments

Job description

Lead, Productivity

Department: GO - Transformation Office Delivery Excellence

Division: Group Operations

Location: Docklands

About Us

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At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

As a Lead, Productivity, you will oversee ANZ’s enterprise productivity pipeline, ensuring initiatives are well-defined, prioritised, financially aligned, and delivered with confidence. You will partner with business leaders, Finance, and initiative owners to maximise productivity outcomes, manage risks and dependencies, and provide clear insights to support executive decision‑making.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008
Work Hours: Full time - 40 Hours

What will your day look like?

• Review and assess productivity initiatives, ensuring benefits, scope, milestones, and assumptions are robust.


• Work with divisional teams to prioritise and sequence initiatives for maximum value delivery.


• Identify risks, dependencies, overlaps, and delivery challenges, and support teams in resolving them.


• Partner with Finance to align productivity targets, financial assumptions, and realised benefits.


• Facilitate pipeline reviews and governance forums, providing insights and recommendations.


• Prepare concise reports on pipeline health, progress, risks, and opportunities for senior stakeholders.


• Build strong relationships across business units and provide constructive challenge to improve delivery outcomes.

What will you bring?

• Experience managing transformation, productivity, cost optimisation, or business improvement portfolios.


• Strong understanding of benefits realisation, financial analysis, governance, risk, and dependency management.


• Ability to challenge assumptions constructively and improve initiative quality and delivery confidence.


• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions.


• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and commercial acumen.


• Clear communication and reporting skills with the ability to translate complex information into actionable insights.


• Experience working in regulated environments, consulting, transformation offices, or portfolio management functions is advantageous.

Your Career at ANZ

Our purpose is to shape a world where people and communities thrive. That's why we strive to create a balanced, sustainable economy in which everyone can take part and build a better life. By helping people make the most of what they have, we transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you. ANZ is committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things in the future.

We work flexibly at ANZ and encourage you to talk to us about how this role can be flexible for you and any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

The ANZ Enterprise Agreement 2023 will apply except in certain circumstances for internal applicants. ANZ will advise further if a different enterprise agreement applies.