Manager, Strategic Performance

UWA; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is seeking a Manager, Strategic Performance to lead the organisation's performance framework and translate strategy into measurable outcomes. You will turn analytical findings into decisions and act as a strategic adviser to lift performance across the university.

Based in Western Australia, this full-time role involves influencing senior stakeholders, shaping KPI/OKR approaches and ensuring actions align with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or using performance frameworks, KPI/OKRs or other outcome measures.
• Experience advising senior executives on significant strategic or performance issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex analysis into concise and persuasive performance narratives.
• Highly developed communication, leadership, and organisational skills, including strong influencing and cross-capability relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic performance approach, translating institutional strategy and priorities into meaningful measures, targets and outcomes.
• Turn analysis into decisions and identify issues that matter, helping to distinguish signal from noise and direct focus to things that matter.
• Be a strategic advisor to lift performance capability, with relationships that connect performance with action.

Skills

Strategic judgement

Analytical depth

KPI/OKRs

Advising executives

Communication skills

Influencing

Job description

• Drive enterprise-wide performance and enable evidence based strategic decision making at a leading WA organisation.
• Lead the approach to understanding whether strategy is delivering the outcomes intended, why performance is changing and where action is required.
• Full-time (1.0 FTE) appointment on an ongoing basis.
• Base salary range plus 17% superannuation.

About the area

The Strategy, Planning & Performance team works at the centre of UWA's major strategic choices. We connect strategy, planning, performance and resource allocation to help the University understand where it is succeeding, where performance needs to change, and where leadership attention and investment will have the greatest impact.

Working across the University, the team brings together data, analysis and organisational context to support Executive and governance decision-making on priorities, performance, investment and change.

About the opportunity

This is a strategic role for someone who enjoys making sense of complexity and turning evidence into meaningful action.

• Lead the strategic performance approach, translating institutional strategy and priorities into meaningful measures, targets and outcomes.
• Turn analysis into decisions and identify issues that matter, helping to distinguish signal from noise and direct focus to things that matter.
• Be a strategic advisor to lift performance capability, with relationships that connect performance with action.

About you

We are looking for someone who combines strategic judgement, analytical depth, intellectual curiosity and the confidence to influence across a complex stakeholder set. You’ll need to have a strong track record of using quantitative and qualitative evidence to diagnose complex organisational or strategic issues and translate analysis into action, with ability to link detailed evidence and the big picture.

• Experience designing or using performance frameworks, KPI/OKRs or other outcome measures.
• Experience advising senior executives on significant strategic or performance issues, and with the judgement and confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex analysis into concise and persuasive performance narratives.
• Highly developed communication, leadership, and organisational skills, including strong influencing and cross-capability relationship building.

Note: As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be required to complete declarations in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence.

Position description: Manager, Strategic Performance - 523754.pdf

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Jessica Thomas at [e-mail]

For enquiries on the recruitment process, please contact Zen Huang at [e-mail]

Closing date: 11:55 PM AWST on Sunday 22 November 2026. The University reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitably qualified candidate prior to the closing date.

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia

Please note: Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted outside of formal channels.

About the University

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and a member of the prestigious Australian Group of Eight research intensive universities. With a strong research track record, vibrant campus and working environments, supported by the freedom to innovate and inspire, there is no better time to join Western Australia’s top university.

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Our commitment to inclusion and diversity

UWA is committed to a diverse workforce and an equitable and inclusive workplace. We are committed to fostering a safe environment for all, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQA+ community, and people living with disability.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. Alternatively, you can contact us for assistance during the recruitment process.

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