Manager, Strategy & Operations

Minter Ellison; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MinterEllison is a leading Australian law and consulting firm seeking a senior professional to join the Strategy Delivery Office. You will run governance, map strategic priorities, and drive outcomes with senior executives across a multi-disciplinary team.

You will leverage AI tools to improve reporting, automate processes, and support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives while collaborating closely with the COO and Director of Strategy & Development.

Qualifications

• Degree and proven track record in project management, business analysis, transformation, continuous improvement or strategy consulting.
• Strong judgement and the ability to separate what matters from what is urgent.
• Experience preparing reports, papers, briefings or communications for senior executives.
• A record of improving processes and driving outcomes.
• Exceptional organisation and follow‑through across many senior stakeholders.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve productivity and decision‑making.
• Strong Excel and Power BI skills.
• Excellent written communication and ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations.
• Credibility with Partners and senior leaders; ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Understand the firm’s strategic priorities and use them to propose agendas and focus papers.
• Run the governance calendar for the COO’s office and Strategy Delivery Office.
• Prepare agendas, coordinate papers, take minutes and draft executive communications for the COO.
• Drive actions and hold senior colleagues to deadlines and quality standards.
• Keep portfolio registers, risks, issues, decisions and benefits up to date.
• Analyse business challenges, map processes and support strategic initiatives.
• Automate reporting and reconciliation with AI tools; measure time and quality gains.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Transformation

Continuous improvement

Strategy consulting

Stakeholder management

Excel

AI tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Claude

Job description

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MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we’re leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we’ve built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

Reporting to the Director, Strategy & Development, you will work closely with the COO to run the COO and Strategy Delivery Office. You will understand what matters most to the firm and make sure its strategic initiatives stay on track.

Key responsibilities include:

• Understanding the firm’s strategic priorities and using them to propose draft agendas, order the work and focus every paper.
• Running the governance calendar for the COO’s office and the Strategy Delivery Office.
• Preparing agendas, commissioning and co‑ordinating papers, taking minutes and drafting executive communications for the COO, and driving actions.
• Holding senior colleagues to deadlines and quality standards ahead of governance reviews so gaps surface early.
• Keeping portfolio registers, risks, issues, decisions and benefits current.
• Analysing business challenges, mapping processes and supporting strategic initiatives.
• Automating reporting, drafting and reconciliation with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude and other AI tools, and measuring the time and quality gained.

We welcome applications from professionals who bring:

• A degree and about a proven track record in project management, business analysis, transformation, continuous improvement or strategy consulting.
• Strong judgement and the ability to separate what matters most from what is merely urgent.
• Proven experience preparing reports, papers, briefings or communications for senior executives.
• A record of improving processes and driving outcomes.
• Exceptional organisation and follow‑through across many senior stakeholders, with the rigour to hold others to account.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve productivity and decision‑making.
• Strong Excel and working Power BI.
• Excellent written communication and the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations.
• Credibility with Partners and senior leaders, and the ability to influence without authority.
• Discretion with confidential and commercially sensitive material.

This role will suit someone who creates order from complexity, acts on their own initiative and takes pride in helping leaders make better decisions. It offers an exceptional platform to build enterprise-wide understanding, develop a broad network across the firm and grow into future strategy, transformation or operational leadership roles .