Portfolio Planning & Performance Manager

Sharon AI, Inc; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Birthday leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Novated leasing

Employee of the month

Job summary

Sharon AI is an Australian neocloud company delivering AI infrastructure to scale. We are expanding our portfolio planning and performance team to drive commercial, resource planning and performance across deployments.

You will work with Finance, Delivery, Engineering and executive leadership to turn complex data into actionable insights and enable sustainable growth. The ideal candidate brings 7+ years in portfolio/PMO roles, a finance/business degree, and strong forecasting, cost modelling and

Qualifications

• 7+ years in portfolio management, commercial or financial management, PMO or related areas.
• Experience in resource planning, forecasting, financial reporting and performance management.
• Strong financial modelling, project labour costing, and margin analysis.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain portfolio capacity plans and forecast resource demand across deployments.
• Identify constraints early and support workforce and growth planning.
• Develop deployment cost models, project baselines and labour costing models.
• Create revenue, margin and profitability models and monitor commercial performance.
• Measure deployment profitability, ROI and benefits realization across the portfolio.
• Develop portfolio KPIs, dashboards and reporting across capacity, cost, revenue and value.
• Partner with Finance, Delivery, Engineering, Operations and leadership on investment decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve portfolio financial outcomes and reporting processes.
• Establish a reliable source of truth for portfolio planning, forecasting and performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Proactive process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/commerce/economics/business

Tools

Excel

ERP/Resource planning tools

Job description

Sharon AI is an Australian neocloud, delivering trusted AI infrastructure organisations need to build, train and run AI at scale. We support customers across the full AI lifecycle, from training through to inference and agentic AI, drawing on a strong ecosystem of technology and co-location partners to deliver capability where it's needed. As the first neocloud to join NVIDIA's AI Compute Program, we're growing quickly, scaling our AI Factory platform to meet rising demand for advanced compute.

As Sharon AI continues to grow, we're looking for a Portfolio Planning & Performance Manager to establish and lead portfolio-wide commercial, resource planning and performance management across our customer deployment portfolio.

You'll bring together resource capacity, deployment costs, revenue forecasts and portfolio performance to help us scale sustainably. Working closely with our Customer PMO, Finance, Delivery, Engineering, Operations, Procurement and executive leadership, you'll turn complex portfolio data into clear, actionable insights.

What you'll be doing:

• Build and maintain portfolio capacity plans, forecasting resource demand, supply and utilisation across customer cluster deployments.
• Identify resource constraints early, recommend mitigation strategies and support workforce and growth planning.
• Develop deployment cost models, project cost baselines and labour costing models; track actuals against forecasts.
• Build revenue, margin and profitability models and monitor commercial performance and revenue milestones.
• Measure deployment profitability, return on investment and benefits realisation across the portfolio.
• Develop portfolio KPIs, executive dashboards, performance scorecards and reporting across capacity, cost, revenue and value.
• Partner with Finance, Delivery, Engineering, Operations, Procurement and leadership on investment, prioritisation and commercial decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve portfolio financial outcomes, reporting processes and delivery excellence.
• Establish a consistent, reliable source of truth for portfolio planning, forecasting and performance.

What we,re looking for:

• 7+ years' experience in portfolio management, commercial or financial management, PMO, project controls, workforce planning or related areas.
• A bachelor's degree in finance, commerce, economics, business, engineering, project management or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in resource planning, portfolio forecasting, financial reporting and performance management.
• Strong financial modelling skills, including project and labour costing, business cases, capacity plans and margin analysis.
• Ability to interpret complex portfolio data and deliver practical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Finance, Delivery, Operations and executive leadership.
• Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive approach to building scalable processes in a growing business, with an interest in AI infrastructure.

Nice to have:

• Experience in AI infrastructure, cloud, hyperscale, telecommunications, data centres or major capital programs.
• Experience building portfolio planning or performance management capabilities in high-growth organisations.
• Advanced Excel modelling, investment appraisal (DCF, NPV, IRR), ERP or resource planning tools, and executive dashboards.

Why Join Sharon AI?

You'll be joining a rapidly growing Australian technology business at an exciting stage of its journey, with the opportunity to work directly with the infrastructure and technology powering the next generation of AI.

• Hybrid working - flexibility between our office and working from home
• Birthday leave - take some extra time to celebrate your day
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - confidential support when you need it
• Exposure to AI and next-generation technology - work in one of the fastest-moving areas of technology
• Learning & development - we support your career growth with approved conferences, professional memberships & courses
• Novated leasing - a tax-effective way to finance and run your car
• Bounty referral program - generous rewards for successfully referring new talent to Sharon AI
• Employee of the month - recognition plus a $500 gift card
• Growing global business - be part of an Australian technology company with an expanding international footprint
• Make an impact - join at a stage where your work can have a visible influence on how we build and grow
• Collaborative culture - work alongside talented people across technical, commercial and corporate teams

Our Values

Integrity | Innovation | Collaboration | Wellbeing | Inclusion

Apply today and help us build the infrastructure powering the next generation of AI.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we’re unfortunately not always able to provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates. We appreciate your understanding and want to assure you that every application will be reviewed with care.