Principal Utilities Portfolio Lead

Infosys Singapore & Australia; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys Consulting, Perth-based, seeks a Principal Utilities Portfolio Lead to oversee a portfolio of transmission, substation, and distribution projects within the utilities sector. You will manage large programs, support client relationships, and sustain quality and budget adherence while mentoring diverse project teams.

The role requires senior leadership across the APAC region, development of service offerings, and ongoing capability growth within a dynamic consultancy environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the utilities sector, particularly in project management roles.
• Proven track record leading teams and talent acquisition.
• Strong program and account management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a portfolio of transmission, substation, and distribution projects for utilities.
• Manage large-scale programs to meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Develop recovery plans to mitigate risks and maintain project parameters.
• Mentor and supervise project managers, schedulers, and engineers; manage staffing needs.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Team leadership

Program management

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

IT strategy

Job description

Infosys Consulting is a Global consulting and transformation firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys Ltd. Infosys has grown from pioneering the global delivery model to emerging as one of the most respected companies in the world.

Infosys Consulting works with clients to develop and implement innovative strategies and drive process improvements that create business value, including technology-enabled business transformation. We look for opportunities to improve financial and operational performance through targeted strategies that include digitized business processes and business architecture innovations. We help our clients improve business performance through data-driven insights and world-class implementation of innovation initiatives. Our practice is client-focused, with most of our revenue coming from repeat business with our strategic clients.

Overview

As a Principal Utilities Portfolio Lead within Infosys Consulting, you will pursue and grow deep client relationships, operating at the executive and senior management levels. You will also provide leadership on our most critical engagements, working closely with diverse Infosys and client teams to drive successful outcomes. Finally, you will be one of the key leaders in our APAC firm – from developing our next generation of leaders to disruptive, innovative new service offerings, you will be empowered to lead and create a successful consulting practice.

If you are looking for a progressive company where you are not just a cog in the wheel, but where you can truly shape our future and the future of our clients, then you are the right individual for this opportunity.

Role

Principal Utilities Portfolio Lead

Location

Perth

Job Summary

The Utilities Portfolio Lead will oversee a portfolio of projects within the utilities sector, including transmission, substation, and distribution projects. This role involves managing large-scale programs, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards. The Utilities Portfolio Lead will act as the primary liaison for clients, providing updates on project progress, costs, schedules, and risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a portfolio of transmission, substation, and distribution projects for public and investor-owned utilities.
• Manage large-scale programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations are met.
• Develop recovery plans to mitigate risks and maintain stakeholder-approved project parameters.
• Monitor program performance using dashboards, KPIs, and other tracking tools.
• Implement quality control processes to maintain high standards in project deliverables.

Stakeholder & Resource Management

• Serve as the primary client interface, reporting on project progress, costs, schedules, and risks.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among clients, project teams, subcontractors, and internal support teams.
• Supervise and mentor a diverse team of project managers, schedulers, controllers, and multi-discipline engineers.
• Assess and manage staffing requirements strategically, ensuring the right talent mix is available for project demands.

Strategic Growth & Leadership

• Provide input and influence the strategic growth of the organization.
• Help shape the culture of a dynamic team across the service territory.
• Lead the development and delivery of service offerings.
• Provide insights into new and emerging perspectives. Point of view (POVs) on core service IT offerings, emerging technologies, and practices.
• POVs on Business, Cloud, and Digital Transformations
• Provide patterns, best practices, and white paper on IT strategy and service offering related areas.
• Capture work products, insights gained, and intellectual property created.
• Directly contribute to capability development
• Expand, publicize, and support continuous development through the firm’s knowledge management system, etc.
• Stays informed on developments in IT practices and emerging technologies.
• Actively works to update/upgrade the level of expertise or knowledge.
• Ability to share his/her expertise with others on the team and with the client.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the utilities sector, particularly in project management roles
• Proven track record of team leadership and talent acquisition
• Deep expertise in commercial consulting within the transmission and distribution (T&D) utility industry
• Strong program and account management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Sales and Marketing

• RFP and Client proposal development.
• Ability to lead and drive compelling business cases and client presentations.
• Contribute towards points of view (POVs) through blogging, white papers, and other thought leadership.
• Lead work streams to aid the development of new business opportunities.
• Conduct market/client research and industry analysis.

Measures of success

• Lead consulting engagements on all levels
• Realizing benefits and meeting the agreed time, budgetary, and quality measures.
• Achievement of revenue contribution and utilization targets
• Contribute to practice and capability development.

We offer you great opportunities within a dynamically growing consultancy. If you are looking for a progressive company where you are not just a cog in the wheel, but where you can truly shape our future and the future of our clients, then you are the right individual for this opportunity.

At Infosys Consulting you will discover a truly global culture, highly dedicated and motivated colleagues, a cooperative work environment, and interesting training opportunities.