Program Engagement and Coordinator

Westpac Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Mortgage rates (employee offers)

Tailored learning and development

Volunteer initiatives

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Program Engagement and Coordination Manager to own end-to-end Unite Transformation capability team portfolio coordination, stakeholder alignment and operating rhythm, ensuring initiatives move from decision to delivery through one integrated plan.

You will integrate plans, milestones, stakeholders, decisions, risks and delivery dependencies, and run the Unite Transformation capability team working rhythms with clear status and escalation.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme and portfolio coordination.
• Ability to integrate multiple workstreams and senior stakeholders into one plan.
• Strong scheduling, risk, dependency and governance discipline.
• Experience coordinating vendors, cohorts or enterprise delivery activity.
• Ability to produce concise executive reporting and drive action closure.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Unite Transformation capability team portfolio coordination, stakeholder alignment and operating rhythm.
• Integrate plans, milestones, stakeholders, decisions, risks and delivery dependencies.
• Run Unite Transformation capability team working rhythms with clear status and escalation.
• Build and maintain the integrated portfolio plan, calendar and milestone map.
• Coordinate mobilisation and delivery across workstreams, HR, Practices, COEs and vendors.
• Translate priorities into delivery plans with accountabilities and milestones.

Skills

Programme coordination

Stakeholder management

Planning & scheduling

Governance & risk

Vendor coordination

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Program Engagement and Coordinator!

What's the role?

As a Program Engagement and Coordination Manager you will own end-to-end Unite Transformation capability team portfolio coordination, stakeholder alignment and operating rhythm, ensuring initiatives move from decision to delivery through one integrated plan. You will be integrating plans, milestones, stakeholders, decisions, risks and delivery dependencies and running the Unite Transformation capability team working rhythms, providing clear status and escalation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain the integrated Unite Transformation capability team portfolio plan, calendar, milestone map and critical path.
• Coordinate mobilisation and delivery across Unite Transformation capability team workstreams, ELG, HR, Practices, COEs and vendors.
• Run working-group forums; maintain decisions, actions, risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Translate Council priorities into delivery plans, accountabilities and measurable milestones.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and ensure leaders receive timely information on priorities, decisions and participation requirements.
• Work with ELG on vendor, logistics, cohort and delivery-readiness activity, while retaining end-to-end portfolio coordination

What do I need?

To be successful in this role, you will need to be excellent at building meaningful business relationships and have strong planning skills, being able to orchestrate work across an entire program.

Additional skills and experience required include:

• Substantial experience in programme, portfolio, PMO, learning operations or complex transformation coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate multiple workstreams and senior stakeholders into one plan.
• Strong scheduling, risk, dependency and governance discipline.
• Experience coordinating vendors, cohorts or enterprise delivery activity.
• Ability to produce concise executive reporting and drive action closure.

We're obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to 'give back' to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

We're all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone - no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page , under the 'Diversity, sustainability and flexibility' section.

We may close this job advertisement earlier than the advertised closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.