Senior Infrastructure Investment & Business Case Leader

Airservices Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Australia is seeking a Strategic Investment Business Case Lead to shape infrastructure investment decisions across Queensland. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, develop defensible business cases and engage senior clients to translate complex technical and economic analyses into clear investment narratives.

The role requires leading roles across the full lifecycle of planning studies, from strategic assessment to implementation planning, with strong communication and governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, economics, finance, commerce, public policy, project management or related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant experience across infrastructure advisory, planning and business case development.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary planning projects and business cases through full investment lifecycle.
• Ability to connect technical, economic, financial, social, environmental and delivery inputs into integrated recommendations.
• Experience working with government investment frameworks and assurance processes.
• Strong project and commercial management across scope, program, budget, resourcing and risk.
• Experience leading senior client engagements and governance forums.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to explain complex issues clearly.
• Desirable postgraduate qualifications and training in investment logic or project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex infrastructure planning studies and business cases from strategic assessment through options development and implementation planning.
• Define investment context, objectives, benefits, base case and decision points.
• Develop fit-for-purpose methodologies aligned with government and client frameworks.
• Lead option generation, longlisting, shortlisting, multi-criteria assessment and preferred option selection.
• Integrate diverse inputs into a coherent business case narrative.
• Lead large multidisciplinary teams with clear governance and budgets.
• Facilitate senior client workshops and executive briefings.
• Oversee executive summaries, briefing notes, presentations and assurance responses.
• Mentor practitioners and develop repeatable tools and templates.
• Lead strategic pursuits, proposals and client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

Investment logic mapping

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

WSP Australia is seeking a Strategic Investment Business Case Lead to shape infrastructure investment decisions across Queensland. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, develop defensible business cases and engage senior clients to translate complex technical and economic analyses into clear investment narratives.

The role requires leading roles across the full lifecycle of planning studies, from strategic assessment to implementation planning, with strong communication and governance