Senior Manager Enterprise Strategy & Performance

Inner West Council; Sydney; On-site; AUD 256,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Gym membership (from $18.65/week)

Motor vehicle leaseback scheme

Job summary

Inner West Council is seeking a Senior Manager Enterprise Strategy & Performance to lead the Enterprise Strategy and Performance service unit and drive strategic objectives, operational excellence, and coordinated delivery.

You will oversee enterprise strategy, corporate planning, organisational performance, governance, and change initiatives across a large, diverse organisation, partnering with senior leadership to translate strategy into action.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading corporate strategy, organisational performance, business planning, project governance, business improvement and/or organisational transformation within a large and complex organisation.
• Experience establishing or operating within project management offices, portfolio management functions or governance frameworks with experience using data and performance information to drive improvement.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to prepare executive reports, strategic business cases, Council reports and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Strategy and Performance service unit to support Council’s strategic objectives and operational excellence.
• Ensure Council operates as an integrated system by aligning strategy, business planning, and performance expectations across the organisation; coordinate delivery and embedded change.
• Oversee delivery of enterprise strategy, corporate planning, organisational performance, business excellence, project governance and organisational change services through leadership and team coordination.

Skills

Data-driven decision making

Executive communication

Strategic leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications in business/strategy/public administration/project management/organizational development/management

Job description

Senior Manager Enterprise Strategy & Performance

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

The Senior Manager Enterprise Strategy and Performance leads the Enterprise Strategy and Performance service unit to support Council’s strategic objectives and operational excellence.

The role ensures that Council operates as an integrated system by aligning strategy, business planning, and performance expectations across the organisation; and ensures that priorities are translated into coordinated delivery and embedded organisational change.

It oversees the delivery of enterprise strategy, corporate planning, organisational performance, business excellence, project governance and organisational change services through expert leadership and team coordination.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

Total Remuneration Package

$255,650 p.a. - $271,298 p.a. (This is inclusive of superannuation (SCG) contribution - currently 12%) + Access to Council's Motor Vehicle Leaseback Scheme.

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, strategy, public administration, project management, organisational development, management or a related discipline, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Extensive experience leading corporate strategy, organisational performance, business planning, project governance, business improvement and/or organisational transformation functions within a large and complex organisation and emonstrated experience establishing, leading or operating within project management offices, portfolio management functions or governance frameworks with experience in using data, insights and performance information to drive organisational improvement and better decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement enterprise-wide planning, performance and improvement frameworks that support strategic outcomes with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to prepare executive reports, strategic business cases, Council reports and presentations.

Enquiries

Sharon Bowman, Director Corporate on 9392 5700

Closing Date

Sunday 20 September 2026, 11:30PM

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver's Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

We acknowledge that this land area traditionally belonged to the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora nation.

Inner West Council was proclaimed on 12 May 2016. It is made up of the former Local Government Areas of Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville.