Strategic Performance Lead

UWA; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is seeking a Manager, Strategic Performance to lead the organisation's performance framework and translate strategy into measurable outcomes. You will turn analytical findings into decisions and act as a strategic adviser to lift performance across the university.

Based in Western Australia, this full-time role involves influencing senior stakeholders, shaping KPI/OKR approaches and ensuring actions align with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or using performance frameworks, KPI/OKRs or other outcome measures.
• Experience advising senior executives on significant strategic or performance issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex analysis into concise and persuasive performance narratives.
• Highly developed communication, leadership, and organisational skills, including strong influencing and cross-capability relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic performance approach, translating institutional strategy and priorities into meaningful measures, targets and outcomes.
• Turn analysis into decisions and identify issues that matter, helping to distinguish signal from noise and direct focus to things that matter.
• Be a strategic advisor to lift performance capability, with relationships that connect performance with action.

Skills

Strategic judgement

Analytical depth

KPI/OKRs

Advising executives

Communication skills

Influencing

Job description

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is seeking a Manager, Strategic Performance to lead the organisation's performance framework and translate strategy into measurable outcomes. You will turn analytical findings into decisions and act as a strategic adviser to lift performance across the university.

Based in Western Australia, this full-time role involves influencing senior stakeholders, shaping KPI/OKR approaches and ensuring actions align with strategic priorities.