The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Manager TMO to join us in our Transformation Services team in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane on a full time max-term basis until August 2027.

Reporting to the Head of Transformation Portfolio, you will play a key role in leading the Transformation Management Office (TMO), providing coordination, governance and optimisation of the transformation portfolio for the Operations Division. This role ensures strategic initiatives are prioritised, governed and delivered in a disciplined, value‑driven way, enabling senior leaders to make confident decisions and realise intended benefits.

If you thrive in complex, multi-stream environments and enjoy bringing clarity and momentum to enterprise change, this role offers a critical position at the centre of the transformation portfolio - strengthening governance, improving visibility and ensuring initiatives deliver sustainable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Transformation Management Office, providing portfolio governance, reporting and assurance
• Establish and maintain standardised transformation tools, artefacts and reporting framework to strengthen governance and execution discipline
• Provide executive level insight and materials for Steering Committees across progress, risks, interdependencies and benefits realisation - distilling complex analysis into concise, decision-ready recommendations
• Provide transparency on portfolio and value delivery, monitoring strategic priorities, milestones, data quality and progress against transformation objectives
• Partner closely with senior leaders, sponsors and delivery leads to provide effective challenge, escalation and decision support
• Coordinate with various teams to facilitate smooth project execution.

Your background

• Experience in strategy, transformation, consulting or a similar environment delivering complex programs of work
• Demonstrable portfolio management and governance expertise
• Ability to manage dependencies, risks and cross-functional coordination in multi-stream programs
• Strong communications skills, with the ability to produce clear, executive-ready materials
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with ability to align diverse stakeholders
• Relevant industry experience (energy or infrastructure) is preferred by not essential

About the Team

The Transformation Portfolio team defines, structures and governs the strategic transformation agenda for APAs Operations Division. The team provides enterprise level visibility and assurance across transformation initiatives, enabling disciplined delivery, informed decision making and benefits realisation across a complex portfolio.

This is an exciting time for the team, we need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact.

Working at APA

At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.