Title:  Capital Portfolio Governance Lead

• Stakeholder Engagement > Enterprise Portfolio Management
• Meaningful work with real purpose > Exciting experiences to enrich your career
• Highly collaborative role governing capital investments

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together, making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting one of the strategic capital project portfolios at AusNet to achieve its strategic priorities through sound business partnering from idea to benefit realisation.

Your key duties will include portfolio management, facilitating investment approvals, overseeing variations, monitoring portfolio performance and maintaining governance across the relevant business unit.

This role will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to implement investment and governance strategies, supporting key enterprise decisions regarding capital investment.

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in Southbank, Melbourne and is part of the Capital Governance and Performance Team, Group Operations.

 This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Provide valuable advice to Line of Business Leaders on portfolio, program and project governance and performance.
• Review investment cases to ensure they are strategically sound and in line with key governance, whilst monitoring the performance of approved investments.
• Support the investment approval process, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to secure necessary approvals and funding.
• Track and report on the performance of various projects and initiatives within the portfolio.
• Maintain ongoing oversight of investment projects to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and adherence to governance frameworks.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with capital investments, including regulatory, market, and operational risks.
• Prepare and present detailed reports on portfolio performance, project status, and strategic initiatives to C-level executives and the board of directors.

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Qualification in Project Management, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or another related field
• Demonstrated practical project management experience, preferably in a similar environment (group level PMO) and similar industry (energy, utilities and/or major infrastructure projects). 
• Proven experience in portfolio planning & prioritisation, investment analysis, or facilitative governance roles.
• In-depth understanding of program and project management principles, likely gained from practical experience in delivering capital projects and relevant project management qualification (e.g., PMBOK, Prince2).
• A solid understanding of portfolio governance frameworks and a track record of working with various stakeholders to implement process changes.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.