Title:  Digital Portfolio Director- Market & Asset

• Lead a strategically important porfolio delivering multiple large programs focused on metering, network billing and market data, as well as corporate platforms

• Draw on deep experience leading major enterprise technology implementations to proactively manage risk, navigate complex delivery challenges and drive successful outcomes. 

• Drive modern, innovative and AI-enabled ways of working across Digital Delivery  

We're seeking a leader with substantial hands-on experience delivering large-scale digital and technology programs. Whilst governance and PMO experience is valuable, this role is best suited to candidates who have personally led complex technology delivery initiatives. 

We believe that everyone here plays a vital role in AusNet's journey to deliver Real. Growth.  

This opportunity will allow you to enrich your career and continue to make a difference within a company that values your contribution and is committed to your growth, whilst shaping our cleaner energy future  

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

We are going through an exciting period of growth and have a great opportunity for a Digital Portfolio Director – Market Services and Asset Management to join us  

This role will shape, prioritise and deliver strategic digital investments spanning Market Services transformation, Asset Management and enterprise corporate applications  

You will optimise investment and delivery capacity and lead initiatives that strengthen resilience, security, regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness across AusNet  

The role will maximise enterprise value through strong portfolio leadership, benefits realisation, delivery execution and continuous improvement, while building capability through modern and AI-enabled ways of working  

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

• Lead Market Services transformation programs that enhance integration with AEMO as well as Asset Management uplift programs 

• Oversee a diverse portfolio of corporate application uplift initiatives across enterprise platforms  

• Lead portfolio-level prioritisation and investment optimisation, balancing strategy, delivery capacity, risk and expected business value  

• Drive benefits realisation and ensure initiatives deliver tangible, measurable business outcomes  

• Provide delivery leadership across other Digital portfolios as required, flexing priorities, resources and expertise to support enterprise needs  

• Champion modern delivery practices, innovation, data-driven decision-making and AI-enabled ways of working  

• Build delivery capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning and development of future delivery leaders  

• Strengthen accountability across delivery partners, sponsors and stakeholders  

• Maintain strong portfolio governance, forecasting, risk management and decision support  

• Ensure delivery contributes to safety, privacy and cyber objectives  

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

•  To be successful in this role, we're looking for significant hands-on leadership experience delivering large-scale digital and technology initiatives. Candidates with backgrounds more focused on governance, PMO leadership, or oversight functions may be less aligned to the core requirements of the position  

• Experienced Program or Portfolio Director with a proven track record delivering complex digital portfolios over $15M, ideally in asset-intensive and regulated sectors  

• Demonstrated experience delivering portfolios spanning market processes, enterprise application implementation and data and information management projects 

• Strong portfolio-level prioritisation, investment optimisation, budgeting, resource planning, risk management and reporting capability  

• Proven ability to manage vendors and delivery partners, with strong commercial discipline, cost control and accountability for outcomes  

• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and concise decision-support capability  

• Experience leading initiatives from concept through implementation and benefits realisation  

• Experience developing high-performing teams and future delivery leaders  

• Ability to lead innovation, continuous improvement and the practical adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices