Manager - Portfolio Management Office

Description:

Are you a strategic portfolio performance and insights leader with a passion for building new capability and driving evidence-based decision-making at scale?

This is a newly established role, positioned within the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) of the Infrastructure Services Division (ISD), Department of Education.

In this role, you will lead the development and ongoing management of portfolio performance analysis and monitoring for the Department's Infrastructure Investment Portfolio (IIP), supporting improved 'on-time and on-budget' delivery outcomes across a multi-billion-dollar capital program.

This role is pivotal in strengthening executive and governance decision-making by enhancing the rigour, maturity, and transparency of portfolio performance analysis across the Infrastructure Investment Portfolio (IIP).

About The Department

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us .

Your Opportunity

To enhance portfolio governance, performance oversight, and investment decision-making, ISD is strengthening the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) to provide a more integrated, transparent, and insight-driven view of portfolio performance.

As the Manager of the Portfolio Performance & Insights (PPI) team, you will be responsible for establishing and leading a new portfolio performance and insights function within the PMO.

You will work will closely with various teams across the division to provide a holistic view of planning and delivery performance, combining financial reporting with non-financial measures such as schedule, risk, benefits, dependencies, and capacity, enabling proactive portfolio management and early intervention to ensure informed decision-making and strengthened portfolio oversight.

Initial Focus Includes

• Establishing the function - defining frameworks, measures and operating model to support the portfolio performance and insight's function
• Portfolio performance and insight - Identifying and communicating portfolio-level trends, emerging risks, constraints, and opportunities to support proactive management of the Infrastructure Investment Portfolio.
• Executive reporting and governance - Designing and implementing portfolio-level performance monitoring frameworks and executive-level reporting to inform, challenge, and influence executive and governance investment decisions.
• Capability uplift – Leading the uplift of capability in portfolio, program, and project performance analysis and monitoring across the division.
  
  
  

About You

This role will suit a strategic, analytical professional who is motivated by building new capability and driving measurable performance improvement at scale. You will thrive in this role if you:

• enjoy operating at the intersection of data, delivery, and executive decision-making
• can operate effectively in environments with evolving direction and bring structure that enables confident decision-making
• can balance strategic thinking with a pragmatic approach to achieving outcomes
• are confident in building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders using evidence and judgement
• have advanced knowledge of, and experience leading, infrastructure portfolio, program, and project performance monitoring in a government or large, complex organisational environment
• are proficient in reporting, data analysis, and visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Excel) to effectively communicate portfolio performance and trends.
  
  
  

Formal qualifications in business, economics, data analytics, or project/portfolio management are beneficial. Experience with capital investment portfolios, Government investment and assurance frameworks, and P3M methodologies will be highly regarded.

How To Apply

• A brief resume with contact details of 2 referees (including your current manager)
• A maximum 2-page statement outlining:
  • Motivation to apply for this role
  • clear, concise examples demonstrating capability in driving performance improvement and organisational change, demonstrating how you have uplifted maturity, delivered outcomes, and influenced decision-making across complex environments
  • Your people leadership experience, including alignment with the Leadership Competencies for Queensland and how your personal attributes align with this requirements.
    

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Occupational group Management