General Manager Business Excellence
Page Executive
- Shape How a Global City Operates
- Lead Enterprise-Wide Transformation at Scale
About Our Client
The City of Melbourne is globally recognised for its vibrancy, innovation, and liveability. At the heart of one of the world's leading cities, this organisation is committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for its community through bold leadership, strong governance, and future-focused strategy.
The Business Excellence Division is the engine room of organisational performance-bringing together finance, technology, procurement, and enterprise planning to power smarter decisions, better services, and lasting impact.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the General Manager Business Excellence is a pivotal Executive Leadership Team role-charged with actively shaping how the City of Melbourne operates, performs, and evolves.
This role is responsible for driving strategic transformation, financial sustainability, and operational excellence across the organisation. You will oversee a complex and high-impact portfolio spanning finance, enterprise technology, procurement, and planning, ensuring aligned strategies, robust governance, and data-led decision making.
Key responsibilities include:
- Driving enterprise-wide operational excellence, embedding a culture of performance, accountability and continuous improvement
- Reimagining how the organisation operates, leading transformation across finance, technology, procurement and business planning
- Owning the financial future of the organisation, setting strategy, strengthening governance and unlocking value
- Harnessing data and insights to influence decision-making at the highest levels
- Shaping and executing major investment strategies, including complex commercial opportunities and strategic initiatives
With oversight of a significant and complex portfolio-including :$124M in expenditure, :$321M in revenue and substantial asset holdings, this role sits at the centre of how the City delivers for its community, now and into the future.
The Successful Applicant
We are seeking a strategic and commercially astute leader with:
- A proven track record of leading enterprise transformation and lifting organisational performance in complex environments similar in size and complexity of a capital city council
- Deep financial leadership expertise, with the ability to shape long-term strategy, governance and sustainability (CA/CPA Essential)
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience identifying and executing on growth and investment opportunities
- Experience leading digital, technology and business improvement initiatives that deliver measurable outcomes
Above all, you are energised by the opportunity to leave a lasting imprint on how a major global city operates and performs.
What's On Offer
- A rare opportunity to actively shape the operational engine of a world-class city
- A central, high-impact role partnering directly with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team
- The platform to drive end-to-end transformation, innovation and performance uplift
- Potential opportunity to serve on the Board of subsidiary organisations
Ready to drive your career forward? Reach out for a candidate pack with more information.
How to Apply: Submit your resume and cover letter to ***email_hidden*** or reach out via +61730186313 for a confidential discussion.Please note that this is an Executive Contract role, for upto 5 Years.
