Project Thrive Manager

reqId: 167655

Category: Engineering

Location: North Sydney, New South Wales, 2060

Fixed-Term

Help shape the Ventia Engineering and Professional Services team and play a key role in coordinating and accelerating a major growth and transformation program across the business. This role ensures that a complex portfolio of initiatives operates as a coherent program, rather than a set of disconnected activities.

We are seeking a Manager to lead Project Thrive, our transformational growth program. The role will oversee the integration, sequencing and momentum of strategic initiatives, ensuring they are aligned, prioritised and delivered effectively across the organisation.

This is a unique opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, influence business-wide outcomes and drive meaningful change while you Find Your Further with Ventia.

What we offer

• Full-time, fixed term opportunity (2 years) with a competitive remuneration package
• Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance
• Opportunity to be part of a growing engineering services business with strong future pipeline
• Ongoing professional development through training, mentoring and career pathways
• Exposure to diverse projects across multiple sectors
• Access to modern tools, systems and innovative technologies
• Supportive and collaborative team environment with experienced leadership
• Employee benefits including health and wellbeing programs, Fitness Passport and corporate discounts

About the Role

As Project Thrive Manager, you will be responsible for enabling and accelerating the delivery of strategic growth and transformation initiatives across the business. You will work through existing leaders and teams to ensure initiatives are coordinated, prioritised and delivered effectively.

Additionally, you’ll:

• Oversee the integration and sequencing of multiple initiatives across growth, capability and operating model changes
• Work closely with senior leaders to enable delivery through existing teams, removing barriers and driving progress
• Monitor progress, risks and outcomes across the transformation portfolio, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, ensuring initiatives remain coordinated and prioritised
• Support executive reporting, providing clear insights, recommendations and decision support
• Support team reporting and progress updates
• Enable effective change and transition of initiatives into business-as-usual operations

About You

You are a strategic and highly organised professional who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments. You bring a strong ability to connect strategy with execution and influence outcomes across multiple stakeholders without direct authority.

You have:

• Experience in transformation, strategy execution or program integration within complex organisations
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives through influence rather than formal authority
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with senior leaders
• Ability to manage competing priorities, dependencies and organisational constraints
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear actions
• Strong communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level reporting and insights

About Ventia Engineering and Professional Services

The Ventia Engineering and Professional Services team is a multi-disciplinary design and consultancy firm delivering high-quality engineering, project and technical solutions across the full project lifecycle, from concept design through to commissioning and operation. With decades of local experience, the team supports clients across sectors including energy, resources, water, and infrastructure, working across both public and private industries. Backed by Ventia’s broader national capability, the team combines technical depth with a flexible, client-focused approach, enabling delivery of complex projects while maintaining a collaborative and agile working environment.

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.

How to apply

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Position Reference Number: 167655