Position overview

• 5-Year Maximum-Term Contract, Full-Time opportunity
• True hybrid working - work from home and our Mitcham office
• $217,511 Total Remuneration Package inclusive of 12% superannuation

The Role
You will lead a 'hub' of multidisciplinary experts that enhance how we manage the full asset lifecycle, from strategy to operations. This role drives the uplift of future-fit, adaptive, and human-centred practices that enable smarter, more sustainable, and customer-focused decision making. As a systems thinker and connector, you'll play a key role in transforming how we work across functions to improve the long-term value and performance of our assets.

About us
We're on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We're one of Australia's largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria's population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you'll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us.

We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead the transformation to introduce then embed adaptive, systems-based and human-centred practices into asset lifecycle thinking and decision making
• Build new capability and lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team across asset framework governance, product quality, data science and modelling.
• Influence senior leaders to uplift capability, challenge legacy approaches and drive performance and cultural change
• Ensure expert advice from the hub informs investment, maintenance, renewal, and customer strategies
• Act as a connector between planning, delivery, operations, strategy, and technology to enable cross-functional innovation and cut through.
• Champion agile, adaptive and collaborative ways of working across lifecycle processes
• Align lifecycle expertise with organisational strategy, balancing risk, cost, performance and sustainability
• Drive systems thinking, foresight and innovation to help solve complex, system-wide asset challenges

What we're looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in business, strategy, innovation, change or a technical field (but with demonstrated experience in leading transformation or change)
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in complex, asset-heavy or regulated environments
• Experience bringing human-centred, agile or adaptive practices into organisational ways of working
• Strong systems thinking mindset with a demonstrated ability to drive change, uplift capability and foster innovation
• Confident influencing senior leaders and building alignment across planning, delivery and operations
• A commitment to performance, collaboration and sustainable, customer-focused outcomes

To view the full position description, click HERE.

Why Yarra Valley Water?
We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow - both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do.

• $217,511 Total Remuneration Package inclusive of 12% superannuation
• Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
• $650 home office set up allowance for eligible employees
• Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office
• 14 weeks paid leave parental leave
• 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, wellbeing, mental health, menstrual or menopause
• Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave

To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook HERE.

Did you know?
Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, while women and other marginalised people tend to only apply when they meet all of them. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily tick every box, please apply or get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

How to apply
Applications should include a supporting Cover Letter and Resume.
Closing date: Monday 28th July 2025
This position is available for Yarra Valley Water employees and external applicants.

We welcome applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people of all cultural backgrounds. If you need this information in an accessible format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please call 03 9872 2542 or email [email protected]. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss the recruitment process, please contact us via email [email protected].

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.