GENERAL MANAGER STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE

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Brisbane City Council is seeking an accomplished executive to lead Strategy and Performance in the Infrastructure Services Group. The General Manager will shape strategy, risk, assurance and governance, elevate safety culture across a large blue-collar workforce, and drive digital transformation and continuous improvement. You’ll align priorities, investment and delivery with clear performance visibility, embed enterprise performance frameworks, and champion data-driven decision making. The successful candidate will bring proven executive leadership in safety and operational environments, experience delivering measurable performance gains through enterprise transformation, and strong stakeholder engagement. To apply, upload a tailored resume and a one-page cover letter via the I’m interested button by 19 June 2026, noting pre-employment checks and commitment to diversity.

Personnel Area: Infrastructure Services 

Branch: Strategy and Performance 

Classification: Executive Service 

Work type: Full-time 4-year contract 

Location: Brisbane 

Closing date: Friday 19th June 2026 

Our business:

Brisbane City Council is Australia’s largest local government. Guided by Brisbane Vision 2031, you will work alongside passionate leaders to help shape the future of a world-class city and deliver outcomes that matter to the community.

The Infrastructure Services Group (ISG) is responsible for managing and maintaining Brisbane's transport network and the main delivery arm of Council, responsible for the planning, development, delivery and maintenance of essential infrastructure and assets across Brisbane.

The role:

We’re looking for a trusted and influential leader who can operate at both ends of the spectrum — grounded in the realities of delivering work safely in a large, blue-collar environment, while also shaping what the future looks like through data, digital and emerging technologies.

Reporting to the Group Executive, the General Manager Strategy and Performance is a pivotal enterprise leadership role accountable for:

• Shaping strategy, performance, risk, assurance and governance to strengthen delivery and accountability
• Leading meaningful safety culture uplift across ISG
• Driving digital transformation and continuous improvement across the Group

This role is critical in strengthening safety outcomes, enabling data-driven performance, and ensuring ISG delivers high-quality, efficient and sustainable services to the community.

In this role you will:

• Drive a step-change in safety culture and performance across a large, predominantly blue-collar workforce, with a strong focus on frontline engagement, critical risk management and measurable improvement
• Shape ISG’s strategic program, ensuring clear alignment between priorities, investment and delivery, with strong visibility of performance and delivery confidence
• Drive digital transformation and continuous improvement, leveraging data, systems and technology to enhance asset management, infrastructure delivery and operational performance
• Lead risk, assurance and governance functions, ensuring robust frameworks, clear accountability and independent oversight to support compliance and effective risk management
• Embed enterprise performance frameworks, strengthening data-driven decision making, transparency and accountability across the Group
• Champion a high-performing, values-led culture, with a strong focus on safety, inclusion, continuous improvement and leadership capability

What you will bring:

• Proven executive leadership experience in leading safety culture and performance uplift, ideally within large, operational or blue-collar environments
• Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise transformation and digital uplift, delivering measurable performance and efficiency improvements
• Strong experience in risk, assurance, governance and compliance, within complex, high-accountability environments
• A track record of leading strategy and performance functions, aligning priorities, investment and delivery outcomes
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with the judgement and credibility to operate effectively at executive and organisational levels
• Strong commercial acumen and people leadership capability, with experience aligning investment to strategic outcomes and building high-performing multidisciplinary teams

Desirable: Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, public administration, infrastructure or a related discipline, and experience working within large government or infrastructure organisations.

Pre‑employment requirements:

Criminal history and business history checks will be undertaken on preferred applicants. 

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements 
• free gym and wellness centre 
• award winning superannuation fund 
• generous leave provisions 
• competitive salary. 

Benefits of working for Council CLICK HERE 

How to apply" Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position. 

For more information: Please contact Karen on [email protected] 

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team. 

Application Closing Date: Friday 19th June 2026 at 11:55pm AEST. 

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.