Strategy, Design and Value Senior Principal

Title: Strategy, Design & Value Senior Principal

Location: Leederville Australia
Hybrid
 

Job Description:

We're entering an exciting new chapter at Water Corporation as we continue to develop and grow our Strategy and Transformation Group. It represents a step forward in how we plan and deliver services - strengthening our ability to align today's decisions with the needs of our future business, to benefit our customers and communities, and help Western Australia thrive.

As part of this expansion, we're increasing our capability and recruiting for multiple new positions. This is a rare opportunity to join us at a pivotal moment and help turn strategy into action - setting clear priorities, coordinated action, and driving real change across the business.

We're seeking talented people to support this strategic shift by bringing long-term direction, enterprise planning, operating model design, organisational change management and portfolio management into one connected, enterprise-wide system focused on delivering our Corporate Plan priorities. If you're motivated by purposeful work, transformation and making a genuine impact across the state, there's never been a better time to join us.

About the role:

We're seeking an experienced and highly capable strategic leader to join our Strategy and Transformation Group as Senior Principal - Strategy, Design and Value. This is a high-impact role for a commercially astute strategist who can connect enterprise strategy with planning, performance, business architecture and asset centric operating models. Working closely with senior leaders, you will provide deep technical expertise, strategic insight and practical frameworks that enable informed decision-making and sustainable organisational performance.

Reporting to the Head of Strategy, Design and Value, you will provide senior advisory support across strategy, design and value disciplines to ensure enterprise priorities translate into practical outcomes. You will lead complex strategic reviews, interpret performance insights, develop decision-making frameworks and strengthen the organisation's capability in long-term planning and value optimisation. You will bring a strong asset centric view to how we strengthen strategy and planning within the organisation.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home or negotiate flexible work hours
• An additional 2 well-being days each year
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave

What the role will involve:

Enterprise Strategy & Insight

• Provide enterprise-wide strategic analysis across planning, performance and design domains including a strong infrastructure and asset centric view / lens
• Lead deep-dive diagnostics into complex organisational challenges
• Drive integration across Strategy, Business Architecture, and Value/Performance to ensure coherent, enterprise-wide decision-making
• Support prioritisation and planning decisions aligned to corporate strategy
• Deliver strategic advice to Executives and senior leaders

Strategic Design & Operating Model

• Lead strategic design activities that shape organisational structures, processes, capability roadmaps, and operating model choices.
• Develop and refine enterprise frameworks, tools, design principles and performance interpretation approaches
• Support the evolution of enterprise frameworks and strengthen strategy-to-execution coherence across the organisation
• Translate strategic intent into practical frameworks, principles and interventions
• Identify barriers to execution and recommend enterprise-wide improvements

Performance & Value

• Analyse enterprise performance trends and strategic risks
• Lead value assessments and investment insights to support major decisions
• Provide recommendations on trade-offs, optimisation and long-term value creation

Capability & Influence

• Enable organisational capability uplift by mentoring practitioners and strengthening enterprise understanding of strategy-to-execution disciplines
• Build strong relationships across Finance, Asset Mgt, Technology, Operations, Customer and Corporate functions
• Influence enterprise-wide decisions through evidence-based insights, recommendations, and trusted advisory support

Key skills and experience:

You are an experienced senior strategist with a track record of operating in complex organisations and advising executive leaders. You combine commercial thinking with analytical depth and can turn complexity into clear direction. You understand the role strategy plays in an asset centric organisation and can translate this into both internal and external context where required, including influencing strategic decisions at an Executive and Board level.

You will bring:

• Degree qualification in business, economics, strategy, engineering, public policy or similar
• Extensive experience in enterprise strategy, business architecture concepts and organisation-wide integrated planning processes within and asset centric organisation
• Substantial experience providing strategic advice to Executive and senior leaders
• Considerable experience applying value frameworks, prioritisation tools and enterprise performance analysis
• Considerable experience in organisational transformation, scenario modelling and strategic risk and opportunity analysis
• Strong background in performance analysis, prioritisation and strategic reviews
• Experience advising Executives and senior stakeholders
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication and influencing capability
• Ability to operate confidently in ambiguity and across competing priorities
• Maintain external relationships with government, regulatory and industry bodies to inform enterprise strategy

Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.