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CEO & General Management jobs in Melbourne, VIC

There are 105 CEO & General Management jobs advertised in Melbourne on ViewJobs, from 88 employers and recruiters. 21 were posted in the last week. The largest group is General/Business Unit Manager: 70% of the 105.

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New this week
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By the numbers

105 CEO & General Management roles in Melbourne

21 new roles this week· 67 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time105 (100%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

Explore specialisms

CEO & General Management by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

73 live rolesGeneral/business unit manager18 live rolesCEO14 live rolesCOO & MD

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The local market

Melbourne's management job market

Figures for Melbourne cover ABS region Greater Melbourne (GCCSA 2GMEL). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online management job ads a month, Greater MelbourneManagement occupations: chief executives, managing directors and legislators, and corporate managers. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Chief executives, managing directors & legislators
  • Corporate managers
01k2k3kChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Sep: 249Corporate managers, Sep: 2,0692,318SepChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Oct: 241Corporate managers, Oct: 2,008Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, Nov: 223Corporate managers, Nov: 1,905NovChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Dec: 210Corporate managers, Dec: 1,651Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, Jan: 205Corporate managers, Jan: 1,680JanChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Feb: 216Corporate managers, Feb: 1,799Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, Mar: 230Corporate managers, Mar: 2,109MarChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Apr: 232Corporate managers, Apr: 2,068Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, May: 235Corporate managers, May: 2,051MayChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Jun: 233Corporate managers, Jun: 1,964Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, Jul: 242Corporate managers, Jul: 1,966JulChief executives, managing directors & legislators, Aug: 249Corporate managers, Aug: 1,942Chief executives, managing directors & legislators, Sep: 259Corporate managers, Sep: 1,9062,165Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Show the numbers
Online management job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
MonthChief executives, managing directors & legislatorsCorporate managersTotal
September 20252492,0692,318
October 20252412,0082,249
November 20252231,9052,128
December 20252101,6511,861
January 20262051,6801,885
February 20262161,7992,015
March 20262302,1092,339
April 20262322,0682,300
May 20262352,0512,286
June 20262331,9642,197
July 20262421,9662,208
August 20262491,9422,191
September 20262591,9062,165
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
38,170
JSA, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
133,170
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.4% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in management occupations in MelbourneAn estimated 128,021 people employed in September 2026: up 1.8% on September 2025, and up 7.7% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 118,869Sep 2021118,869Sep 2022: 126,571Sep 2022126,571Sep 2023: 128,123Sep 2023128,123Sep 2024: 127,485Sep 2024127,485Sep 2025: 125,701Sep 2025125,701Sep 2026: 128,021Sep 2026128,021

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

Show the numbers
People employed in management occupations in Melbourne
MonthPeople employed
September 2021118,869
September 2022126,571
September 2023128,123
September 2024127,485
September 2025125,701
September 2026128,021

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Popular CEO & General Management roles in Melbourne

Quick answers

CEO & General Management work in Melbourne, answered

How many CEO & General Management jobs are there in Melbourne?

105 CEO & General Management jobs are live on ViewJobs in Melbourne, from 88 employers and recruiters. 21 were posted in the last 7 days. 105 are full-time.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Is demand for CEO & General Management workers in Melbourne growing?

Demand is falling. Employers in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 2,165 online ads a month for management jobs in the three months to September 2026, down 6.6% on a year earlier (2,318). Ads for corporate managers fell from 2,069 to 1,906 a month. Ads for chief executives, managing directors & legislators rose from 249 to 259 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring CEO & General Management workers in Melbourne?

Opal HealthCare has the most live ads of any direct employer (5). Next are Davidson (4) and Department of Justice and Community Safety (3). 88 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What do CEO & General Management jobs pay in Melbourne?

18 ads state a yearly salary: $70,000 to $447,266 a year, with a typical midpoint of $172,500. 2 more state pay in other units, 2 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 83 of the 105 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Which CEO & General Management roles are most advertised in Melbourne?

General/Business Unit Manager, with 73 of the 105 live ads. Next are CEO (18) and COO & MD (14).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

What is the job market like in Melbourne overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Melbourne?

The unemployment rate in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, was 5.3% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are Melbourne CEO & General Management jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 105 of 105 (100%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[9].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The two management occupation groups combined.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the CEO & General Management classification, placed in Melbourne, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). CEO & General Management jobs in Melbourne, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/melbourne/ceo-and-general-management

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