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Director Operational Analysis & Optimisation Fixed Term, Full time position until September 2028 Parkville location with flexible, hybrid working $145,000 to $190,000 per annum + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks ann…
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About the role
Director Operational Analysis & Optimisation
About Peter Mac
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) is a world-leading cancer research and treatment centre and Australia's leading public health service dedicated to caring for people affected by cancer. Established in 1949, Peter Mac provides treatment and care to approximately 50,000 people each year across its Melbourne campus and network sites. Our work is driven by our values of Compassion, Excellence and Innovation, and our vision of creating the future of cancer care and research.
About the team
This role sits within the Executive division and reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer. Working closely with senior executives, operational leaders, clinicians, finance, business intelligence and health information professionals, the team provides strategic analysis and decision support that enables Peter Mac to optimise operational performance, improve sustainability and strengthen its position within a complex healthcare funding environment.
About the role
This newly created senior leadership role provides executive-level strategic advice, analysis and decision support to optimise organisational performance in a complex operational and health funding environment. Leveraging internal and external data sources, you will translate complex activity, funding, revenue, casemix and cost information into practical insights and improvement opportunities that support Peter Mac's ongoing sustainability and strategic ambitions.
A regular day will see you:
About you
You are a strategic and influential leader who combines exceptional analytical capability with strong stakeholder engagement skills. You thrive in complex environments, can translate data into action, and are passionate about improving healthcare outcomes through operational excellence and sustainable funding solutions.
You'll bring with you:
Desirable:
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally, including:
Inclusion and Belonging
Peter Mac celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles.
Join us!
If you feel this role is right for you, we warmly invite you to apply and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police check and may require a valid Working with Children Check. Many staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.
Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.
For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Karen Fox, Chief Operating Officer at *********@petermac.org
Application closing date: 11:59pm 27 August 2026
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Position Summary
This newly created senior role provides executive-level strategic advice, decision support and analysis which positions Peter Mac to optimise its performance within a complex operational and health system funding environment. Drawing upon both internal and external information, the role translates complex activity, revenue, cost, casemix and other funding information into practical analysis and improvement opportunities that support ongoing sustainability whilst maintaining Peter Mac’s strategic ambition and purpose.
Enterprise Agreement
Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Workers (Victorian Public Sector) Enterprise Agreement
Classification or Salary Range
HS8
Immunisation Risk Category
Category B: Position unlikely to have contact with blood or other body fluid
Key Relationships
Internal
External
Education
Skills
Essential requirements
• In depth experience in health service funding models, ABF/NWAU/WAU, MBS, clinical costing and executive and Board-level reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in using data to develop business cases, inform service planning, and model financial and operational impacts
• Demonstrated success in clinical and operational engagement
• Demonstrable experience in leading and scaling complex improvement programs
• Experience in producing and interpreting enterprise-level performance reporting (e.g., KPIs, LOS, cost/revenue ratios), with a track record of influencing business decisions and performance outcomes.
• Health Degree Qualification
• Tertiary qualifications in health and/or business management or administration
• Experience in identifying and delivering revenue optimisation opportunities in public health
Desirable requirements
• Proven ability to lead within a health care environment.
• Track record of high performance in delivering against quality & safety, access and financial targets.
• Outstanding communication skills across all levels of the organisation.
• Proven ability to implement change within a complex environment.
• Commitment to Peter Mac values: excellence, innovation, compassion.
• Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, SQL, or data warehousing platforms, and familiarity with best practice in data governance and reporting frameworks
Certifications, Licenses & Registrations
Key Accountabilities
Key Accountabilities
Demonstrated by / Key Performance Indicators
1. Executive decision support
• Provide trusted analysis, actionable insights and recommendations to the Executive that lead to operational optimization in a financially constrained, complex environment.
2. Revenue optimisation
• Identifying and delivering revenue optimisation opportunities across activity-based funding, MBS, own-source revenue, private patient revenue and all Victorian funding streams.
3. Operational improvement
• Reviewing mix of admitted and non-admitted oncology activity capture, including specialist clinics, multidisciplinary care, virtual care, symptom review, survivorship, care coordination, second opinion and ad hoc clinical advice.
• Strengthening clinical documentation, coding quality and casemix analysis to ensure Peter Mac’s high-acuity oncology activity is accurately reflected in classification and funding outcomes
• Strategic and operational review of Policy & Funding Guidelines to provide advice on the impact for Peter Mac and recommended response
• Supporting MBS optimisation and ensuring practices are contemporaneous
4. Funding system advocacy and reform
• Developing analytical evidence to support Peter Mac’s role in highly specialised therapies and emerging high-cost cancer care under National and State-based funding arrangements
• Exploring how Victorian funding model settings, including funding adjustments and other service-specific arrangements, position Peter Mac given its unique role in the system
• Building strong and constructive relationships with key Department of Health stakeholders to support a shared understanding of Peter Mac’s specialist role in Victoria, nationally and internationally
• Establishing governance and benefits realisation reporting for revenue optimisation within a time-limited Sustainability Plan
• Developing advocacy strategies, informed by evidence, which help improve and reform cancer services funding systems at National and Statewide levels.
Key Accountabilities (Contd..)
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For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position profile. Alternatively, please contact us for a confidential discussion.
Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.
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