Principal Portfolio Delivery Manager

Principal Portfolio Delivery Manager

• Full time, fixed term role (2 year contract)
• Geelong office location, with flexible hybrid working
• Offering a competitive base salary of circa $185,000 plus super and benefits

Care in Action

With a career at the TAC, you’ll be helping us look out for the lives of everyone who travels on Victoria’s roads. That’s care in action.

Find out more about our shared purpose, and what drives every one of us.

Right now, we’re seeking a Principal Portfolio Delivery Manager who will play their part in this shared purpose, while also supporting the progress of clients and colleagues so they can achieve great things. That’s truly rewarding work that will help us continue to deliver life-critical services where it matters. 

About the role

The Principal Portfolio Delivery Manager plays a critical leadership role in overseeing the successful delivery of a portfolio of strategic transformation programs across the organisation.

Working closely with Program Managers, senior leaders and executives, you will provide portfolio-level oversight across strategic priorities, balancing value, risk, capacity and investment to ensure resources are focused on the initiatives that will deliver the greatest organisational impact. You will maintain a consolidated view of portfolio progress, performance, benefits, risks and dependencies, enabling informed and timely executive decision-making.

You will also lead portfolio governance, prioritisation and performance reporting, while driving benefits realisation and proactively managing cross-program risks, dependencies and trade-offs. Leading a team of Program and Project Managers, you will foster a high-performing, collaborative culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement and delivery of meaningful enterprise outcomes.

About the Team

This role sits within the Enterprise Transformation division, which is responsible for delivering TAC’s most significant strategic and transformation initiatives. The division brings together business, digital, change and delivery expertise to enable sustainable, enterprise-wide outcomes that optimise client experience, employee experience and community impact.

The culture is one of trust, accountability and continuous improvement, where leaders are empowered to take ownership of their delivery space while partnering across the organisation to achieve shared outcomes.

What we’re looking for

Portfolio Delivery & Governance Expert

You bring extensive experience managing complex portfolios within large-scale transformation environments. You have strong expertise across portfolio governance, performance reporting, benefits realisation and financial oversight, with the ability to provide a clear, consolidated view of progress, risks, investment and outcomes to support executive decision-making.

Strategic Leader & Decision Maker

You are a strategic thinker with strong judgement, able to balance competing priorities and make informed trade-offs between value, risk, capacity and investment. You have a proven ability to manage interdependencies across multiple programs, optimise resource allocation and ensure delivery remains aligned to enterprise priorities and the strategic roadmap.

Collaborative Influencer & People Leader

You build strong relationships across executive, business and delivery teams, influencing outcomes through collaboration, clear communication and evidence-based insights. You are an experienced people leader who develops high-performing teams, coaches Program and Project Managers, fosters accountability and creates a culture of continuous improvement and shared success.

Why you’ll love it here

There’s more to work than a competitive salary and amazing employee benefits. As our newest Principal Portfolio Delivery Manager, you’ll also:

Make a positive difference

Every day the work you do at the TAC contributes to something bigger. As part of an inclusive, supportive team you’ll find real purpose in achieving goals, together.

Be rewarded for great work

We value our people, offering a service delivery payment, salary packaging and a reward and recognition program.

Grow and go places

We’re invested in your progress. When you work for one of Victoria’s largest and leading workplaces, you’ll receive extensive internal opportunities for development and access to the LinkedIn Learning Digital Hub.

Ready to put care in action? We’d like to hear from you.

Click apply to submit your Cover Letter and Resume. If successful, you’ll progress to a phone screen and/or interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.

For more information, read the attached Position Description or contact Tamika Russell, Talent Acquisition Specialist at **************@tac.vic.gov.au for a confidential discussion. Applications for this role will be accepted up until 11:55pm on Wednesday 26th August 2026.

If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, or you have an adjustment request, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know at ***********@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 03 9300 0***.

A safe place to work

We’re committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of employees. This extends to inclusion, diversity and accessibility in our employment practices, and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, men, women and gender diverse people, culturally diverse, and LGBTIQA+ people to apply for roles.

Child Safety

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