The Opportunity At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play. We now have an exciting opportunity available for an ESP Process Manager to join our Strategy and Corporate Development team in Sydney CBD, Melbourne Southbank or Brisbane CBD office on a permanent full-time basis. Reporting to the Reporting to the Head of Strategy, you will play a critical role in driving APA’s Enterprise Strategic Planning Process (ESPP) and leading Strategy Projects, ensuring that strategic initiatives, investments, and enterprise-wide priorities are aligned, visible, and actionable. This is a high-impact role working closely with senior leaders across the business to coordinate planning cycles, facilitate prioritisation, and support the execution of APA’s strategy. Key Responsibilities Lead the Enterprise Strategic Planning Process (roughly 50% of the role), ensuring alignment across business units, key planning cycles, and executive priorities Maintain and enhance ESPP tools, dashboards, and a master view of strategic initiatives and investment priorities Coordinate planning calendars, milestones, and ELT/Board materials to support effective enterprise-wide decision-making Contribute to enterprise strategy projects (roughly 50% of the role), supporting the Head of Strategy in delivering high-impact, cross-functional initiatives Conduct research, develop strategic recommendations, and shape scenario planning and option analysis Collaborate across teams to ensure strategic initiatives are well scoped, aligned, and effectively executed across the organisation About You Proven experience in strategic planning, enterprise planning, or portfolio management within large, complex organisations Strong understanding of interconnected planning cycles, including budgeting, investment prioritisation, and corporate strategy alignment Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent planning processes and strategic initiatives, coordinating inputs across senior stakeholders and business units Proficiency in developing and managing strategic planning tools, dashboards, and templates to support enterprise-wide visibility and decision-making Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing clear, concise, and executive-level strategy materials Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement capabilities, with a track record of influencing senior leaders and aligning diverse teams to strategic priorities Working at APA At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life. We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day. We are APA APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia. As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions. We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities. Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you. APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in. Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered. This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment. Role closes Sunday, 13 July 2025. Role Reference Number JR2725 APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.
