Description Create your best future and join Westpac as a Manager, Strategy & Design This role will play a crucial part of the UNITE team. UNITE is our business-led, tech-enabled transformation, and a key priority for the Group. UNITE is about delivering 'one best way' to make our processes, systems and tech simpler so we can deliver a better experience for our customers and make things easier for our people. What’s the role? As a key contributor to strategic initiatives, you will play a pivotal role in shaping business and technology outcomes. This position requires a strong analytical mindset, the ability to work across diverse teams, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outputs that support executive decision-making and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities: Support the framing of strategic options, sequencing and prioritisation, and the development of materials for Executive endorsement. Contribute to the integration of process, people, data and technology, producing clear, evidence-based designs and business cases. Assist in building and maintaining the business and technology delivery roadmap, identifying and escalating critical-path issues early. Develop high-quality financial and scenario models; interpret complex data to test assumptions and inform investment recommendations. Track divisional prerequisites—including workforce shape, property footprint, data quality and controls—and escalate gaps to enable smooth migration. Prepare and translate design choices for Discovery and Delivery teams to ensure speed, fidelity and quality of execution. Coach Specialists in structured problem-solving, quantitative analysis and executive storytelling, reinforcing high standards. Partner with design teams across Consumer, Business & Wealth, Operations and Group units (“Downstream”). What do I need? Experience in corporate strategy, large‑scale transformation or strategy consulting. Applies structured logic and strategy frameworks; forms hypotheses, designs fact‑based analyses and synthesises insights. Builds sound financial/scenario models; works with complex datasets to support decisions. Produces clear, concise materials for senior stakeholders. Leads workstreams, coaches junior team members and upholds high standards. Builds collaborative relationships across business, technology and finance. Champions a high‑performance, inclusive team culture; models integrity, collaboration and customer focus. Why join us? We’re obsessed with becoming our customers 1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that: Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates! Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave. Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank. Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives Create your future today To get started, simply click on the APPLY or APPLY NOW button UNITEProgram We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website .
