Optus

About the Role:

Due to our growth, we have a newly created role to help support the Senior Director of National Sales in managing, holding accountable and ensuring the on-time delivery of strategic and tactical sales initiatives that are critical in delivering the growth.

Based within our Optus Macquarie Park Campus and on a 6-month fixed term basis, you will develop our sales program/project plan – this will require collaborating closely and co-ordinating with different initiative owners across sales to lock in key achievements, delivery dates, budgets, and outcomes. You will Provide counsel and support to initiative owners on mitigating risk – break down and hold owners accountable to getting projects with risk back on track.

We're looking for an influencer, self-starter someone that applies sound commercial judgment in all decision-making and managerial activities, leading to organisational growth, drives efficiency across the organisation by linking and demonstrating the strengths of the existing systems and processes and leading effectively across all functions.

• Lead the weekly cadence on program reporting & tracking – what are the wins and positive progress that’s been made and where are the risks
• Prioritisation – there will likely be more than 50+ sales projects that will need to be supervised.
• Drive the prioritisation and classification of initiatives to ensure we are focussed on the ones that will move the needle
• Prepare a weekly communication update – simple, easy to read and with clear achievements/next steps. It is critical that a rigorous cadence is in place that updates are tracked & are easily understood
• Publishing weekly tracking for first 12 weeks of project launch
• Monthly BPR reporting, specifically on project status, wins and next months’ priorities

About You:

• 10+ years of Program Management, preferably within a sales environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proven experience in operating both strategically and tactically and having a strong attention to detail
• Proven ability to manage complex business environments and manage multiple partners to deliver outcomes.
• Sound commercial and business acumen Highly skilled in project management
• Management of internal relationships
• Strong presentation - written & verbal to sales teams and senior exec level
• Ability to translate strategy, initiatives, and outcomes

Perks at Optus:

Optus is a place where we let you do you. Whether you’ll be working in our corporate offices or in a retail store, we're a highly collaborative workplace, and offer a range of perks such as:

• Discounts on products and services.
• Ongoing training, mentoring and development opportunities.
• Up to five days of Volunteer Leave per year.
• Blended Ways of Working

Hit ‘Apply Now’ to submit your application for the role, including a copy of your current resume. Due to the fast-paced nature of our business, applications will be short-listed on a rolling basis – so please submit your application as soon possible. Curious about our culture? Go behind the scenes with our people by searching #OptusLife on LinkedIn.