Summary

You will manage the budget and business case investment ensuring the “right spend on the right things at the right time”.
Leading a highly motivated group of professionals with deep subject matter expertise is a privilege as is your ability to work collaboratively and constantly right across the Airservices Australia business.

The Head of Capital Portfolio Management is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the end-to-end capital investment portfolio at Airservices Australia. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role plays a critical part in ensuring capital projects are prioritised, aligned with organisational strategy, and managed through a disciplined, transparent, and value-driven framework.

An exceptional opportunity awaits you to manage the capital program, from ideation through to investment decision-making, ensuring a structured and logical approach that prioritises major investment projects.

This position leads the development and execution of strategic investment planning, including governance and financial oversight, to support the long-term operational and strategic objectives of the organisation. The incumbent will provide expert guidance on capital allocation, business case development, and investment decision-making, while fostering strong relationships with internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and external partners.

The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep Australia’s aviation industry safe every day of the year, both in the air and on the ground.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful.  We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

Our Leaders

Leaders at Airservices demonstrate our Leadership Standard in the way they Know, Focus and Value our people every day. Our leaders role model our values of Safe always, Service first, Love what we do, Work as one, Own it to connect people with their world safely.

An Airservices leader leads inclusively, thinks strategically, collaborates and communicates with impact to deliver outcomes that support our culture of trust, care and accountability.

The Role & The Team

Key Functions of the role include:

• Driving enterprise-level prioritisation for major capital investments, ensuring alignment across development stages and coordinating a clear, well-communicated capital budgeting and planning process that integrates with Airservices operational planning.
• Overseeing the forecasting and financial planning of total capital expenditure (Capex) requirements, aligning 10-year projections with the Corporate Plan, cash flow, EPMO program milestones, and project accounting, with spend monitoring through SAP.
• Delivering comprehensive Capex, Opex, and TOTEX inputs into the business plan, ensuring all investment cases are structured around principles of TOTEX and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Providing strategic leadership to the Capital Portfolio Management team coaching and developing senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability across the organisation
• Leading and supporting workstreams including Sponsors, Leads, Initiative Owners, and Coaches through tailored leadership and coaching initiatives
• Producing and coordinating high-quality documentation and materials to support portfolio decision making in terms of Compliance, Systems and Reporting

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:

  PD - Head of Capital Portfolio Management .pdf

The Person

• Ability to effectively lead, manage and develop a focussed team to delivery desired outcomes in support of capital portfolio management
• A strong business acumen and customer services focus, with proven abilities to develop, implement and champion strategic improvement programs and initiatives
• Collaboratively manage the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of CPM delivery and respond with agility to changing demands
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills including a strong capacity to communicate with influence to diverse stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to investigate, research, analyse and report conclusions and recommendations

What you will bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Engineering, Business, Economics, Management or a related field.
• Significant experience (10+years) in capital planning, infrastructure management, investment governance or strategic financial management within large and complex organisations.
• Demonstrated experience in managing enterprise – wide capital programs from concept through to investment decision-making.
• Strong business acumen and financial literacy with the ability to align capability planning with financial performance objectives.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Experience in working closely with Executive stakeholder, boards and cross-functional teams to align investments and strategic goals.
• Skilled in presenting investment cases and performance reports to senior leadership, Executive and Boards.
• Experience driving cultural and process improvements to enhance capital management effectiveness.
• Government, aviation or regulated industry experience would be desirable.

Airservices Australia is a diverse and inclusive employer that recognises the benefits of having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. We encourage applications from diverse groups including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident as an Australian Government Baseline Security Clearance is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

Should you require any further information please contact Christine Collins TA Partner at Christine.collins@airservicesaustralia.com

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application including a Cover Letter and CV online before Applications close 11.55 am (AEST) Thursday 30 October 2025.