Strategy Lead

About Us

At Transgrid, our work improves the lives of millions – from lighting up sports fields, schools and homes, to powering the wheels of commerce and everything else in between. Now it’s your turn to make it happen. 

This is an exciting time in the energy industry with the transition to renewable energy. Recent government policy documents outline plans to facilitate increasing transmission interconnection between states and development of renewable energy zones.

Our Values  

Transgrids core values encompass safety, achievement, integrity, and service. Prioritising safety above all, the company emphasises making a meaningful impact through achievement, upholding honesty through integrity, and delivering exceptional outcomes for customers and communities through dedicated service. These values are ingrained in the actions and behaviours of Transgrids people, who embody them every day. 

The Opportunity

Join a purpose-driven organisation leading Australia’s transition to a cleaner energy future. At Transgrid, we’re delivering nation-building renewable energy projects that will provide reliable, on-demand power and large-scale storage for generations to come.

As our organisation continues to grow, we’re seeking a Strategy Lead to join our high-impact team. This critical role will drive enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, solve complex business challenges, and help shape Transgrid’s 10-year business plan. With a strong focus on strategic alignment, this role will work collaboratively across the business to elevate thinking, embed strategic rigour, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Lead the end-to-end strategic planning process across business units, producing high-quality deliverables for senior leadership and board endorsement.
• Market & Business Insight: Analyse market dynamics, industry trends, competitor strategies, and internal performance data to uncover insights, identify risks and opportunities, and inform decision-making.
• Enterprise Alignment: Partner with cross-functional teams to break down silos and ensure strategic alignment across the organisation.
• Initiative Design & Delivery: Shape and lead strategic projects and high-value initiatives that drive business transformation and impact.
• Performance Monitoring: Track progress on strategic priorities and key performance indicators, providing timely updates to leadership and refining plans as needed.

About You

You are a strategic thinker and collaborative problem solver with a passion for translating insights into action. You’ll bring a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive results in complex, fast-moving environments.

You’ll ideally bring:

• 10+ years’ experience in strategy consulting and/or corporate strategy roles (experience in both is highly desirable).
• Strong expertise in research, data analytics and evidence-based strategic thinking.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to distil complexity and present to senior executives and large groups.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into actionable plans and lead project execution.
• High business acumen, strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capabilities.
• Tertiary qualifications in business, economics, commerce, finance, engineering, or a related discipline.

Desirable (but not required):

• Experience in the energy, utilities, heavy industry or regulated sectors will be highly regarded.

Recognition & Reward

At Transgrid, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on Australia’s clean energy future. We offer flexible working arrangements, ongoing professional development, and a supportive, forward-thinking culture.

We believe in providing our people personal, professional and social benefits so that they can deliver their best work each and every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health & wellbeing etc, as well as novated leasing options, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more.

Regardless of where you are in your professional journey, Transgrid powers your career by providing access to regular and on-going training, workplace mentoring and tertiary education. At Transgrid, you are encouraged to build a career that is right for you.

Please note, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change, we will assess applications as they are received. We do not accept agency introductions as Transgrid operates a direct sourcing model. 

Transgrid is committed to Health and Safety, the Environment, Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Ethical Practices. All applicants are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to these areas