Senior Manager, APAC Corporate

Senior Manager, APAC Corporate

About Palladium
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90-plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies, and, most importantly, people’s lives.

Role

The Asia Pacific (APAC) Palladium corporate team drives and delivers projects for the APAC region as part of Palladium’s global strategic initiatives and purpose around “Catalysing an enriched future for all”. Our key areas of work include:

Climate change and nature-based solutions
Economic and human development
International and humanitarian aid and logistics
Education, employment and skills

As a Senior Manager in APAC Corporate, you are accountable for leading business development activities, supporting clients with relevant knowledge, unparalleled technical expertise, and an impact-focused precision to deliver on complex projects. You will have the opportunity to manage large-scale, social, and economic change initiatives – from small pilot projects to sophisticated, multi-year programs that impact societies, economies, and lives. Adapting to dynamic environments and situations to realise results and deliver on-time and on-budget in any context is a critical component of this role.

This role will be based on Brisbane, Adelaide or Canberra.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the Senior Manager can be broadly described as follows:

Market & Business Development:

Act as the lead contributor to business development activities, playing a significant role in managing bid activities. This includes the design, capture and bid strategy on high value/ strategic bids; as well as the financial structuring and team selection for winning bids.
Ensure a strong pipeline is maintained within the team and lead the identification, assessment and pursuit of new business opportunities.
Build a strong network of client/ prospective client contacts and maintain client and stakeholder relationships across your assignments.

Project Delivery:

Lead multiple/ complex projects providing technical, project & financial management inputs and expertise.

Lead project planning, implementation and review with a strong focus on contract management , budgeting and financial management requirements.
Lead procurement activities, focusing on our commitment to building diverse supply chains.

Lead the production of high quality reports, strategy documents and presentations for clients.

Identify ways technology might transform our projects and make suggestions on how we might change our approach to better utilise data and technology.

Management and Leadership:

Provide leadership and direction to the wider team; motivating, coaching and mentoring others to achieve goals through collaboration, trust-building and creating an inclusive work environment.

Focus on self-development, looking for opportunities for continuous growth and development, acting on feedback in a positive way and providing balanced feedback to others.

Build capability within the team and enable team success, role modelling the right behaviours and applying Palladium’s guiding principles to all areas of work.

Demonstrate strong negotiation and influencing skills, and adapt communication and leadership styles for different audiences to ensure messages are communicated effectively.

Minimum Education and Experience required

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent level of experience;

Significant relevant work experience, preferably within a consulting or project management environment;

Business development experience, ideally within a consulting or project management environment;

Excellent technical/ business writing skills and strong written and verbal communication skills;

Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders;

Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, and prior experience leading effective teams;

Flexibility to travel to various locations throughout the APAC region.

Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, particularly in a multi-cultural environment;

Choose Palladium for
If you are looking for job with purpose that will allow you to create a positive impact in the international development community, then this is the place for you. Being part of the Palladium team will mean:

5 weeks’ annual leave.

Great office culture with the opportunity to add tangible value.

Health and travel insurance benefits.

Lucrative performance-based incentive scheme.

Career, professional development and mentoring opportunities.

Potential to work and travel to some of the world’s most fascinating places.

The applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. For any inquiries, please send your email to: [email protected]

Please note – we are only accepting applications from job seekers with full working rights within Australia as this role is unable to be sponsored. We are not accepting resumes from recruitment agencies for this role.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to): socio-economic background, age, race, gender ident ity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodation to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.

Palladium recognizes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.