Head of Operational and Delivery Performance

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About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Head of Operational and Delivery Performance Australia & New Zealand who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The position can be based in either Brisbane or Perth, Australia.

Hitachi Rail is a global leader in integrated rail systems, delivering rolling stock, signalling, digital rail innovations, transportation infrastructure, and world class engineering solutions. Across Australia and New Zealand, Hitachi Rail drives delivery excellence, safety, customer value, and innovation through a portfolio of projects spanning multiple technologies and markets.

The Head of Operational and Delivery Performance for Australia & New Zealand serves as the regional operational representative of Global PP&A, ensuring independent oversight, strong governance, data-driven performance analysis, and delivery assurance across all projects. Beyond these duties, the position offers strategic leadership over a wide-ranging and influential portfolio covering the entire ANZ delivery landscape. The role reports directly to the Managing Director for ANZ.

You will oversee the full portfolio of projects across Australia and New Zealand—balancing priorities, capability, resources, and delivery risks across concurrent programs—and, when required, directly project manage selected projects. You will also support strategic bids and tenders by leading project management activities in partnership with Sales, Bids, and Business Development teams, ensuring alignment between delivery capability and market growth opportunities.

The role leads the Planning & Scheduling function across ANZ leading the Project Office, ensuring consistency in tools, methodologies, baseline management, scenario planning, forecasting accuracy, and reporting quality. You will own the regional resource planning framework, managing workforce capacity, workload balancing, and deployment of appropriately skilled resources in collaboration with Engineering, Project Management, HR, and country leadership.

A critical component of the role is driving innovation, digitalisation, and special projects to uplift delivery efficiency and support organisational transformation. You will also lead competency management across the ANZ project workforce, including skills mapping, capability development, maturity assessment, coaching, professional progression, and alignment with Hitachi Rail’s global job families and PP&A frameworks.

This is a far reaching, high intensity, and fast paced leadership role that touches every dimension of the project lifecycle. It demands strategic thinking, resilience, cross functional collaboration, and the ability to lead teams through complex challenges while unlocking meaningful opportunities for continuous improvement and organisational excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Project Performance Oversight

• Assurance and Governance

• Data, Reporting and Analytics

• Continuous Improvement and Transformation

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Project Management and Bid Management across ANZ

• Planning and Scheduling Leadership

• Resource Planning and Workload Management (ANZ)

• Innovation, Special Projects and Transformation Support

• Cross-Functional Business Development Support

• Competency Management and Workforce Capability (ANZ)

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Project Management or related field.

• 8+ years’ experience in project management, planning, controls, governance.

• Strong experience in complex engineering or infrastructure project environments.

• Proficiency with project management systems (Primavera, MS Project, SAP, Power BI, portfolio tools).

• Demonstrated capability in team leadership, assurance, and performance oversight

• Able to work within a team and adopt a proactive problem-solving approach

• Rail, transportation, or engineering industry experience.

• Professional certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, AIPM, PMI SP, etc.).

• Experience in global matrix organisations.

• Familiarity with Hitachi Rail methodologies and governance frameworks

Additional Information

• Some travel required across Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

• Must adhere to Hitachi Rail safety, compliance, and corporate values.

• Operates in a dynamic, high‑demand delivery environment requiring resilience, adaptability, and strong stakeholder leadership.

At Hitachi Rail, we know that a diverse business is a sustainable business. Working collaboratively with a range of internal networks, we’re continuously improving our policies and products. From accessible, sustainable design to achieving a better gender balance. We base these efforts on our core values: Harmony, Sincerity, and Pioneering spirit. And by aligning with these, we’re able to create a workplace where people not only feel comfortable but are given opportunities to thrive.

What we offer:

• Be part of a Global Company that offers a great work life balance.

• Many opportunities to progress your career with training and development available.

• Salary Continuance Insurance

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Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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