Role: Governance & Performance Lead

Location: Murarrie, Brisbane

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Lead the Way in Governance, Performance & Portfolio Excellence!

About the Role:

We’re looking for a strategic, collaborative and forward-thinking Governance & Performance Lead to shape how Goodstart delivers its most important projects. Leading a small team of PMO Analysts, you’ll shape frameworks, reporting standards, and performance metrics that enable informed decisions and successful delivery of strategic initiatives. This role is all about creating clarity, consistency, and confidence – ensuring every project investment delivers measurable value.

You’ll be the trusted advisor to senior leaders, guiding decision-making with clear insights, consistent governance, and best-practice project management. If you love improving systems, building capability, and bringing people together to work smarter, this role is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.   

Your Impact:

• Lead portfolio planning and prioritisation to ensure the right projects are selected, sequenced, and resourced
• Oversee executive-level reporting, providing clear and timely insights for informed decision-making
• Lead key governance processes including project proposal, business case development, project assessments, and approval pathways
• Monitor overall portfolio health and identify systemic issues to improve delivery predictability
• Maintain and continuously improve project management frameworks, methodologies, tools and templates to strengthen governance and delivery capability
• Optimise project management tools and systems, driving adoption and capability uplift
• Conduct assurance reviews and health checks to ensure compliance and delivery quality
• Govern project setup, closure, and post-implementation reviews, embedding lessons learned into future planning cycles
• Track and report benefit realisation across the portfolio
• Coach and develop a small team of PMO Analysts, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
• Build strong relationships with executives, sponsors, and delivery leads to enable transparent communication and timely decision-making

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Free annual flu shot (optional)
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance  
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You’ll bring to the table:

Essential:

• Current QLD Working with Children Check
• Proven experience delivering project and portfolio governance within a PMO or EPMO environment
• Strong understanding of frameworks such as PRINCE2, MSP, MoP or PMBOK
• Confidence leading executive reporting, assurance activities, and project evaluation processes
• Experience developing and implementing project management methodologies and tools
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, including dashboard development
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
• (Desirable) Tertiary-level qualifications in Project management, familiarity with benefit realisation, and hands-on capability with PPM tools such as PMO365, Monday.com, Jira, MS Project, or Power BI

How to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your application.

We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email vkundoorvala@goodstart.org.au

At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For further information and support email deadlycareers@goodstart.org.au

If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.