About the Role

Not all strategy roles allow you to drive real impact. This one puts you front and centre—partnering with senior leadership to shape growth, transformation, and critical decisions.

We’re seeking a Strategy & Value Creation Lead who thrives on solving complex business challenges and turning strategy into action. You’ll play a key role in developing, executing and monitoring strategic priorities, working closely with executive leaders and business units to identify opportunities and deliver measurable outcomes.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role, where you’ll lead and orchestrate outcomes across matrixed teams—combining strategic thinking with hands‑on execution across growth, transformation and value creation initiatives as well as the potential to shape the go‑to‑market approach.

Responsibilities

- Lead the development, review and execution of organic and inorganic growth strategy
- Identify, assess and validate value creation opportunities aligned to strategic priorities
- Experience with M&A; and commercial due diligence, including market and competitor analysis
- Go-to-market experience
- Drive strategic initiatives from concept through to execution, ensuring measurable outcomes
- Support transformational change programs and enterprise-wide initiatives
- Utilise AI and emerging technologies to support operational efficiencies
- Identify and deliver cost optimisation and revenue growth opportunities
- Evaluate business performance and value propositions to inform strategic decisions
- Provide strategic insight on industry trends, market dynamics and growth opportunities
- Influence, challenge and partner with senior stakeholders to drive critical decision-making
- Bring structure, governance and rigour to complex programs and strategic initiatives
- Act as a strategic thought partner while remaining hands‑on in execution and delivery




- Lead business improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and service delivery
- Prepare high-quality executive, board‑level reports and presentations
- Represent the organisation in external strategic discussions with partners and industry stakeholders
- Coach and support leaders on strategy development and execution

Qualifications

- Background in strategy, consulting, corporate development or business transformation, with experience operating in complex environments
- Strong track record of shaping and delivering organisational strategy end‑to‑end
- Comfortable building business cases and delivering insights to executive audiences
- Proven ability to drive complex initiatives and navigate ambiguity
- Confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including executive leadership
- Highly developed strategic thinking and problem‑solving capability
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link strategy to tangible outcomes
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas into clear, actionable insights

Benefits

- Growth‑focused culture – Formal training, mentoring, vendor exam support, communities of practice and regular development reviews
- Advance your career – Access new roles via our internal ‘Opportunity Marketplace’ careers hub
- Flex your work – Hybrid options, flexible schedule, mobility and part‑time roles (customer needs permitting)
- Celebrate together – Social events, cultural celebrations, end‑of‑year functions and more
- Wellbeing matters – Health and wellness resources, tailored leave and support options and EAP access
- Other Perks – Access to our employee discounts platform, discounted gym membership and more

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome people of all abilities, backgrounds, cultures, and genders. We’re proud to be an Indigenous and Veteran‑friendly employer.

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📌 Strategy and Value Creation Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Kinetic IT
📍 Melbourne