Senior Manager Strategic Asset Relationships

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Projects

Job location:

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2020

Job reference number: 107168

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: An attractive remuneration package

You’re someone who wants to create outcomes that have a real impact on the people of NSW.

Work in an organisation based on purpose, structure and process. You know that to make a meaningful contribution to our community and economy, there needs to be diligence in our operations.

In this role, you'll:

Reporting to Director Frameworks and Governance, The Senior Manager Strategic Asset Relationships plays a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering Transport’s asset and services planning framework, ensuring full alignment with the NSW Treasury Asset Management Policy for the NSW Public Sector (TPP 19-07) and broader organisational priorities.

This role leads a team to drive the end-to-end asset and services planning process, from establishing clear guidelines, templates, and requirements, to building organisational capability through targeted training and guidance. A key focus is the successful delivery of the annual enterprise Asset and Services Plan, ensuring it is robust, integrated, and strategically aligned.

The role also leads the coordinated collation of pipeline initiatives, providing structure and clarity to support effective prioritisation, while ensuring a seamless handover into decision-making processes and maintaining ongoing support throughout the prioritisation lifecycle.

Key accountabilities include:

• Lead Transport’s asset management reporting to Infrastructure NSW and NSW Treasury, ensuring accurate performance metrics, high-quality data,



and timely inputs to strategic reports and planning artefacts.

• Build and sustain strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across Transport, Infrastructure NSW, and NSW Treasury to ensure compliance with NSW Treasury Asset Management Policy for the NSW Public Sector (TPP 19-07) and whole-of-government asset management assurance requirements.

• Oversee and deliver the Transport Asset Rationalisation Program, including governance, implementation of standards, and continuous improvement to optimise asset portfolios.

• Represent Transport at whole-of-government forums, providing authoritative input on asset management frameworks, policies, and deliverables, and influencing cross-agency outcomes.

• Provide expert asset management advice across all transport modes, while leading, motivating, and developing a high-performing, inclusive team focused on capability uplift and delivery excellence.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You'll be comfortable building and maintaining strong, trusted relationships across the Transport cluster to deliver expert asset management advice spanning all modes and the full asset lifecycle. As a key relationship manager, you oversee critical strategic partnerships,



including leading Transport’s attestation requirements with NSW Treasury and Infrastructure NSW.

You provide clear, timely reporting to senior stakeholders, seeking guidance where needed, clarifying expectations, and tracking progress against agreed work plans.

You actively support operational priorities by facilitating information exchange, contributing informed insights to decision-making, and fostering alignment across teams. When challenges arise, you confidently escalate issues, lead constructive discussions, and put forward practical, well-considered solutions to drive outcomes.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Adaptable work options and policy

Apply today

Applications close 11:59 PM Thursday 10 September, 2026.

For more information about this role, please contact *************@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Learn more about how to apply via Our recruitment process | Transport for NSW

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📌 Senior Manager Strategic Asset Relationships (Sydney)
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