Employment Type
Permanent
Closing Date
Job Title
Chief of Staff Principal
Job Summary
As a Chief of Staff - Principal, you play a critical role in shaping and influencing the operating rhythm and meeting cadence of the senior leadership team to This role is a secondment until March **** (Maternity leave cover). The Chief of Staff for Telstra Network, Product and Technology is a pivotal leadership role supporting the Group Executive, Network, Product and Technology. The role acts as a trusted advisor to the NPT Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and is instrumental in driving strategic alignment, execution discipline, and operational effectiveness across one of Telstra's largest and most complex groups.
This role requires a forward‐thinking leader who can anticipate issues, orchestrate cross‐functional interlocks, drive critical initiatives, and ensure that product and technology priorities are aligned to enterprise strategy and delivery capacity.
Job Description
As a Chief of Staff - Principal, you play a critical role in shaping and influencing the operating rhythm and meeting cadence of the senior leadership team to This role is a secondment until March **** (Maternity leave cover).As the facilitator of theNPTSLT, the Chief of Staff plays a critical role in enabling high‐quality decision‐making, performance management, and strategic planning. The role draws on deep experience in complex matrixed environments, strong commercial and technology acumen, and the ability to lean into ambiguity to drive clarity and outcomes.
Key Accountabilities
Act as a strategic extension of the Group Executive,Network, Product and Technology, shaping direction, surfacing risks and opportunities, and ensuring alignment between strategy, priorities, and execution across theNPTportfolio.
EnsureNetwork, Product and Technologyshows up as a confident, credible, and values‐led leader, shaping whole‐of‐Telstra outcomes through strong executive presence, transparent technology narratives, role‐modelled behaviours,



and active contribution to enterprise priorities beyondNPT.
Connect the dotsacross Telstratoidentifysystemic issues, dependencies, and performance constraints, and drive solutions.Orchestratediscussions toensureNPTstrategies are coherent, mutually reinforcing, and aligned to enterprise architecture, investment guardrails, and delivery capacity.
Proactivelyidentifyand address complex delivery, performance, and capability challenges, working with leaders to unblock issues, resolve tensions, and course‐correct where outcomes are at risk.
Champion transformation acrossNetwork, Product and Technologyby embedding a strong product and engineering mindset, including the consistent adoption of modern software engineering practices, TRAM, and outcome‐based planning and measurement.
Build and sustain a high‐performingNetwork, Product and TechnologySeniorLeadership Team, fostering strong collective ownership, trust, and effectiveness.
Influencethe conditions for high employee engagement (EES)across NPT drivingsustained performance acrossNPT.
Design andmaintaina high‐impact operating rhythm for theNPTSeniorLeadership Team that enables rigorous performance management, transparent decision‐making, and disciplined follow‐through.
Lead priority strategic initiatives on behalf of the Group Executive,Network, Product and Technology, ensuring benefits are realised and sustained, not just delivered.
Provide clear, compelling executive narratives that synthesise complex information into insights, decisions, and actions for senior leaders, the Board, and enterprise stakeholders.
TheIdeal Experience
Proven experience in a senior strategic role, preferably within a large, complex organization.
High comfortoperatingin ambiguity and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels of the organization.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with a keen attention to detail.
A track recordof successfully managing and executing large-scale projects and initiatives.
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📌 Chief Of Staff Principal (Melbourne)
🏢 Telstra
📍 Melbourne