Head of Consulting

- Executive leadership role reporting to the COO
- Remote-first - based anywhere in Australia + regular travel (client sites + team gatherings)
- Mining, energy, manufacturing & other asset-intensive clients

Help scale a fast-growing boutique consulting firm - step into a senior leadership role and shape how the business grows nationally.

About the firm

Our client is a fast-growing boutique consultancy specialising in mining, resources and industrial sectors. They work with some of the biggest names in Australian mining - without the politics, hierarchy or leverage-model grind of the big firms.

Remote-first since day one, values-driven, and low on bureaucracy.

They're in sustained growth mode with a clear long-term plan.

The role

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this is a senior leadership seat responsible for the health and performance of consulting delivery across multiple technical delivery pillars.

You'll be accountable for delivery outcomes end-to-end, not just "project oversight", but the commercial and operational performance of delivery across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

- Own delivery performance across the consulting pillars, including revenue, profit margin, utilisation and pipeline conversion
- Lead pillar Managers and build the next generation of consulting leaders
- Drive portfolio governance,



delivery quality, and engagement health across client work
- Help win and shape work and scale the business
- Champion and embed the firm's operating model, scorecards, priorities, accountability, and honest issue resolution

What you'll bring

- 12+ years of experience, including time in a recognised consulting firm
- Experience leading senior engagements end-to-end and running a delivery portfolio
- A finance background (FP&A;, transactions advisory, etc.)
- Credibility across multiple asset-intensive sectors such as:
mining/resources, oil & gas, energy & utilities, heavy infrastructure, transport & logistics, manufacturing, agribusiness
- Strong leadership experience
- Strong senior stakeholder presence and an active network across operators, advisors, investors and industry bodies and proven experience generating new business.

Why this role

- An opportunity to step into an enterprise-level delivery leadership seat in a growing boutique
- Remote-first role that can be done from anywhere in Australia
- Meaningful client work, diverse engagements, and senior-level impact
- Real influence over how delivery is run, how leaders are developed, and how the firm scales
- High trust environment: low bureaucracy, high standards, values-led leadership

📌 Head of Consulting (Brisbane)
🏢 Mars Recruitment
📍 Brisbane