Job Description
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Executive leadership role reporting to the COO
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Remote-first - based anywhere in Australia + regular travel (client sites + team gatherings)
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Mining, energy, manufacturing & other asset-intensive clients
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Help scale a fast-growing boutique consulting firm - step into a senior leadership role and shape how the business grows nationally.
About the firm n
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.
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Remote-first since day one, values-driven, and low on bureaucracy.
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They're in sustained growth mode with a clear long-term plan.
The role n
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.
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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.
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Key responsibilities include:
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Own delivery performance across the consulting pillars, including revenue, profit margin, utilisation and pipeline conversion
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Lead pillar Managers and build the next generation of consulting leaders
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Drive portfolio governance, delivery quality,



and engagement health across client work
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Help win and shape work and scale the business
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Champion and embed the firm's operating model, scorecards, priorities, accountability, and honest issue resolution
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What you'll bring n
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12+ years of experience, including time in a recognised consulting firm
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Experience leading senior engagements end-to-end and running a delivery portfolio
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A finance background (FP&A;, transactions advisory, etc.)
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Credibility across multiple asset-intensive sectors such as:
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Strong leadership experience
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Strong senior stakeholder presence and an active network across operators, advisors, investors and industry bodies and proven experience generating new business.
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Why this role n
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An opportunity to step into an enterprise-level delivery leadership seat in a growing boutique
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Remote-first role that can be done from anywhere in Australia
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Meaningful client work, wide-ranging engagements, and senior-level impact
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Real influence over how delivery is run, how leaders are developed, and how the firm scales
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High trust environment: low bureaucracy, high standards, values-led leadership
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📌 Head Of Consulting (Melbourne)
🏢 Mars Recruitment
📍 Melbourne