Manager Business Planning

• Challenge yourself in a strategic role managing key Cabin Crew projects and programs
• Together we’ll make a positive impact on operations, frontline employees and our customers
• 12-month fixed term contract based at the Qantas Head Office in Mascot

Join us in the critical role of Manager Business Planning to lead significant, high-visibility projects across our Cabin Crew operations, reporting to the Head of Cabin Crew Performance and Change. In this role, you will drive continuous improvement initiatives and manage complex, strategic projects with long lifecycles, navigating negotiations, resource management, and collaboration with senior stakeholders, unions, and other parties. Focus areas include workplace health and safety, change processes, and program management. This role offers substantial exposure to operational work, directly impacting frontline employees and ultimately enhancing customer experiences. You will provide an independent view of issues, ensure robust risk management processes are in place and develop guidelines and governance for project approvals, planning and reporting. Success in this dynamic role will require resilience, strong influencing skills, and the ability to deliver positive and lasting outcomes for the Qantas Group.

You’ll have:

• Proven experience in leading large-scale projects in aviation or other operational environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, with expertise in risk management, governance, and approvals
• Extensive experience in project and program management, successfully balancing customer needs with business priorities
• Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills with leadership, unions, and stakeholders
• Effective at managing conflicting priorities, tight timelines and budgets to ensure project delivery 
• Excellent organisational skills to ensure delivery of project and program milestones or outcomes
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate and build positive working relationships 

Why the Qantas Group?    
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at the Qantas Group. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.     

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.    

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.   
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.   
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.    

The Qantas Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We embrace diversity and encourage applications from people with disability. Candidates will have the opportunity to request support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process in order to demonstrate their ability to meet the inherent requirements of our roles.   
 

Applications close Sunday, 16 March 2025