Executive General Manager - Innovation & Growth

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remote type : Onsite

locations : Brisbane

time type : Full time

posted on : Posted Today

job requisition id : JR122417

Executive General Manager – Innovation & Growth | Blue Care

• Employment Term: Full time permanent position

• **Location:**Brisbane, QLD

• Remuneration: Attractive salary package + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Benefits

Your part in our BlueCare team

BlueCare is entering a significant period of transformation, reform and growth. We are seeking an exceptional executive leader to partner with and support enterprise strategy, innovation and sustainable growth and bring this to life for our people in our BlueCare business, as one of Australia's largest and most trusted aged care providers.

As the Executive General Manager – Innovation & Growth, you will lead BlueCare's strategic agenda, ensuring collaborative partnership with enterprise strategic priorities ensuring these are translated into measurable outcomes that strengthen our market position, enhance customer experiences and deliver long-term organisational sustainability. You will partner with UnitingCare’s enterprise strategy and transformation group, providing executive leadership across BlueCare’s service innovation, commercial growth, portfolio delivery, marketing and sales.

Reporting to the Group Executive, BlueCare, this role is a key advisor to executive and board stakeholders in relation to BlueCare’s strategic vision, leading a diverse portfolio that spans strategy execution, growth initiatives, commercial opportunities, program delivery and innovation across residential and community services

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of BlueCare's enterprise strategy, ensuring strategic priorities are aligned to organisational objectives and measurable outcomes.

• Drive large-scale transformation and reform initiatives across BlueCare that improve sustainability, customer outcomes and organisational capability.

• Establish and oversee portfolio governance, ensuring strategic initiatives are prioritised, resourced and delivered effectively in collaboration with UnitingCare strategic priorities.

• Lead commercial evaluation and investment decision-making frameworks to support sustainable growth opportunities.

• Identify, develop and scale innovative service models that respond to changing customer needs, funding reforms and market opportunities.

• Provide strategic leadership across marketing, market presence and sales functions to strengthen brand visibility and drive growth.

• Use customer insights, market intelligence and performance data to inform strategic planning and decision-making.

• Build strong partnerships with enterprise strategy executive leaders, governing bodies and external stakeholders to accelerate strategic outcomes.

• Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing team culture focused on innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.

What makes a difference for us?

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Economics, Strategy, Commerce, Health Administration or related discipline

• Proven executive experience leading large, complex transformation and strategy execution in regulated environments.

• Demonstrated capability in enterprise portfolio governance, program delivery assurance and benefits realisation

• Strong commercial acumen, including investment decision support and shaping sustainable growth initiatives

• Experience engaging credibly with senior executives and Boards, producing clear decision papers and progress reporting

• Demonstrated capability leading marketing, market presence and sales enablement disciplines to generate and convert demand ethically.

• Postgraduate qualifications in business or similar as well as Aged Care experience would be seen as advantageous

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [email protected]

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.