Infrastructure Delivery Governance & Assurance Manager

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Infrastructure Delivery Governance & Assurance Manager to join us in our Infrastructure Delivery - Commercial Delivery team in Brisbane on a full-time basis. This team leads the governance, assurance and project controls frameworks that underpin the safe, compliant and effective delivery of APA’s major infrastructure and capital projects.

Reporting to the Head of Delivery Controls, Governance & Assurance you will play a key role in shaping and embedding governance and assurance practices across the Infrastructure Delivery portfolio. You will drive the development and implementation of fit-for-purpose frameworks, enable disciplined decision-making through stage gate and reporting processes, and provide trusted insights on risk, performance and controls to support confident delivery outcomes across APA’s projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Extensive experience in governance, assurance and project controls within complex infrastructure, capital delivery, or regulated environments

• Proven ability to design, implement, and embed governance frameworks that support large-scale project portfolios and drive disciplined delivery outcomes

• Strong stakeholder engagement capability, with demonstrated experience influencing senior leaders, executive forums, and cross-functional teams

• Deep understanding of risk, assurance, and controls frameworks, with the ability to translate insights into clear decision-making guidance

• Highly developed strategic thinking and commercial acumen, including familiarity with delivery models (e.g., NEC or similar contract frameworks)

• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with experience presenting assurance outcomes, insights, and recommendations to governance boards

Your background

• Experience leading the development, uplift, and continuous improvement of governance and assurance frameworks within complex infrastructure projects and portfolios.

• A proactive and experienced leader that can work with multiple stakeholders in a matrix style infrastructure delivery operating model.

• Proven success implementing infrastructure delivery stage-gate frameworks, portfolio performance management, and governance arrangements, including associated forums and decision-making processes.  

• Ability to partner closely with delivery and controls teams to embed governance standards, controls, thresholds, and reporting disciplines

• Provide expert advice on emerging risks, issues, and performance trends, enabling timely, informed executive decision-making

About the Team

The Commercial Delivery team supports the successful delivery of APA’s Infrastructure Delivery portfolio by providing functional leadership and specialist capability across estimating, bid management, project controls, governance & assurance, and commercial management throughout the full project delivery lifecycle.

Working at APA

At APA, we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.

We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we’ll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.

We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.

We are APA

At APA, we’re taking on one of Australia’s greatest challenges:​ the energy transition.​ We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.​

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We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

Role closes on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4473

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.