Positions

/ Build & Lead a High-Performing Commercial Function

/ Shape Strategic Growth Across Major Energy & Infrastructure Opportunities

/ Drive Commercial Capability, Influence & Enterprise-Wide Change

This is a significant opportunity to build commercial capability within one of South Australia's most important infrastructure organisations.

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ElectraNet is South Australia’s electricity transmission network provider, delivering the critical infrastructure that powers the State and connects customers, communities and major industry to the transmission network. As the energy and infrastructure landscape evolves, significant growth is emerging across mining, renewable energy, transmission infrastructure and large-scale data centre development. Increasing market contestability and more sophisticated customer expectations are also creating the need for new commercial models, stronger customer partnerships and a more agile approach to major opportunities.

Reporting to the Executive Strategy, the Head of Business Development will lead a multi-disciplinary team spanning business development, commercial analysis, governance and customer management. This is not a traditional sales-led business development role. It is a senior commercial leadership opportunity focused on building the function, strengthening capability and shaping how ElectraNet identifies, structures and delivers complex commercial opportunities. You will work collaboratively to develop commercially sound solutions, evaluate risk, influence operating models and ensure customer commitments align with organisational capability. Equally important will be your leadership of the team including establishing clear standards, developing capability and creating a high-performing function.

A commercially astute and strategic leader, you will bring experience in complex, capital-intensive environments such as energy, utilities, infrastructure, renewables or major project development. You will understand commercial structuring, project economics and risk allocation, with the ability to translate complex opportunities into practical commercial outcomes. Your track record will demonstrate more than business development success; you will have built teams, developed capability and influenced significant commercial or strategic decisions. Quietly confident, credible and collaborative, you will know how to challenge thinking and drive change while bringing people with you.

This is a significant opportunity to build commercial capability within one of South Australia’s most important infrastructure organisations and influence some of the State’s largest future energy and infrastructure opportunities.

Applications should be forwarded to the attention of Julie Bennett in Word format. Confidential enquiries are welcome to consulting team on (08) 8214 8020.

/ Shape and deliver a progressive organisational development agenda

/ Influence leadership, culture and capability across the organisation

/ Turn people strategy into practical, meaningful outcomes

An opportunity has emerged for an experienced Organisational Development (OD) Specialist to join a progressive, values-led organisation and play a key role in delivering an ambitious people and culture agenda.

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Working across leadership capability, learning and development, employee engagement, DE&I, cultural safety, wellbeing and change, this is a broad role offering the opportunity to influence strategy while remaining genuinely hands-on in delivery. With strong executive support and a collaborative People & Culture team, you will have the backing to turn ideas into meaningful and practical outcomes.

Partnering across the organisation, you will design and deliver leadership and learning programs, lead working and reference groups, interpret employee engagement insights and develop recommendations for senior leaders. You will contribute to talent and succession initiatives, inclusion and cultural safety programs, organisational change and the continued evolution of employee wellbeing and psychosocial safety.

This role will suit someone who enjoys building trusted relationships quickly, can navigate complexity and ambiguity, and knows how to adapt contemporary OD thinking to the practical needs of an operational workforce.

A well-rounded OD professional, you will bring demonstrated capability across L&D design and facilitation, stakeholder engagement, change, executive-level writing and influencing senior leaders. Experience contributing to DE&I strategies and Reconciliation Action Plans will be highly regarded, as will experience working within an operational or frontline environment.

This is an opportunity for a pragmatic and values-driven OD professional who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, building trusted partnerships and delivering initiatives that create genuine and lasting organisational impact.

A unique opportunity for an accomplished OD professional who thrives on turning strategy into action.

Applications should be forwarded to the attention of Julie Bennett in Word format. Confidential enquiries are welcome to Julie on 0431 742 034.

/ Shape the Future of Data, AI & Commercial Innovation

/ Newly Created Executive Leadership Role

/ Drive Enterprise-Wide Data Governance, Commercialisation & AI Adoption

A rare opportunity with significant scope to define the function and shape how data and AI create value across a tech focused organisation.

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Land Services SA, together with Land Services WA, forms a leading property services group providing property information, valuation, technology and transaction services across multiple jurisdictions. Employing more than 250 people across South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales, the Group delivers trusted solutions to government, financial and insurance institutions, legal professionals and the real estate sector. Recent acquisitions have further strengthened the Group's technology consulting, application development and managed services capability.

Reporting to the CEO and joining the Executive Leadership Team, the Group Chief Data Officer is a newly created role established to lead the organisation’s enterprise-wide data and AI agenda. Holding accountability for data governance, analytics, data platforms, AI strategy and data commercialisation, you will evolve the Group’s data and AI strategy while fostering a data-driven culture across the organisation. A key initial priority will be leading responsible AI adoption, establishing governance frameworks, standards and guardrails that balance innovation with risk management. Working closely with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Product Officer, this role sits at the intersection of technology, commercialisation and enterprise transformation, helping shape how data and AI drive growth, productivity, customer outcomes and future revenue opportunities, while identifying new ways to commercialise data assets and create value across the business.

A commercially astute and influential executive, you will bring deep expertise in enterprise data leadership, governance, analytics and AI. You will have a proven track record leading large-scale data functions, driving enterprise-wide transformation and unlocking measurable business value through data and technology. Experience commercialising data assets, building executive and Board confidence and navigating complex stakeholder environments will be highly regarded. Equally important is your ability to balance strategic vision with operational delivery, translate complex concepts into practical outcomes and build high-performing teams. You are a collaborative leader with strong commercial judgement and intellectual credibility, with the confidence to champion innovation and growth opportunities while maintaining disciplined governance and risk management. 

This is a rare opportunity with significant scope to define the function and shape how data and AI create value across a tech focused organisation.

Applications should be forwarded to the attention of Julie Bennett in Word format. Confidential enquiries are welcome to our consulting team on 08 8214 8020.

/ Operate as a trusted adviser to CEOs and Boards

/ Lead financial transformation, performance and enterprise discipline

/ Shape strategy, commercial outcomes and sustainable growth

Invitation for high-calibre CFOs to establish a confidential relationship with our executive search team and be considered for relevant future appointments.

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Exceptional Chief Financial Officers contribute well beyond the traditional finance function. They bring clarity to complexity, strengthen organisational performance and enable Boards and Executive Teams to make confident, commercially informed decisions.

We are continuing to build relationships with accomplished CFOs and senior finance executives who have operated at enterprise level within large, complex or evolving organisations. Our clients span private, listed, government, not-for-profit and purpose-led environments and regularly seek financial leaders who can support periods of transformation, growth, operational improvement or renewed financial discipline.

The CFOs we work with are strategic business leaders and trusted advisers to CEOs and Boards. They combine strong financial stewardship with commercial judgement, organisational awareness and the ability to translate strategy into measurable outcomes. Their remit may extend across financial performance, governance, forecasting, treasury, cashflow, capital planning, investment, procurement, risk, systems transformation and enterprise-wide business partnering.

We are particularly interested in connecting with executives who have led through significant change. You may have strengthened financial governance and reporting, improved working capital and cashflow, restored organisational performance, delivered a financial or operational turnaround, implemented contemporary finance systems, supported major capital programs or advised on investment, growth and acquisition opportunities.

You will bring the credibility and maturity to operate confidently at Board and Executive level, challenge constructively and provide clear, commercially grounded advice. Equally important will be your ability to lead through others, build capable finance teams and embed greater accountability, transparency and performance across an organisation.

Candidates are likely to bring executive financial leadership experience from a large, multi-entity, regulated or service-based environment. Experience across sectors such as health, aged care, community services, government, infrastructure, property, professional services, distribution, technology or other complex operating environments will be highly regarded.

This is not an advertisement for a current vacancy. It is an invitation for high-calibre CFOs to establish a confidential relationship with our executive search team and be considered for relevant future appointments.

To introduce yourself, please forward your CV in Word format to the attention of Natasha Edirisinghe. Confidential enquiries are welcome on 08 8214 8020.

/ Lead Significant Executive and Leadership Appointments

/ Advise Boards, CEOs and Executive Leadership Teams

/ Join a Highly Regarded, Relationship-Led Consulting Firm

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative and ambitious firm where quality, relationships and reputation matter. You will be rewarded with attractive remuneration, performance incentives, flexibility and the opportunity to build a significant long-term career in executive search.

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Underwood Executive is a specialist executive search and leadership advisory firm with an established reputation for appointing CEOs, C-suite executives and senior leaders across South Australia. Our success has been built on deep market knowledge, rigorous search and, most importantly, trusted relationships with clients and candidates developed over many years.

We are seeking an experienced executive search consultant or senior talent acquisition professional to join our consulting team and take ownership of a diverse portfolio of executive appointments.

Working in partnership with Boards, CEOs, Directors and executive leadership teams, you will lead assignments from the initial client discussion through to appointment. You will take the time to understand each organisation, its strategy, culture and leadership requirements, shaping an approach that reflects both the immediate brief and the broader context in which the executive will operate.

This is a hands-on consulting role requiring strong judgement, disciplined project delivery and the confidence to provide clear advice. You will lead client briefings, guide research and market-mapping activity, engage senior executives, assess leadership capability and present considered recommendations. Throughout each assignment, you will manage relationships with professionalism, care and discretion, ensuring clients and candidates feel well informed and respected.

You may already be working within executive search, leading complex assignments and advising senior clients. Alternatively, you may be an accomplished internal talent acquisition professional with experience managing executive and critical leadership appointments within a complex corporate environment. In either case, you will understand how to identify and engage senior people who are rarely active in the market, navigate sensitive appointments and assess capability beyond the résumé.

For someone moving from internal talent acquisition, this opportunity offers the chance to apply your executive recruitment experience across a broader range of organisations, industries and leadership challenges. You will need to enjoy building new relationships, adapting quickly to different organisational contexts and taking a visible, advisory role with clients.

You will bring credibility, commercial judgement and a strong understanding of contemporary search and talent acquisition practices. Equally important will be your curiosity, ability to read people and confidence forming and communicating a considered view. You will value long-term relationships and understand that successful search is not simply about filling a vacancy, but achieving the right leadership outcome for the organisation. 

At Underwood Executive, you will have the autonomy to lead your own assignments while being supported by an experienced consulting and research team, established systems and a disciplined search process. As a specialist, owner-led firm, we offer direct access to decision-making, meaningful involvement in the business and the opportunity to work closely with some of South Australia’s most respected organisations and leaders.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative and ambitious firm where quality, relationships and reputation matter. You will be rewarded with attractive remuneration, performance incentives, flexibility and the opportunity to build a significant long-term career in executive search.

Applications should be submitted in Word format to the attention of Nicole Underwood. Confidential enquiries are welcome on (08) 8214 8020.