Job Description

Careers with Impact

More than one million Australians trust us with their money, and that trust shapes how we work every day. Our members sit at the centre of everything we do, guiding our decisions and the impact we strive to make.

We’re looking for people who are purpose-driven and accountable, who value inclusion and collaboration, and who are proactive in managing risk to protect our members’ long-term outcomes. In return, you’ll be part of an organisation where your work contributes to strong returns, real-world impact, and a culture that reflects the communities our members serve.

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact

HESTA is seeking experienced Integration Leads to play a key role in delivering our Risk Program – a strategic initiative strengthening how risk is embedded across the Fund. These are highly visible roles where you will lead complex streams of work and connect people, decisions and delivery across the organisation to ensure risk initiatives are practical, integrated and sustainable.

Working closely with the Business Sponsor (General Manager – Risk Strategy & Oversight), program team and senior leaders, you’ll help translate strategy into outcomes and ensure solutions are embedded into HESTA’s ways of working.

What You’ll Do

Lead and integrate enterprise initiatives

• Drive delivery of key initiatives within the Risk Program, ensuring strong alignment across business, risk, change and delivery teams.
• Lead integration of enterprise-wide risk improvements and embed them into operational practice.

Solve complex problems

• Facilitate structured problem solving across complex and ambiguous challenges.
• Work with business leaders and subject matter experts to design practical solutions across people, process, systems, governance and capability.

Influence and collaborate

• Partner with senior stakeholders across the Fund to build alignment and support effective decision-making.
• Lead working groups that bring together diverse expertise to deliver clear outcomes.

Manage risk and dependencies

• Identify and manage risks, issues and cross-stream dependencies early.
• Assess impacts of key decisions and support prioritisation across initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

You’re an experienced integration or transformation leader who thrives in complex environments and enjoys partnering with the business to deliver meaningful outcomes.

You bring:

• Extensive experience delivering/working in large-scale transformation programs or risk uplift initiatives (ideally in superannuation, financial services or regulated environments).
• Proven ability to manage, lead and coordinate complex workstreams across multiple stakeholders, teams and program.
• Experience integrating policy, process, systems, governance and organisational capability changes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise risk frameworks and the Three Lines Model.
• Experience partnering with project and change professionals in program delivery environments.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Confidence, credibility and communication skills to engage and influence across all levels.
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity while driving pragmatic, outcomes-focused solutions.
• Experience with GRC platforms such as Archer or Protecht.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, finance, risk management or related discipline.

Ready to make an impact? Join HESTA’s Risk Program and help drive meaningful risk transformation across the Fund – Apply Now.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).
• Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
• Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we’ll call you to discuss.

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.