Governance & Performance Lead

Goodstart Corporate•San Francisco, CA

10d

About The Position

We’re looking for a strategic, collaborative and forward-thinking Governance & Performance Lead to shape how Goodstart delivers its most important projects. Leading a small team of PMO Analysts, you’ll shape frameworks, reporting standards, and performance metrics that enable informed decisions and successful delivery of strategic initiatives. This role is all about creating clarity, consistency, and confidence – ensuring every project investment delivers measurable value. You’ll be the trusted advisor to senior leaders, guiding decision-making with clear insights, consistent governance, and best-practice project management. If you love improving systems, building capability, and bringing people together to work smarter, this role is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Requirements

Current QLD Working with Children Check
Proven experience delivering project and portfolio governance within a PMO or EPMO environment
Strong understanding of frameworks such as PRINCE2, MSP, MoP or PMBOK
Confidence leading executive reporting, assurance activities, and project evaluation processes
Experience developing and implementing project management methodologies and tools
Strong analytical and reporting skills, including dashboard development
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Experience leading and developing high-performing teams

Nice To Haves

Tertiary-level qualifications in Project management, familiarity with benefit realisation, and hands-on capability with PPM tools such as PMO365, Monday.com, Jira, MS Project, or Power BI

Responsibilities

Lead portfolio planning and prioritisation to ensure the right projects are selected, sequenced, and resourced
Oversee executive-level reporting, providing clear and timely insights for informed decision-making
Lead key governance processes including project proposal, business case development, project assessments, and approval pathways
Monitor overall portfolio health and identify systemic issues to improve delivery predictability
Maintain and continuously improve project management frameworks, methodologies, tools and templates to strengthen governance and delivery capability
Optimise project management tools and systems, driving adoption and capability uplift
Conduct assurance reviews and health checks to ensure compliance and delivery quality
Govern project setup, closure, and post-implementation reviews, embedding lessons learned into future planning cycles
Track and report benefit realisation across the portfolio
Coach and develop a small team of PMO Analysts, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
Build strong relationships with executives, sponsors, and delivery leads to enable transparent communication and timely decision-making

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
Free annual flu shot (optional)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.