Business Readiness Lead

Build your career and Australia’s future. 

Not many people can say they are working on building Australia’s future. With us you’ll be doing just that, leaving a legacy for all Australians. Plus, there’s equal employment, great training, and true flexible working arrangements.   

A fantastic opportunity has presented itself for a Business Readiness Lead

A bit about your role

The Business Readiness Lead partners across Field Services and business units to plan, coordinate and deliver change effectively across multiple programs. The role focuses on assessing impacts, prioritising workstreams, and ensuring smooth implementation through clear readiness planning, stakeholder engagement and ongoing evaluation. It is responsible for designing and implementing communication strategies that drive awareness, engagement and adoption across diverse business functions and stakeholder groups, ensuring key messages are effectively delivered and understood throughout the change journey. The role emphasises collaboration, building strong relationships with leaders, and aligning teams to shared goals, while driving continuous improvement and ensuring changes are adopted successfully across the organisation.

A bit about you

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in project and change management within complex operational environments, with the ability to lead end-to-end business improvement and transformation initiatives. They are skilled in developing and delivering business readiness and change plans using structured frameworks such as Agile and ADKAR and are comfortable working across multiple projects with competing priorities. With strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capabilities, they collaborate effectively with senior leaders, partners and cross-functional teams to drive alignment and achieve outcomes. They demonstrate strong change management, communication, and stakeholder engagement capabilities, with the ability to navigate complexity, manage organisational impacts, drive readiness activities, and support the successful adoption of change across diverse stakeholder groups. Experience communicating and engaging with frontline or field-based workforces to drive awareness, understanding and adoption of change initiatives is highly desirable.

Life at nbn 

To be part of nbn is to be part of something bigger. There’s so much more from here. Our pioneering spirit drives us forward every day. Together, we help lift the digital capability of the nation by building and connecting Australia’s best fibre infrastructure into homes and businesses, plus places and things, everywhere. We’re continuing to create Australia’s network—a network made for more. Not just a way for everyone to do the things they love but transforming the way they do them. 

A more inclusive working world 

nbn is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel heard, valued, and respected. We believe diverse perspectives are the key to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. That's why we have a Reconciliation Action Plan, Accessibility & Inclusion Plan, offer 18 weeks of paid parental leave, are a Pride in Diversity Platinum Employer, and have active employee-led diversity pillars. Click here to see our list of employee benefits and why we're recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. 

Equal Opportunities for All 

We champion equal opportunities for all employees. If you have any accessibility requirements and would like to discuss adjustments for the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling our Recruitment Accessibility Enquiry Line at +61 2 8918 9990. Please note, this line is dedicated to accessibility-related enquiries for the purposes of recruitment, and only enquiries related to accessibility adjustments will be answered. For other matters, please visit our Contact Us page on our website. 

Where to from here? 

If you think this role might be for you, we want to hear from you. Please apply by following the links and sending in your resume only. We do not require a cover letter or any selection criteria to be addressed. 

Please note that this is a 12 months fixed term opportunity and applications for this role will close at midnight Wednesday, 8th July 2026.

To be eligible for this role, you must have full working rights in Australia.