The Opportunity 

As the Head of Commercial, you will play a critical role in executing strategic commercial initiatives across the Bupa Health Services portfolio. You’ll primarily focus on the Australian Defence Force Health Services Contract (ADF-HSC), driving business improvements through strategic support and project delivery. 

Making an Impact at Bupa 

We are looking for a highly skilled and driven individual with a focus on improving business performance, delivering successful projects, and supporting the growth of our health services portfolio. Your expertise will enable Bupa to deliver strong commercial outcomes and improve the overall performance of the contract, making a real difference to our customers and the healthcare landscape.

You will add value by:

• Lead and coordinate key projects aimed at enhancing strategic and commercial outcomes within the ADF-HSC and Health Services business.
• Oversee and ensure alignment of contract modifications and initiatives to operational and client goals, ensuring effective project delivery.
• Manage assessments, identify risks, gaps, and opportunities, and work collaboratively to improve contract performance.
• Lead the planning, mobilisation, and execution of high-priority projects, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and responsibilities are met.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including ADF representatives, ensuring effective communication and smooth project delivery.
• Use your expertise to monitor, report, and drive continuous improvements in service delivery, ensuring alignment with broader organisational goals.

About You 

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications, ideally in Law or Finance. 
• Post-graduate professional qualifications highly regarded, ideally within business or project management. 
• Significant experience in a business leadership role, with proven success in contract and project management, people leadership, stakeholder management and team development. 
• Previous experience in managing complex projects within a contract environment. 
• Demonstrated decision-making skills at a senior level and experience with a track record of delivering outcomes. 
• Excellent verbal communications skills, including demonstrated experience presenting to corporate clients, Government and key senior internal stakeholders. 
• Excellent written communication skills for a variety of internal and external audiences. 

What’s In it for you? 

We reward our people and celebrate their success. From providing initiatives that develop careers to looking after our people’s health, wellbeing, and futures.  

Through the Viva Healthier and Happier program, we’re providing health benefits for everyone who works at Bupa, no matter their role. We want to support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. 

To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website: www.bupa.com.au/careers

To obtain a copy of the Position Description or to discuss this opportunity, please contact Khela Hutchinson (Talent Acquisition Partner). To apply, please do so via the 'apply' button above.

Bupa is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in recruitment, development, retention and promotion of staff and that no-one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.