About the Organisation
Health Infrastructure Queensland (HIQ), in partnership with Hospital and Health Services (HHS), is leading the largest hospital expansion program in Queensland’s history.
As part of the Queensland Government’s $18.5 billion Hospital Rescue Plan, HIQ is delivering three new hospitals, major expansions across 11 existing facilities, upgrades to rural and regional infrastructure, and thousands of additional hospital beds. This is the first tranche of a broader 15-year infrastructure investment program designed to strengthen the sustainability, capacity and performance of Queensland’s health system.
HIQ is also shaping a system-wide delivery model that will support long-term infrastructure outcomes and improve the health and wellbeing of Queensland communities.
About the Role
Health Infrastructure Queensland is seeking to appoint two Executive Directors to lead major infrastructure delivery portfolios across South East Queensland.
These appointments will be made through a single recruitment process, with candidates considered for one of two geographically aligned portfolios:
Executive Director – SEQ Delivery (North):
Responsible for projects across Metro North, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and Darling Downs, with a strong focus on hospital expansion, upgrades and geographically dispersed delivery.
Executive Director – SEQ Delivery (South):
Responsible for Metro South, Gold Coast and West Moreton, including the delivery of large-scale, high-value and time-critical projects such as the new Coomera Hospital, one of the largest hospital developments undertaken in Australia.
Each Executive Director will lead the delivery of complex, multi-billion-dollar capital programs within a high-profile and high-accountability environment. These roles are critical to ensuring major health infrastructure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in alignment with broader service and system priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Deputy Director-General, HIQ, each Executive Director will:
- Lead geographically focused, multidisciplinary teams embedded within hospital campuses
- Oversee the full lifecycle of capital projects, including scope, schedule, budget and resource management
- Drive delivery outcomes across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring performance against time, cost and quality objectives
- Integrate commercial, operational, commissioning and digital requirements into project delivery
- Navigate complex stakeholder environments, balancing clinical, operational and commercial priorities
- Lead governance, risk management and assurance processes across high-value programs
The portfolios include both:
- Major hospital expansion and upgrade programs addressing ageing infrastructure and population growth, and
- Complex, high-risk infrastructure delivery requiring advanced systems thinking, particularly in areas such as electrification and digital network resilience.
These roles sit at the centre of a high-profile delivery environment, with significant expectations around pace, performance and accountability.
About You
You are a proven executive leader with demonstrated capability delivering large-scale hospital works programs or comparable public infrastructure projects within the built environment.
You will bring:
- Extensive experience leading large-scale capital works, hospital infrastructure, or public built environment programs, ideally within multi-billion-dollar portfolios
- A strong track record across public infrastructure delivery, with experience in sectors such as hospitals, health facilities, schools, civic assets or broader public works highly regarded
- Strong capability in commercial delivery, contractor management and project governance frameworks within complex construction and infrastructure environments
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams within complex service delivery environments
- The ability to engage and influence across a broad stakeholder group, including clinical leaders, government stakeholders and commercial partners
- Experience managing risk, assurance and performance across multiple concurrent projects
You will demonstrate:
- Strong strategic and systems thinking capability
- The ability to navigate competing priorities and deliver outcomes in high-pressure environments
- A leadership style that drives accountability, collaboration and high performance
Experience in health infrastructure will be highly regarded but is not essential. What will be critical is your ability to operate effectively at the intersection of public infrastructure delivery, built environment complexity, governance and stakeholder management.
Why Join HIQ
This is a rare opportunity to:
- Lead delivery within an $18.5 billion infrastructure program of national significance
- Deliver projects that directly impact patient care, service access and community outcomes
- Contribute to shaping a new, sustainable infrastructure delivery model for Queensland
- Play a key leadership role in delivering infrastructure aligned to future system demand, including the lead-up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
This executive search process is being managed by Davidson. For a confidential discussion or further information, please contact William Stock on 0418 593 872 or william.stock@davidsonwp.com.
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