Technology Project Lead

Hybrid work environment

Max term contract until 31/12/2027

Play an important part shaping the future of Payment Operations Program

Join a high-impact transformation initiative, coordinating multiple technology workstreams ensuring delivery excellence across budget, scope, and timelines.

About the business/role/team

As a central point of coordination, the Technology Project Lead ensures technology workstreams within the Payment Operations Program (POP) remain aligned, integrated, and focused on achieving program outcomes. A core part of this program's work is supporting the resilience and smooth operation of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System, which provides critical settlement services to Australian payments system participants - settling about $300 billion per day.

The Technology Project Lead is a highly experienced project professional with a proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams in complex delivery environments. The role requires a proactive, resilient, and results-driven individual with a strong track record of building trusted stakeholder relationships and driving collaboration across diverse groups. With expertise in managing project budgets, risks, issues, and change impacts, the Technology Project Lead ensures alignment across technology streams while maintaining a clear focus on achieving business outcomes and maximising value.

About the role

Coordinate multiple technology streams and manage interdependencies across teams and stakeholders.

Develop and maintain project schedules, resource plans, budgets, forecasts, and delivery roadmaps.

Work closely with Technology Program Managers to ensure workstream schedules are aligned with overall program timelines and critical milestones, enabling effective dependency management and successful program delivery.

Monitor project performance, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions where required.

Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions to minimise impacts to delivery.

Develop high-quality project reporting and decision-support materials for Steering Committees and senior leadership forums.

Facilitate procurement activities, vendor engagement, and contract management where required.

Ensure delivery adheres to organisational project management frameworks, processes, and governance requirements.

Track and report Technology stream financial performance, benefits realisation, and key delivery metrics.

About you

Proven experience coordinating technology projects within complex organisational environments.

Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, tools, and governance practices.

Demonstrated ability to develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource requirements.

Experience managing project financials, including cost estimation, funding requests, budget monitoring, and variance management.

Knowledge of procurement processes and experience supporting vendor evaluation, and contract management.

Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management capabilities.

Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and relationship management skills.

Ability to build trust with stakeholders at all levels.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, assess impacts, and recommend practical solutions.

High levels of resilience, persistence, ownership, and commitment to successful project delivery.

Strong active listening skills and ability to adapt communication styles for different audiences.

Qualifications

Tertiary qualifications or equivalent industry experience.

Desirable PRINCE2 Practitioner preferred, PRINCE2 Foundation acceptable.

Desirable Professional certification of a widely used Project Management discipline.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

August 24, 2026

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