Manager, Technical Assurance

• Impactful work that helps make a difference to the Australian people

• Key Department leadership role

• Develop your career in a collaborative environment

• Permanent opportunity with hybrid work environment

Are you a proven strategic leader with deep technical expertise in non-functional testing of high-availability, mission-critical systems who thrives in environments where resilience and performance are non-negotiable? If you’re motivated by the opportunity to apply your expertise where it directly supports the stability of Australia’s financial system, this role offers a rare chance to lead with purpose and deliver impact at scale.
 

About the team

This role is part of the Payments Settlements Department within the Business Services Group. The department is responsible for the safe and efficient settlement of interbank obligations arising from the exchange of payments in Australia, conduct of Exchange Settlement Accounts and the settlement of the Reserve Bank's own trading activities. The systems under our care—such as RITS and FSS—are mission-critical to the national economy and require high degree of quality, resiliency, and reliability.

You’ll join a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team focused on delivering excellence and innovation across change programs impacting our most vital platforms.

About the role

We are seeking a technically strong and experienced Manager to oversee the direction and testing delivery of non-functional changes as well as lead continuous improvement of non-functional testing practices across our payment systems. This includes systems such as SWIFT, Sterling, RITS, and FSS. The role demands a proven leader who can operate strategically while remaining technically hands-on.

You will:

• Lead the non-functional test strategy, planning, execution, and governance for changes to critical systems.

• Manage the delivery of testing activities across a variety of delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).

• Oversee performance, resilience, failover, scalability, and operational readiness testing, ensuring systems meet their strict availability and reliability requirements.

• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and toolsets relevant to non-functional domains.

• Provide people leadership and technical mentorship to your team and contribute to broader departmental leadership.

• Contribute to the broader strategic direction and leadership of the area, sharing accountability with other leaders for overall performance of deliverables and outcomes.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• 15+ years experience in non-functional test leadership roles, including significant tenure as a manager.

• Deep experience in testing and supporting mission-critical systems with a high bar for uptime, performance, and compliance.

• Strong domain knowledge in payments, settlement systems, SWIFT messaging, or banking infrastructure.

• Technical proficiency in performance and monitoring tools such as JMeter, Gatling, AppDynamics, Kibana, and others.

• A track record of building or enhancing non-functional test automation frameworks and  tools.

• Leadership skills to inspire, coach, and empower teams.

• Strong people skills to influence, collaborate and communicate strongly with key stakeholders across the Bank and externally.

• Knowledge and experience working with Agile methodologies, as well as Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery processes, will be highly regarded.

• Relevant qualifications in project management and software testing.

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.

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