Program Manager - 2 Year FTC

• Hybrid work environment
• 2 year Max term contract
• Be part of a transformation program making a difference to critical national payment infrastructure

About the business/role/team

This is a unique opportunity for you to join the Reserve Bank’s payments team that owns and operates RITS, Australia's real-time gross settlement system, which moves around $230 billion dollars between financial institutions each day and ultimately settles all non-cash payments in Australia.

About the role

You will be one of the key leaders within the Payments Operations Program, leading technology related workstreams responsible for delivering improvements to technology controls, application lifecycle management, risk assessments and monitoring and workload management for applications that support RITS. In the Payments Operations Program, you will work with both business and IT departments, including executive staff, which manage RITS to promote the public interest by ensuring the reliable, safe and efficient functioning of critical national infrastructure, which is essential to support the day-to-day business of the Australian economy.

About you

• Must have extensive experience in managing technology projects
• Will have successfully overseen projects with multiple work streams in a complex environment.
• Needs to demonstrate the ability to develop and present executive-level reports to Executives.
• Must have a good understanding of technology controls and implementation strategies to uplift a technology eco-system.
• Should possess a deep understanding of enterprise-level infrastructure services and tooling, with a proven track record of delivering system improvements.

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.