Project Manager

• Management role driving payment infrastructure enhancement at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). 

• Lead a high-performing team of project professionals delivering impactful work that makes a difference to the Australian people. 

• Diverse role leading the delivery of customer, industry and enterprise objectives. 

• Fulltime salaried fixed term contract until end of March 2027, based in Sydney CBD

About the business/role/team

FSS Next Program is a transformative 3–5-year program enhancing the Fast Settlement Service (FSS), a piece of critical payments infrastructure owned and operated by the RBA. The FSS settles payments exchanged through the New Payments Platform (NPP) on a real-time, 24/7 basis – averaging 3.5 million payments per day, worth $4 billion. Your leadership will ensure it remains resilient, scalable, and aligned with global standards through: 

• Replacing of end-of-life technology components and uplifting the transaction processing capacity of some associated systems to support growth in NPP payment volumes.  

• Changing the FSS and associated systems to support updated NPP message formats that align with the international messaging standard ISO 20022.  

• Expertly evaluating options and developing a business case to deliver a new technology solution for managing large-scale transactional datasets. Depending on the outcome of the business case, you will also oversee its implementation. 

About you

You are an experienced Project Manager with 5+ years’ experience delivering projects in financial services, government, or other highly regulated environments. You bring strong people leadership, a practical, can‑do mindset, and the ability to operate confidently in complex, matrixed organisations.

You apply sound project management principles to define scope, manage risks, and deliver outcomes, while translating complex technical and data‑driven issues into clear business impacts and decisions. You communicate clearly, think analytically, and solve problems pragmatically.

Highly desirable: experience with Australian payment systems, large data projects, and leading or coaching multi‑disciplinary teams.

This role is an opportunity to deliver the unique business and technology needs of the RBA in its operation of such an important service for the Australian community. 

Key responsibilities  

You’ll lead end‑to‑end project delivery, taking ownership from planning through to successful transition into operations.

• Deliver projects with confidence: manage schedules, budgets, resources, sprint planning and backlogs (e.g. JIRA), ensuring delivery is on time, within scope and budget.

• Lead and inspire teams: bring together cross‑functional teams and third‑party partners, fostering collaboration, accountability and shared outcomes.

• Communicate with impact: distil complex information into clear, concise updates that enable timely, well‑informed decisions.

• Build trusted relationships: engage and influence stakeholders across governance, management, senior leaders and technical specialists, balancing competing priorities.

• Manage risk and change: proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues, maintain governance standards, and ensure smooth transition and adoption of change.

• Drive continuous improvement: promote best‑practice delivery, governance, and ongoing enhancements to processes, technology and capability.

Qualifications 

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience. 

• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile PM) highly desirable. 

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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