Senior Project Manager

RBA operate in a culture of collaboration and open communication. We're a diverse team with strong communities and a values-driven culture. Feel the personal and professional satisfaction in knowing your talent is respected and your work is appreciated.

Superb opportunity for Senior Project Manager to lead an extensive technology project, bring your skills and be empowered to have your voice heard. This is a two year fixed term assignment and there are two positions available.

• Manage, plan and direct all aspects of work for a project to ensure it delivers outcomes necessary to realise benefits as agreed by the project sponsor.
• Apply a structured project management approach and methodology, ensuring adherence to internal frameworks, processes and practices to effectively manage all aspects of the project.
• Develop and maintain detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates and resource plans.
• Identify and manage risks and issues, develop plans to mitigate risk and implement these in a timely manner, measuring effectiveness.
• Monitor the progress of plans identifying variances early allowing corrective actions to be taken in a timely manner, minimising impact.
• Organise project teams, assigning individual responsibilities and monitoring progress.
• Manage change throughout the lifecycle of the project ensuring decisions are made in a timely manner with full knowledge of the impact to outcomes and realisation of benefits.
• Identify, plan and complete communication activities to ensure they provide information in a timely and relevant manner and clearly communicate the intended messages.
• Identify stakeholders, develop appropriate plans and complete activities to ensure necessary levels of engagement are maintained throughout the life of the project.
• Complete project within the agreed parameters of schedule, budget, resources, scope, quality and benefits, identifying and resolving obstacles that would prevent achievement.
• Provide expertise and leadership in the area of project management ensuring good practices which are fit-for-purpose are being used in addition to increasing the organisational maturity within business areas for project and program management.

Technical Capabilities:

• Proven experience building team rapport and creating opportunities to facilitate collaboration within the team.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complexities for a complete and accurate analysis
• Strong networking capability; demonstrated experience building networks of influence to support project outcomes.
• Ability to influence management and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience of capitalising on opportunities that result in improved project value or execution.
• Proven track record of achieving high performance with a team and promoting continuous learning and advocating professional and personal development.
• Demonstrated initiative in driving projects forward and ability to make timely decisions based on facts while managing ambiguity.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications or equivalent industry experience.
• Desirable PRINCE2 Practitioner.
• Desirable Professional certification of a widely used Project or Program Management discipline. This may include Agile related certifications if appropriate (Certified Scrum Master certification or equivalent certification in Agile methodologies).

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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 operates 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 have a critical role to play in achieving these objectives. 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 Bank 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 an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from experienced candidates seeking workplace flexibility.