About the Role
Senior leadership opportunity managing complex construction and critical infrastructure programs. Shape the future of the RBA's asset portfolio while leading a high-performing project delivery team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, governance, and delivery of complex property and infrastructure projects, ensuring successful outcomes across cost, quality, schedule, and operational continuity.
- Drive project delivery excellence through the application of project management, governance, and change management frameworks.
- Align project delivery with long-term organizational strategy, asset management plans, and lifecycle planning.
- Identify and manage risks, issues, and interdependencies across the project portfolio.
- Provide strategic advice on project delivery, business change, and portfolio management to support enterprise objectives.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to influence outcomes and drive successful delivery.
- Oversee project budgets, procurement activities, and vendor performance to achieve value-for-money outcomes.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing property and infrastructure project delivery team while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Report and present at governance forums, Steering Committees, and senior stakeholder groups.
Requirements
- Accomplished project delivery leader with significant experience managing large-scale capital works, property, or infrastructure portfolios within complex corporate, government, or infrastructure environments.
- Proven success delivering major construction, property, and infrastructure projects.
- Significant experience overseeing the development of project procurement strategies.
- Experience administering various construction contract forms, undertaking commercial negotiations, and managing vendor performance.
- Experience managing design consultants and contractors and leading teams who do.
- Experience leading projects in secure, critical, and complex operational environments.
- Demonstrated experience driving a safety culture in project delivery.
- Strong project governance, commercial management, risk management, and portfolio leadership capability.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing future leaders.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including at executive level.
- Experience operating within enterprise change, transformation, or strategic delivery environments.
Skills
- Project Management
- Governance
- Change Management
- Portfolio Management
- Risk Management
- Commercial Management
- Procurement
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leadership
Location
- National
Work Type
- 5 Year Maximum Term Contract
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional experience, project management certification, and/or construction management certification desirable but not essential
Benefits
- Development and career opportunities
- Collaborative environment
- Support for growth
- Wellbeing support
- Flexibility
About the Company
- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Project Delivery - Property & Infrastructure to lead a portfolio of complex property, infrastructure and construction projects and initiatives across the Bank's national footprint for our internal clients who own and maintain the assets.
- Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
