Program Resource Manager

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia seeks a skilled workforce program lead to deliver workforce strategy and capacity planning within the CoreMod transformation program. The role focuses on aligning resources, governance and data-driven insights to support delivery priorities.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Program Management Office, CoreMod, and collaborate across multiple streams, balancing budget and capability needs while guiding transitions and ramp-downs for sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive strategic workforce planning and resource management experience within large-scale programs or transformations.
• Demonstrable workforce capacity planning expertise across complex, multi-stream delivery environments.
• Experience with workforce analytics, utilization management and data-driven decision making.
• Strong understanding of operating models, delivery frameworks and workforce governance.
• Workforce transition and change management, including contingent workforce management.
• Executive stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Financial awareness and ability to balance workforce requirements with budget and delivery outcomes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and continuous-improvement skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an integrated workforce strategy that aligns resource capacity, capability and workforce planning with program delivery priorities, timelines and financial objectives.
• Optimise workforce utilisation and deployment through effective demand and capacity planning.
• Provide strategic workforce insights and governance that enable informed decision-making, proactive risk management and effective workforce investment across the program.
• Maintain workforce readiness and capability by identifying skills gaps, supporting capability planning and enabling effective redeployment and transition of resources throughout the program lifecycle.
• Ensure successful workforce transitions and program ramp-down, balancing delivery requirements and organisational priorities to achieve sustainable program outcomes.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Resource management

Workforce analytics

Data-driven decision making

Operating models

Workforce governance

Contingent workforce management

Executive stakeholder engagement

Budget awareness

Continuous improvement

Job description

About the Role

• Fixed term contract until September 2027

• Hybrid work environment based in Bella Vista

• Deliver program enablement initiatives

In this role you will support the evolution and adoption of the RBA’s Core Modernisation Transformation Program’s operating rhythm, ways of working, and team experience.

About the team

Reporting into the Senior Manager, Program Management Office, CoreMod this role will have two direct reports within the function, a Program Lead and a Program Coordinator.

About the role

• Deliver an integrated workforce strategy that aligns resource capacity, capability and workforce planning with program delivery priorities, timelines and financial objectives.

• Optimise workforce utilisation and deployment through effective demand and capacity planning.

• Provide strategic workforce insights and governance that enable informed decision-making, proactive risk management and effective workforce investment across the program.

• Maintain workforce readiness and capability by identifying skills gaps, supporting capability planning and enabling effective redeployment and transition of resources throughout the program lifecycle.

• Ensure successful workforce transitions and program ramp-down , balancing delivery requirements, workforce impacts and organisational priorities to achieve sustainable program outcomes.

About you

• You will have extensive strategic workforce planning and resource management experience gained within large scale programs or transformations.

• You must have demonstrable workforce capacity planning expertise across complex, multi-stream delivery environments.

• Apply your workforce analytics, utilisation management and data driven decision making skills.

• Apply your strong understanding of operating models, delivery frameworks and workforce governance.

• Workforce transition and change management, including contingent workforce management is essential

• Executive stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship management will be key in driving outcomes.

• Financial awareness and ability to balance workforce requirements with budget and delivery outcomes.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.

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.

Application Close :

September 25, 2026