Project Director

Westpac; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage rate discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Program Director to lead a major transformation program in Sydney. You will coordinate planning, prioritisation and dependencies across Delivery Units and Release Trains, ensuring clarity, risk visibility and timely trade-offs.

You’ll collaborate with product, technology, data, risk and assurance to drive evidence-based decisions and confident delivery. This role requires strong delivery leadership, deep Agile experience, and the ability to align diverse teams around a

Qualifications

• Strong project management capability with knowledge of product ownership and Agile and Scrum practices.
• Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to make value focused decisions and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills across business, technology and risk teams.
• Strategic and critical thinking, with the ability to navigate complexity and bring people together around clear outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning, prioritisation and dependencies across Delivery Units and Release Trains.
• Surface risks and blockers early and help teams make informed trade offs.
• Collaborate across product, technology, data, risk, controls and assurance to drive evidence-based decisions and transparent reporting.

Skills

Program management

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Delivery tools

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Planview

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Program Director.

What’s the role?

Want to make an impact across one of Westpac’s important transformation programs? This role puts you at the centre of complex delivery, connecting teams, priorities and decisions to help turn plans into meaningful outcomes.

You’ll coordinate planning, prioritisation and dependencies across Delivery Units and Release Trains, working with teams across Financial Crime Transformation and the broader Group. You’ll bring clarity to complex delivery, surface risks and blockers early and help teams make informed trade offs.

You’ll collaborate across product, technology, data, risk, controls and assurance, while using evidence, transparent reporting and digital tools to help teams make better decisions and deliver with confidence.

What do I need?

• Strong project management capability with knowledge of product ownership and Agile and Scrum practices
• Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to make value focused decisions and manage competing priorities
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills across business, technology and risk teams
• Strategic and critical thinking, with the ability to navigate complexity and bring people together around clear outcomes
• Experience with delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence and Planview, with financial services, risk, compliance, controls or regulatory change knowledge desirable

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page, under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.