Project Lead CoreMod

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia in Baulkham Hills NSW seeks a seasoned Project Lead to head the CoreMod Project Coordination (CPC) Team. The role focuses on people leadership, service management and operational enablement, ensuring resource readiness and consistent high-quality support across the programme.

You will coach a high-performing team, manage demand and priorities across workstreams, and establish predictable operating rhythms while maintaining engagement with CoreMod leadership and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams with clear direction and coaching.
• Strong service-management mindset balancing demand, capacity and stakeholder expectations.
• Excellent organisational skills translating complex requirements into actionable steps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the CPC Team with clear expectations and accountability.
• Own and continuously improve the CPC Team service model across workstreams.
• Manage programme-wide demand, prioritisation and allocation of work.
• Establish predictable team rhythms including workload reviews and forward planning.
• Provide visibility of demand, capacity, risks and dependencies; escalate early.
• Set quality standards for coordination outputs, governance artefacts and templates.
• Partner with leaders to evolve team coverage as CoreMod progresses.
• Drive cross-skilling, knowledge sharing and resilient team capability.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and people-management activities.

Job description

Reserve Bank of Australia – Baulkham Hills NSW

• Lead a programme-wide coordination capability supporting the delivery of CoreMod
• Build and develop a high-performing team, creating clarity across priorities, capacity, coverage and service delivery
• Work closely with CoreMod leaders and workstreams to continuously improve how coordination services are delivered across the programme

About the business/role/team

The CoreMod Project Coordination (CPC) Team provides programme-wide coordination support across CoreMod, combining workstream-aligned support with specialist services spanning governance, procurement, business operations and knowledge management.

We are looking for an experienced Project Lead to lead the CPC Team and its overall service model. Unlike a traditional technical Project Lead or Project Manager role, this position is primarily focused on people leadership, service management and operational enablement, ensuring the team is effectively prioritised, appropriately resourced and consistently delivering high-quality support across the programme.

You will work closely with the CoreMod Leadership Team, workstream leads, PMO and resource coordination, governance, risk and assurance partners, and procurement partners to understand changing programme priorities and ensure the CPC Team has the capability, capacity and coverage to respond effectively.

About the role

As the CoreMod Project Lead – CPC Team, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop the CPC Team, creating clear expectations, accountability and a supportive environment in which people can perform at their best.
• Own and continuously improve the CPC Team service model, including workstream-aligned support, specialist services and appropriate lead and backup coverage.
• Manage programme-wide demand, prioritisation and allocation of work, balancing competing priorities against capability, capacity and continuity requirements.
• Establish clear and predictable team operating rhythms, including workload reviews, forward planning, team forums and individual check-ins.
• Provide visibility of CPC demand, capacity, risks, dependencies and emerging support requirements, escalating material constraints and trade-offs early.
• Set and maintain the quality standards for coordination outputs, governance artefacts, templates, records and stakeholder communications.
• Partner with programme and workstream leaders to anticipate future demand and evolve team coverage and responsibilities as CoreMod progresses.
• Build greater resilience across the team through cross-skilling, documented processes, clear backup arrangements and knowledge sharing, reducing dependency on individual team members.
• Drive continuous improvement across the team's templates, workflows, intake mechanisms and knowledge-sharing practices.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, transitions and broader people-management activities required to maintain an effective and sustainable CPC capability.

About you

You will be an experienced people leader who can bring clarity, structure and calm leadership to a complex programme environment.

You will be comfortable balancing competing demands, making trade-offs visible and constructively challenging stakeholders when capacity or priorities need to be addressed.

To succeed in the role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams, including setting direction, coaching performance and building capability and confidence.
• A strong service-management mindset, with the ability to balance demand, capacity, priorities and stakeholder expectations across multiple workstreams.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to translate complex or ambiguous requirements into clear actions, ownership and delivery rhythms.
  
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability, including the confidence to challenge constructively, negotiate trade-offs and escal…
• Working knowledge of project and programme delivery environments, while recognising that this position is not accountable for technical project delivery.
  
• The judgement to remain close enough to delivery to identify emerging issues while empowering team members to retain ownership of outcomes.
  
• A continuous-improvement mindset and a focus on building a resilient and scalable team capability, rather than service delivery being dependent on particular individuals.

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 backgrounds, those living with a disability and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.