Release Train Delivery Lead, Commodities & Trade Finance

Westpac Institutional Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Employee mortgage rates

Job summary

Westpac Institutional Bank in Sydney seeks a Release Train Delivery Lead to align Product, Engineering, Architecture and Delivery across Commodities & Trade Finance. You will orchestrate planning, manage dependencies and enable autonomous teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will apply data, automation and AI to improve forecasting, capacity planning and risk management while collaborating with senior technology and business leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience with commodity derivatives, financial markets or trading environments.
• Experience shaping backlogs across Product, Engineering and business teams.
• Ability to think systemically across complex technology environments.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills.
• Experience using data, AI and automation to improve forecasting, capacity planning and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning across multiple squads and align priorities, investment and execution.
• Use data, automation and AI to provide visibility of progress, risks and outcomes.
• Create conditions for autonomous teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready outcomes.
• Balance priorities, capacity and investment while guiding trade-offs and forecasting.

Skills

Commodity derivatives

Delivery leadership

Backlog management

Stakeholder leadership

Data analytics

Systems thinking

Job description

Release Train Delivery Lead, Commodities & Trade Finance

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Release Train Delivery Lead, Commodities & Trade Finance

What’s the role?

As a Release Train Delivery Lead, you'll play a key role in helping our teams operate as a connected, data-enabled delivery system, turning strategy into great customer and business outcomes predictably and efficiently. Based in Sydney in a permanent, full-time position, you'll bring together Product, Engineering, Architecture and Delivery to align priorities, investment and execution.

You'll orchestrate planning across multiple squads, understanding dependencies, constraints and delivery flow across the system. Using data, automation and AI, you'll create clear visibility of progress, capacity, risks and outcomes, identify emerging bottlenecks and help teams make better, faster decisions. Rather than administering process, you'll create the conditions for autonomous teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready outcomes.

Working closely with senior technology and business leaders, you'll bring a business manager mindsetto balancing priorities, capacity and investment, using evidence to guide trade-offs and forecasting. With a Scrum Master mindset, you'll continuously improve how the system works, strengthening collaboration, removing systemic friction and helping teams achieve sustainable flow in a fast-paced environment.

What do I need?

You'll bring a systems mindset, strong delivery and people leadership skills, and the ability to use data, technology and commercial judgement to create clarity in complex environments. You will possess or be willing to learn the following:

• Strong understanding of commodity derivatives, financial markets or trading environments, with the ability to connect customer and business priorities to technology investment and delivery outcomes.
• Experience managing and shaping backlogs across Product, Engineering and business teams, connecting strategy, capacity, investment and execution across multiple squads.
• Proven ability to think systemically across complex technology environments, managing dependencies, constraints and competing priorities while improving end-to-end delivery flow.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills, with the confidence to influence decisions and create alignment across senior, technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using data, AI, automation and delivery insightsto improve forecasting, capacity planning, risk management, decision-making and continuous improvement.

Our promise to you

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 you grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

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 out more information and additional contact details by visiting the\"People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements\"page on ourwebsite.