Strategic Workforce & Program Resource Lead (Hybrid)

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

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.