Release Manager

• 1-Year Fixed Term Contract with a Hybrid work environment.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of an iconic Australian institution.
• Release Manager on the Core Modernisation project.

Overview
An amazing opportunity to optimise and uplift and the Release Management practices for a major, multi-year initiative.

The Core Modernisation project is critical to supporting the RBA's mission of promoting the economic welfare of the Australian people through monetary and financial policies and operations. It enables the IT strategy of standardizing, simplifying, and automating the Bank's infrastructure while minimizing risk through the introduction of a new data centre and modernised infrastructure.

Role Overview
RBA is seeking a Release Manager to drive the Release Management for the CoreMod program.

The role covers managing the planning and execution of infrastructure and application releases across various environments. It requires close collaboration with the program's delivery managers as well as with other release managers across the RBA in order to develop, communicate and execute a release schedule for the program. It also includes effective negotiation to resolve any scheduling conflicts.

Additionally, the Release Manager will identify and implement process improvements to increase the velocity of IT change without comprising the security and stability of the Bank's systems. The role may involve managing other release management team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive release schedule, balancing technical dependencies and business requirements.
• Identify and manage risks and interdependencies associated with releases.
• Coordinate releases into key environments, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Communicate upcoming changes with stakeholder groups across the Bank.
• Perform release readiness reviews and quality assurance checks.
• Collaborate with technical delivery and test leads to uplift release quality.
• Coordinate activities with external vendors and partners.
• Align release schedules with project timelines.
• Represent the program in forums where change windows and priorities are negotiated.
• Keep stakeholders informed of release status and issues.
• Facilitate communication between teams involved in the release process.
• Continuously improve release processes for efficiency and quality.
• Manage and run Weekend deployment activities where required.
• Ensure compliance with IT standards and strategies.
• Establish and operate the IT Service Management Framework.
• Drive customer-focused behaviour and continuous service improvement across IT Services, ensuring service lifecycle integrity.
• Support Service Management practices by administering the Service Management System.

Technical Capabilities

• Proven experience in establishing and maintaining IT Service Catalogues.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders in a large organization.
• Advanced knowledge of IT Service Management and Incident Management based on ITIL principles.
• Familiarity with large corporate environments with multiple locations.
• Strong understanding of industry developments and best practices.
• ITIL Foundation and Intermediate certifications (Capability or Lifecycle).

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications relevant to IT.
• ITIL Foundations Certification.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Release Management

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.