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Manager, Data Technology

• Leverage your leadership experience to truly make a difference to the Australian people.
• Contribute to the broader strategic focus area of harnessing the power of data,
• Broaden your experience to mature the design, development and automation of data solutions and delight data users experience.

High-calibre employees are critical for us to deliver on our objectives. If you a highly skilled in data integration with the ability to solve complex problem and innovate data solutions through design thinking, then this opportunity could be right for you. As the Manager of Data Technologies, you will inspire, guide, and lead highly engaged and skilled people from the Bank internal teams as well as vendors’ teams. You will leverage your leadership experience to ensure ongoing positive engagements with staff and our business users. You will lead and manage your team to support the Bank’s strategic focus areas.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead your staff to ensure the support of the Bank’s strategic and operational priorities.
• Provide strong knowledge of best practices in the design, development/coding, and support of the Bank’s enterprise data solutions, both on-prem and Cloud.
• Ensure good user experience with the Bank’s enterprise data technologies and processes to promote data sharing and insight reports at the Bank, particularly in the areas of data science, analytic, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Review, identified and managed technologies, contracts, vendors and people culture risks.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Strong problem-solving and management skills in a fast-paced diverse organisation.
• Experience in leading and coaching staff and vendors to uplift maturity in the Bank’s processes and service capabilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to collaborate, influence and partner effectively with key stakeholders across the Bank and external vendors.
• Good understand of coding, development, technology integration and data risks, and experience in simplifying, automating, hardening, and maturing processes would be highly regarded.
• Experience with designing and managing technology platforms for high availability and security is highly desirable.

Your background

• Previous experience designing, developing code/scripts that leverage structured data from various sources using statistical tools (e.g. R, Git)
• In-depth knowledge of the R programming language and associated packages (e.g. the Tidyverse). 
• Knowledge of databases.
• Review and uplift the control governance and planning processes to ensure they are fit for purpose and communicates them effectively to our staff and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and collaborative engagement style to drive and maintain a strong partnership.

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 Bank forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

Through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking, the RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operates 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 have a critical role to play in achieving these objectives, whether directly or in a supporting capacity. As a values driven organisation, 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.  

Your application should include a resume detailing your experience and qualifications.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from experienced candidates seeking workplace flexibility.

Few places give you the balance of professional challenge and a management culture that not only supports but encourages you to live a full life outside of work and be more. 

Application Close: August 05, 2024