Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Onsite
Hybrid work environment based in Sydney CBD
Permanent Opportunity
Play a key role in shaping cyber strategy execution, portfolio insight and performance reporting
Join the RBA’s Cyber Strategy & Planning team in a high-visibility role supporting the execution of the Bank’s cyber strategy and performance reporting across the cyber defence portfolio. In this role, you will work closely with the cyber leadership team to provide an enterprise-wide view of the cyber initiatives, bringing clarity on priorities, progress, risk reduction outcomes and financial performance. This is a unique opportunity to influence how cyber investment and change is planned, tracked and governed, while contributing to work that strengthens the resilience of critical financial services Australians rely on every day.
About the role
Develop and maintain the cyber portfolio reporting framework, providing clear visibility of strategic alignment, delivery progress, resource demand and initiative health across the cyber change portfolio.
Lead quarterly planning and prioritisation cycles for the Cyber security team, supporting integrated planning across Cyber project and BAU initiatives, including demand management and forecasting.
Facilitate portfolio prioritisation and sequencing by reporting on strategic alignment, cyber risk reduction value, delivery capacity, cost and cross-portfolio dependencies.
Partner with cyber leadership team, project managers and initiative delivery leads to provide an integrated updates on initiative progress, risks, issues and changes across the portfolio.
Deliver regular high-quality dashboards and portfolio reporting for senior leaders, committees and board, including delivery performance, RAG status, milestone tracking and key insights to support management decisions.
Continuously improve cyber portfolio governance across BAU and projects as well as reporting practices by improving planning and prioritisation framework, reporting and management visibility, informed by stakeholder feedback.
Provide performance insights that link cyber investment, delivery progress and risk outcomes, giving cyber leadership clear visibility of execution risks, delays and delivery health
Partner with Finance to support financial performance reporting by tracking budget performance, procurement spend, staff resource allocation and strategic vendor performance.
About you
Strong understanding of portfolio management disciplines, including portfolio definition and portfolio delivery, and how these are applied through planning, prioritisation and performance reporting.
Demonstrated understanding on measuring strategy execution and performance using frameworks such as Balanced Scorecard, OKRs or similar, linking objectives, metrics, delivery progress and outcomes
Experience in a portfolio analyst, PMO analyst or portfolio reporting role in a complex enterprise environment.
Hands-on proficiency with reporting tools such as Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Excel and/or Power BI for tracking, dashboarding and reporting.
Strong reporting skills, including the ability to provide delivery trends, resource capacity, RAG status and delivery risk indicators.
Proven ability in stakeholder engagement partnering effectively with architects, delivery teams, finance and senior management.
Working knowledge of cyber security concepts, with the ability to interpret and report on cyber initiatives and control uplift across the portfolio.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce clear dashboards and executive-ready insights.
Relevant qualifications or exposure to portfolio, project, agile or product disciplines would be beneficial (eg. Management of Portfolio (MoP), PRINCE2, P3O or Agile certifications).
Tertiary qualifications relevant to the Bank or IT industry and/or tertiary education specifically related to IT Security.
Working towards certifications relevant to IT Security such as CISSP, GCFE, GCFA, CISM (or other industry certifications).
Eligible to gain Australian Government Baseline clearance.
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 drive 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.
Application Close :
June 18, 2026.
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