Role Summary
The Test Team Lead is responsible for leading a team of Test Analysts and Engineers while overseeing the planning, coordination, execution, and governance of testing activities across enterprise projects and business-as-usual (BAU) initiatives. This role combines strong people leadership, stakeholder management, technical testing expertise, and strategic planning to ensure high-quality delivery outcomes.
The successful candidate will drive test excellence, foster innovation and automation, manage resource allocation, and act as a trusted advisor to project and business stakeholders. The role requires a strong understanding of enterprise systems, non-functional testing, observability tools, and testing best practices within complex technology environments.
This role is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
Key Responsibilities
Test Leadership & Delivery Management
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Own and manage enterprise-wide testing schedules, planning, and coordination for major projects, releases, and technology changes.
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Lead the successful delivery of testing activities across multiple concurrent initiatives while ensuring adherence to quality standards and delivery timelines.
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Manage BAU testing commitments and effectively allocate resources to meet competing priorities and deadlines.
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Develop, review, and approve testing strategies, test plans, test execution reports, and test closure documentation.
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Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate testing risks, dependencies, and implementation conflicts that could impact project outcomes.
Stakeholder & Governance Management
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Represent the testing function in cross-functional forums, project governance meetings, release planning sessions, and change management discussions.
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Provide clear visibility of testing progress, risks, issues, and resource requirements to senior stakeholders.
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Collaborate closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Product Owners, and Operations teams to ensure testing activities are aligned with business objectives.
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Drive effective communication and escalation management to address delivery challenges.
Team Leadership & People Management
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Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a team of Test Analysts and Test Engineers.
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Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to understand team challenges, provide guidance, and support career development.
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Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and continuous improvement culture within the team.
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Align individual performance goals and development plans with organisational objectives and strategic priorities.
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Support recruitment, onboarding, capability uplift, performance management, and succession planning activities.
Planning & Resource Management
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Drive monthly planning sessions, sprint planning activities, and JIRA retrospective reviews to improve forecasting accuracy and delivery effectiveness.
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Collaborate with delivery leads and stakeholders to anticipate future workloads and proactively manage resource demand.
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Monitor team capacity, utilisation, and skill distribution to ensure optimal workforce planning.
Quality Engineering, Innovation & Automation
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Champion quality engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Drive innovation through test automation, AI-assisted testing, process optimisation, and tooling enhancements.
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Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency, coverage, reliability, and overall delivery quality.
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Promote the adoption of modern testing frameworks, automation solutions, and observability practices.
Technical Leadership
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Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for one or more business or technology domains.
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Design and review non-functional testing strategies including performance, resilience, scalability, availability, and reliability testing.
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Analyse application performance and system behavior using enterprise observability and monitoring platforms.
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Develop actionable insights from testing and production telemetry data to improve system quality and stability.
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Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams to understand system designs and identify quality risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Required Skills & Experience
Leadership & Delivery
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Proven experience leading testing teams within enterprise-scale technology environments.
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Strong people management, coaching, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Demonstrated experience managing testing across multiple projects and BAU workstreams.
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Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive outcomes in complex environments.
Technical Testing Expertise
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Strong understanding of:
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Test Strategy Development
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Test Planning & Governance
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Functional Testing
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Non-Functional Testing
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Performance Testing
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Automation Testing
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Defect Management
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Release Validation
Technical Skills
Experience with the following technologies and tools:
Performance & Testing
Monitoring & Observability
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Dynatrace
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AppDynamics
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Splunk
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Kibana
Data & Analytics
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SQL
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Data Warehouse (DWH) concepts
Programming & Scripting
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Java
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Python
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PowerShell
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VBScript
Delivery & Collaboration
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JIRA
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Agile / Scrum methodologies
Architecture & Analysis
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Ability to understand and interpret application, integration, and platform architectures.
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Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills using observability and monitoring tools.
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Experience identifying performance bottlenecks and system quality risks.
Desirable Skills
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Knowledge of test automation frameworks and practical experience with AI-assisted testing and intelligent test automation solutions.
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Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
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Payments and Banking domain experience.
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Experience working in highly regulated enterprise environments.
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
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ISTQB certification or equivalent testing certification preferred.
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Relevant certifications in performance testing, automation, Agile, or observability platforms are advantageous.
Key Success Measures
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Successful and timely delivery of testing milestones across projects and BAU initiatives.
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Improved test automation and operational efficiency.
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Reduced production defects and quality-related incidents.
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High stakeholder satisfaction and effective risk management.
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Strong team engagement, capability development, and retention outcomes.
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Improved forecasting accuracy, planning effectiveness, and resource utilisation.
This role is ideal for a hands-on Test Leader who combines strong technical capabilities, people leadership, strategic planning, and a passion for driving quality engineering excellence across enterprise technology delivery. This role is based in our Sydney City office.
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.
Application Close :
August 17, 2026
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