Business Analysis Team Lead

Do Work That Makes a Difference

We are seeking an experienced People Leader for the Business Analysis to lead a team of 6+ Business Analysts and shape the strategic direction of business analysis across a diverse and evolving portfolio.

In this role, you will oversee initiatives spanning infrastructure upgrades, cloud migrations, security uplift, and business application transformations. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality outcomes while building capability and fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement within your team.

As a strategic leader, you will help align business analysis outcomes with enterprise strategy, influence decision-making, and ensure investments deliver measurable value. You will contribute by guiding prioritisation, shaping roadmaps, and improving delivery effectiveness across the portfolio.

Beyond people leadership, you will remain hands-on providing specialised business analysis expertise to support business case development and, at times, the implementation of technology solutions across projects delivered through the Portfolio Delivery function within the Enterprise Strategy and Change department.

You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of a well-established Business Analysis Services practice, refining standards, uplifting capability, and embedding best-in-class methodologies and practices.

About You

You bring a strong blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and inspiring leadership, with a passion for developing people and driving meaningful outcomes.

Key capabilities and experience

• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and develop high-performing teams through effective coaching, mentoring, and performance leadership, fostering a culture of accountability and excellence

• Ability to leads with empathy and clarity, balancing performance expectations with genuine care for wellbeing and development

• Ability to foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement, enabling high-performing teams to thrive in complex environments.

• Strong strategic mindset, with the ability to align delivery with enterprise objectives and influence senior stakeholders

• Experience in understanding roadmaps and portfolio priorities, and aligning this understanding to drive value realisation across complex portfolios

• Proven experience in technical business analysis across major infrastructure and application transformation initiatives

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and system design principles

• Experience analysing business needs and delivering practical, value-driven solutions

• Advanced knowledge of business analysis practices, including tools, methodologies, and techniques

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills

Your Team

You will be part of the broader Portfolio Delivery team within the Enterprise Strategy and Change Department, working within a collaborative and high-performing team of Business Analysts.

The team plays a critical role in delivering technical infrastructure and transformation initiatives that support the Corporate Services Group, helping to strengthen and evolve the core IT functions underpinning the organisation’s policy, operational, and corporate objectives.

Your Development & Career

Join an organisation that genuinely makes a difference to the Australian community. We offer:

• Strong career development and leadership growth opportunities

• A collaborative, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture

• Support for continuous learning, wellbeing, and flexible working arrangements

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.

July 23, 2026

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