Release Train Delivery Lead - Operations

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Release Train Delivery Lead - Operations

Lead one of Australia’s largest and most significant banking transformations.

At Westpac, we're undertaking a transformation of unprecedented scale and complexity.

Through our Unite function, we're bringing together multiple strategic initiatives into a single transformation programme focused on simplifying our technology landscape and enhancing how we serve customers across Retail and Small Business Banking.

As part of this journey, we're looking for an exceptional Release Train Delivery Lead - Operations to lead a critical delivery stream and help deliver one of the organisation's most significant transformation initiatives.

What's the role?

Reporting to the Head of UNITE Delivery, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of outcomes that ensure our operational teams are prepared, capable and ready to support the implementation of significant business and technology change.

This is a highly visible leadership role with responsibility for driving delivery across a complex portfolio of work while influencing strategic outcomes through executive and governance forums.

As a highly visible member of the programme leadership team, you will regularly engage with executive stakeholders and governance forums, influencing critical decisions and helping deliver one of the organisation's most significant transformation initiatives.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Managing financial planning, forecasting and budget oversight across significant investment portfolios.

• Building strong partnerships across Product, Technology, Risk, Finance and Operations.

• Leading workforce and resource planning activities across the Release Train.

• Leading and inspiring a team of Delivery Leads, Programme Managers and Project Managers.

• Ensuring delivery and operational readiness activities are completed to support customer migration events.

• Providing clear reporting, insights and recommendations to executive stakeholders and governance forums.

• Driving delivery consistency, risk management and governance excellence across the programme.

What do I need?

You’re a proven transformation leader who thrives in complex, high-profile environments and has a track record of delivering large-scale strategic change. You will bring extensive experience leading major transformation, migration, simplification, integration or divestment programmes, coupled with the ability to navigate ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders and deliver outcomes across complex enterprise environments.

Success in this role requires a leader who can balance commercial discipline with exceptional people leadership. You'll be comfortable operating autonomously while building trusted relationships across the organisation, leading large delivery teams and maintaining momentum in a fast-paced, highly visible environment.

• Demonstrated success delivering complex programmes valued at approximately $50M+.

• Strong understanding of Operations functions and large-scale operational change.

• Exceptional leadership experience managing Programme Managers, Project Managers and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

• Strong commercial acumen, including financial management, forecasting and governance oversight.

• Ability to build credibility and influence with senior stakeholders across complex organisational environments.

• Experience fostering high-performing, engaged and diverse teams.

• Resilient, disciplined and outcome-focused, with the ability to lead confidently through complexity and change.

Most importantly, you'll be passionate about creating an inclusive environment where people can perform at their best, grow their careers and deliver exceptional outcomes together.

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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