Closing date: COB Friday, 7th November 2025 (please note, screening has commenced so don't delay, apply now)

Position Description:  PD Automation Delivery Lead 2025.docx

Are you ready to lead the charge in transforming how BEN works? Harnessing automation and human collaboration to deliver smarter, faster and simpler experiences to millions. 

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

As our Automation Delivery Lead, you’ll be at the heart of BEN’s enterprise-wide transformation, enabling teams to deliver automation solutions that simplify processes and improve customer experiences. You’ll act as a servant leader, guiding agile teams, removing blockers, and ensuring initiatives deliver real value across the bank.

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including RPA, AI, APIs, and Appian BPM to drive efficiency and innovation. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across divisions, helping prioritise and sequence projects for maximum impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy orchestrating complex projects, and love turning ideas into measurable outcomes, this is the role for you.

You’ll help shape how we work, influence ways of delivering value, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Your work will directly impact both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Join a team that’s passionate about transformation, innovation, and delivering better outcomes for all.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and facilitate agile delivery teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise initiatives, manage dependencies, and drive automation solutions that deliver measurable efficiency gains.
• Oversee project planning, risk management, and delivery reporting, ensuring teams are supported, informed, and empowered to succeed.

To succeed in this role, we’d love you to have:

• Proven experience leading or participating in agile teams, delivering complex IT or automation projects.
• Strong understanding of automation technologies, including RPA, AI, APIs, and BPM platforms.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery focus.
• Certification or experience in project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, PMP).

We offer flexible work options that put our people first and a hybrid model of minimum 60% on site attendance in a local Head Office.

This role is a Full-time (76 hours per f/n) role on a 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract based at any of our head office locations (see locations here)

So, why work for us?

With over 2.9 million customers, we are one of Australia’s largest retail banks with a vision our purpose – ‘to feed into the prosperity of our customers and communities, not off it’. In fact, over $366 million have been put back into communities nationwide. We developed Up, Australia's first fully digital bank, which has grown to over one million customers in just six years. We are regularly voted one of Australia’s most trusted brands and this isn’t something we take lightly, which means Bendigo Bank is the Bank you can be proud to work at!

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

Our perks and benefits:

Belong to a wonderful team of people. Know how we know they’re great to work with? They told us! Great benefits, work life balance and flexibility!

Bendigo Bank supports ongoing development, with the potential for a portion of education fees being reimbursed by the bank. We want you to be the best version of you, and to help you achieve that!

We know the last few years have been rough, so we have partnered with Sonder as our EAP provider that is so much more than just one-on-one counselling. At the touch of a button, you will have access to self-help 24/7 or you can live chat with a team of safety, medical, and mental health professionals to assist with anything life throws at you.

So, what are you waiting for? Come and join the better big bank!

Please note shortlisting and interviews may take place prior to the advertised close date, so don't delay: apply now!

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