Delivery Lead

Equinox IT; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 83,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Flexible, part-time working

Career coaching and mentoring

Job summary

Equinox IT in New Zealand is seeking a Delivery Lead to guide IT projects with a strong people focus. You’ll move from sprint reviews to steering groups, balancing waterfall and agile approaches, and steer a cross‑functional team of consultants across client engagements.

You’ll manage end‑to‑end delivery, mentor colleagues, run work in Jira/Azure DevOps/Confluence, track budgets, and write clear plans and reports.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading IT projects or product ownership roles
• Solid understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies
• Hands-on experience with Jira and/or Azure DevOps
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Excellent report and business writing skills
• Strong financial acumen

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT projects across client engagements
• Direct IT consultants and specialists toward clear outcomes
• Run work transparently using Jira, Azure DevOps and Confluence
• Champion good practices to help teams deliver consistently
• Build trusted relationships with client sponsors and stakeholders
• Track budgets, forecasts and commercials with confidence
• Write clear, compelling reports, plans and business documents
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to knowledge sharing

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

People skills

Report writing

Financial acumen

Client engagement

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Job description

Are you a Delivery Lead who knows IT projects are as much about people as they are about plans? Someone who can move from a sprint review to a steering group, and add real value in both?

You have strong IT aptitude. You’re equally at home in waterfall and agile, comfortable running work in tools like Jira and Azure DevOps, and you know how to keep a team of talented consultants pointed at the outcome. Most importantly, you get people — the clients, the sponsors, and the many and varied personalities that make up every IT project.

This is a part-time role (20–25 hours per week), open to permanent part-time or contract, with flexible working.

About us

Equinox IT is a NZ-owned consultancy solving real problems for organisations across Aotearoa. We focus on delivering practical, lasting outcomes and invest heavily in our people.

Why join us

• Meaningful work with real impact
• A supportive, experienced team
• Great opportunities for professional development
• Genuine flexibility: part-time hours and flexible working arrangements

The role

As a Delivery Lead at Equinox, you’ll lead delivery across a range of clients and challenges, from focused projects to multi‑team programmes.

You will:

• Lead projects end to end, choosing and tailoring the right delivery approach
• Direct IT consultants and specialists towards clear, agreed outcomes
• Run work transparently using modern tooling such as Jira, Azure DevOps and Confluence
• Champion good work practices that help teams deliver consistently
• Build trusted relationships with client sponsors and stakeholders
• Track budgets, forecasts and commercials with confidence
• Write clear, compelling reports, plans and business documents
• Contribute to our practice through mentoring and knowledge sharing

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience leading IT projects or being a product owner, or similar roles where IT aptitude is strong
• A solid understanding of methodologies from waterfall to various forms of agile
• Hands‑on experience developing and managing work in Jira and/or Azure DevOps (ADO)
• The soft skills to bring diverse personalities together and keep them working well
• Strong client engagement and stakeholder management skillsExcellent report and business writing
• Strong financial acumen

Bonus points for

• Product ownership experience
• ITIL or similar service management experience
• AI experience, whether delivering AI projects or using AI to deliver better

You’ll fit here if you

• Are curious and keep learning
• Balance confidence with humility
• Care about doing great work
• Collaborate and lift others

What we offer

• Varied, interesting work across clients
• Career coaching, mentoring, and training
• Flexible, part‑time working
• Medical and income protection insurance

Note: Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.