Delivery Lead/ Programme Manager

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised professional qualifications

Subsidised health insurance

Income protection insurance

22 days annual leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Volunteer opportunities

Sustainability focus

Job summary

Deloitte New Zealand in Auckland seeks a Senior Consultant/Manager with Project Management experience to lead delivery across a mix of standalone projects and workstreams within larger programmes.

You will operate as a senior delivery leader with accountability for outcomes, shaping approach, managing budgets, and partnering with senior client stakeholders to drive successful delivery and business growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex projects or programmes.
• Owns end-to-end delivery including scope, schedule and budget.
• Strong governance, risk and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders (GM/Exec level).
• Strong commercial acumen including forecasting and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex projects or programmes across engagements.
• Own end-to-end delivery accountability (scope, schedule, budget, quality).
• Shape delivery approaches and execution strategies for client contexts.
• Partner with Programme Directors and senior stakeholders on direction.
• Provide pragmatic guidance on risks, priorities, and trade-offs.
• Drive delivery assurance and early issue resolution.
• Lead recovery and turnaround of challenged workstreams.
• Strengthen executive relationships and steer governance bodies.
• Manage budgets, forecasting, and margin discipline.
• Mentor and scale high-performing teams and contribute to pipelines.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance & controls

Commercial acumen

Proposal development

Team leadership

Multi-vendor experience

Education

PMP

PRINCE2

MSP

SAFe

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Join us. But be you. At Deloitte, you'll do more than just join something, you'll add something. You've found a place that values your curiosity, passion, and desire to work alongside brilliant people on the things that really matter. There really is only one question: What impact do YOU want to make?

Deloitte's Technology & Transformation practice works across strategy through to delivery, supporting clients to design and implement change.

Within this, our Systems Delivery & Modernisation team focuses on pragmatic, high-quality delivery—supporting projects and programmes to land successfully in complex environments.

We're looking for a Senior Consultant / Manager with Project Management experience to join our Auckland team, working across a mix of standalone projects and workstreams within larger programmes.

Job Description

The Impact You’ll Make

You will operate as a senior delivery leader across engagements, with clear accountability for outcomes:

• Leading delivery of complex projects or programmes, ensuring alignment to client objectives
• Owning end-to-end delivery accountability for assigned engagements, including scope, schedule, financials, and quality
• Shaping delivery approach and execution strategy, adapting methodologies to suit client context and complexity
• Partnering closely with Programme Directors and senior client stakeholders, contributing to programme-level decisions and direction
• Acting as a trusted advisor at senior levels, providing clear, pragmatic guidance on delivery risks, trade-offs, and priorities
• Driving proactive delivery assurance, identifying issues early and implementing corrective actions before escalation
• Leading recovery and turnaround efforts for challenged projects or workstreams
• Managing and strengthening executive stakeholder relationships, including regular SteerCo engagement
• Owning commercial performance, including budget management, forecasting, and margin discipline
• Leading, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams, often across multiple engagements
• Playing a leading role in business development, shaping opportunities, leading proposals, and converting pipeline
• Contributing to practice growth, including capability development, mentoring, and embedding best practice delivery approaches

Qualifications

Your Expertise

We're looking for experienced consulting leaders operating at Senior Manager / Associate Director level:

• Proven experience leading complex projects and/or programmes
• Demonstrated ability to own delivery outcomes end-to-end, including financial management and risk accountability
• Strong command of programme and project governance, with the ability to shape and uplift delivery environments
• Experience working directly with senior stakeholders (GM/Exec level), influencing decisions and building trust
• Strong commercial acumen, including managing budgets, forecasting, and contributing to profitable delivery
• Experience operating in complex, multi-vendor and multi-team environments
• Ability to anticipate delivery risks and intervene early with pragmatic solutions
• Proven leadership capability, including developing teams and leading other managers or senior consultants
• Experience contributing to and/or leading proposals, bids, and client pursuits
• Strong consulting instincts—structured thinking, clear communication, and outcome focus
• Experience in a Big4 or consulting environment highly desirable
• Relevant certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe) beneficial

Additional Information

How you’ll be rewarded: We recognise performance beyond remuneration. The Deloitte experience is built on trust, balance, wellbeing, and connection.

We offer you:

• Subsidised professional qualifications and memberships
• Subsidised health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• 22 days annual leave
• Social events and wellbeing initiatives
• Community volunteer opportunities
• Environmental and sustainability focus

Does this sound like the sort of role and organisation for you?

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