Enterprise Database Engineering Leader

Westpac New Zealand Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Extra leave options

Banking benefits & super

Internal mobility

Recognition program

School holiday subsidy

Volunteer days

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Ltd invites application for a Service Group Owner – Database Engineering. You will lead the Database Engineering function across Infrastructure Services and Digital Workplace, shaping strategy, driving resilience, and delivering secure, modern database capabilities at scale.

You will engage senior stakeholders, foster a high-performing engineering culture, and own the roadmap, budgets and vendor relations in a complex regulatory environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise technology, infrastructure, platform or database engineering functions.
• Ability to set strategic direction, plan service group and manage demand.
• Knowledge of database technologies, resilience, lifecycle management and security.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and enterprise stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Define the service group vision and roadmap for database engineering.
• Lead across Infrastructure Services and Digital Workplace with enterprise engagement.
• Ensure secure, reliable, and cost-effective database capabilities.
• Develop an ownership culture focused on continuity improvement and trusted partnership.

Job description

Westpac New Zealand Ltd invites application for a Service Group Owner – Database Engineering. You will lead the Database Engineering function across Infrastructure Services and Digital Workplace, shaping strategy, driving resilience, and delivering secure, modern database capabilities at scale.

You will engage senior stakeholders, foster a high-performing engineering culture, and own the roadmap, budgets and vendor relations in a complex regulatory environment.