Infrastructure & Design Lead – 12‑Month Fixed-Term

CGR Services; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Transpower is seeking an ambitious Design & Infrastructure Manager for a 10 to 12 month fixed-term role based in Wellington. You’ll lead a capable team, shape infrastructure roadmaps, and partner with IST leaders, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and scalable services across critical assets.

You’ll focus on governance, design assurance and service management, driving continuous improvement and operational resilience while maintaining strong collaboration with internal teams

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise technology infrastructure, end-user services, platforms, operations or related tech function.
• Experience managing complex technology services delivered through internal teams and managed service providers.
• Experience supporting technology change, service improvement or lifecycle initiatives in a complex organisation.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, commercial outcomes and service performance in outsourced or multi‑supplier environments.
• Experience governing operational risk, resilience, recovery and service continuity within critical technology environments.
• Experience leading, coaching or enabling capable teams, ideally through change, delivery pressure or shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Shape and communicate infrastructure roadmaps aligned to priorities and enterprise architecture.
• Support reliable, secure and high-performing infrastructure and end-user services through lifecycle planning and governance.
• Provide design governance and assurance for infrastructure solutions, operational support arrangements and service management capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation and automation to improve quality, efficiency and customer experience.
• Ensure new technology capabilities transition into sustainable operational support models with clear accountability.
• Establish strong vendor, service provider and technology partner relationships delivering measurable outcomes.
• Identify and manage operational, technology and vendor risks, including resilience, recovery and continuity.

Skills

Tech leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Team leadership

Risk management

Service delivery

Education

Tertiary qualification in IT/Engineering/Business

Job description

Transpower is seeking an ambitious Design & Infrastructure Manager for a 10 to 12 month fixed-term role based in Wellington. You’ll lead a capable team, shape infrastructure roadmaps, and partner with IST leaders, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and scalable services across critical assets.

You’ll focus on governance, design assurance and service management, driving continuous improvement and operational resilience while maintaining strong collaboration with internal teams