Manager Digital Delivery

Ministry of Health New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4.8 weeks annual leave

Job summary

Ministry of Health New Zealand in Wellington is seeking a Manager Digital Delivery to lead the execution of digital and technology solutions that support regulatory work. You will move from roadmap to delivery, shaping priorities into work packages, building plans, managingdependencies, and monitoring progress.

You will work with senior leaders, regulatory teams, and technology specialists to ensure practical, fit-for-purpose solutions and ongoing operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to turn strategies, roadmaps, or business priorities into executable delivery plans, work packages, milestones, and measurable progress.
• Experience delivering complex digital, technology, or enterprise solutions, ideally in regulatory, public sector, health, or similarly complex operating environments.
• Strong governance, risk, planning, financial, and reporting capability, with experience advising senior leaders and supporting sound delivery decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver digital and technology solutions: Lead the planning, execution, and implementation of priority enterprise solutions that support regulatory capability and improve how services are delivered.
• Turn roadmap into delivery: Break high-level roadmaps into achievable components, milestones, dependencies, delivery plans, and decision points that enable teams to execute.
• Drive execution and accountability: Track progress, remove blockers, manage risks and trade-offs, support delivery governance, and keep teams focused on implementation and measurable progress.
• Connect business and technology delivery: Work across Regulatory, and Digital teams to ensure solutions are practical, fit-for-purpose, and ready to implement.
• Plan for ongoing operations: Ensure delivered solutions are designed for sustainable support, including release management, CI/CD practices, operational handover, and continuous improvement after implementation.
• Build strong delivery routines: Establish clear ways of working, prioritisation, reporting, and delivery rhythms across hybrid teams so solutions move from concept through to implementation.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Regulatory/public sector experience

Programme delivery

Education

Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

• Lead and deliver digital solutions that transform and modernise regulatory services
• Lead delivery from roadmap to execution, keeping projects on track and aligned to business goals
• Permanent | Wellington based position|4.8 weeks annual leave
• Midpoint of $200,101 dependent on your professional skills and experience
  

• Lead and deliver digital solutions that transform and modernise regulatory services
• Lead delivery from roadmap to execution, keeping projects on track and aligned to business goals
• Permanent | Wellington based position|4.8 weeks annual leave
• Midpoint of $200,101 dependent on your professional skills and experience
  

Ko tōu ake mahi - What you’ll do

As Manager Digital Delivery, you’ll lead the practical execution and delivery of digital and technology solutions that support the Ministry’s regulatory work. This role is about moving from roadmap to delivery: shaping high-level priorities into clear work packages, building delivery plans, managing dependencies, monitoring progress, and making the adjustments needed to keep implementation moving. Working with senior leaders, regulatory teams, technology specialists, and market partners, you’ll provide the delivery leadership needed to turn strategy into working solutions that improve capability, service quality, and confidence across the Ministry.

You will

• Deliver digital and technology solutions: Lead the planning, execution, and implementation of priority enterprise solutions that support regulatory capability and improve how services are delivered.
• Turn roadmap into delivery: Break high-level roadmaps into achievable components, milestones, dependencies, delivery plans, and decision points that enable teams to execute.
• Drive execution and accountability: Track progress, remove blockers, manage risks and trade-offs, support delivery governance, and keep teams focused on implementation and measurable progress.
• Connect business and technology delivery: Work across Regulatory, and Digital teams to ensure solutions are practical, fit-for-purpose, and ready to implement.
• Plan for ongoing operations: Ensure delivered solutions are designed for sustainable support, including release management, CI/CD practices, operational handover, and continuous improvement after implementation.
• Build strong delivery routines: Establish clear ways of working, prioritisation, reporting, and delivery rhythms across hybrid teams so solutions move from concept through to implementation.

Ko ngā pūkenga ōu - What you’ll bring

• Proven ability to turn strategies, roadmaps, or business priorities into executable delivery plans, work packages, milestones, and measurable progress.
• Experience delivering complex digital, technology, or enterprise solutions, ideally in regulatory, public sector, health, or similarly complex operating environments.
• Strong governance, risk, planning, financial, and reporting capability, with experience advising senior leaders and supporting sound delivery decisions.
• Strong delivery leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to create clarity, manage ambiguity, prioritise effort, and keep teams focused on execution.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience, with strong expertise in programme and project delivery at scale.

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Applications close on Sunday 23 August.

Please note to be eligible for this position you will have working rights and be based in Wellington before the start date. If you plan to relocate, please add this detail to your cover letter.