Platform Lead, Enterprise

New Zealand Super Fund; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Discretionary bonus programme

KiwiSaver matching up to 8%

World-class professional development

Comprehensive leave and insurance

Job summary

NZ Super Fund, Auckland, is evolving its technology operating model to strengthen core platforms, improve risk, and enable scalable AI. You will own the strategic direction and governance of enterprise platforms, leading a team of Platform Engineers and delivery partners to raise maturity and deliver lasting business value.

You’ll partner with the business, balance demand with technical improvement, and ensure security and compliance while driving adoption, cost management and vendor

Qualifications

• Experience owning or leading enterprise or business platforms.
• Proven ability to develop platform strategies and roadmaps.
• Strong leadership, coaching and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own technology strategy, governance and lifecycle of enterprise platforms.
• Manage portfolio, governance, and delivery solutions and API connectivity.
• Oversee ServiceNow CMDB and asset management.
• Build platform roadmaps balancing demand, risk, and investments.
• Act as relationship manager for platform stakeholders.
• Lead governance and decisions aligned with security and compliance.
• Set measures for service health, adoption and cost.
• Lead and develop Platform Engineers and vendors.

Skills

Platform leadership

Enterprise platforms

Stakeholder management

Tools

ServiceNow

NetSuite

Oracle HCM

Workday

Job description

We are the Kaitiaki / Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. We are proud of our Te Whāinga / Our purpose: Sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders. We invest government contributions to the NZ Super Fund, a global investment fund helping to ensure the country can pay for the growing cost of universal superannuation (New Zealand Superannuation) in the future. We also oversee the Elevate Fund, which invests in small, fast-growing New Zealand companies.

At the Guardians there’s an energy, passion and a shared commitment to excellence: in 2024 the NZ Super Fund was named the world’s best-performing sovereign wealth fund. The work is complex, innovative and intellectually stimulating. Sustainable finance, including a commitment to being net zero by 2050, is core to our Mātāpono / way of working.

Why this role matters

The Guardians are evolving their technology operating model to strengthen core platforms, improve risk and operations, and enable safe, scalable AI adoption. Enterprise platforms sit at the heart of that.

You'll join the Technology Platforms & Experience function, reporting to the Senior Manager, Technology Platforms & Experience. You'll own the strategic direction, governance, lifecycle and performance of the Guardians' enterprise and business application platforms, making sure they deliver sustainable business value and stay secure and fit for purpose.

This is an impactful role for a platform leader who wants to set direction, own the roadmap and lead a team of Platform Engineers and delivery partners to lift platform maturity.

Why you'll love working here

You'll have real ownership of the business-critical systems that keep a world-leading investment organisation running, from investment tools to business applications and integrations.

You'll lead and grow a capable platform team, partner closely with the business, and your work will directly support a fund that matters to every New Zealander.

What you'll do

Own the technology strategy, governance and lifecycle of enterprise platforms, including investment tools and business applications such as ServiceNow, NetSuite, Oracle HCM and Workday

Look after portfolio, governance and delivery solutions, and application integrations and API connectivity

Own the ServiceNow CMDB and asset management

Build and maintain platform roadmaps that balance business demand, technical improvement, risk reduction, vendor roadmaps and investment priorities

Be the primary relationship manager for platform stakeholders, turning their priorities and pain points into a prioritised pipeline of improvements

Lead platform governance and decision-making in line with architecture, security, risk and compliance requirements

Set meaningful measures for service health, adoption, user experience, cost and value, and use them to drive decisions

Manage vendors and partners across service performance, licensing, contracts, roadmap alignment and continual improvement

Lead and develop Platform Engineers, building clear ownership and shifting the team from reactive to proactive

Champion simplification, standardisation, automation and the smart adoption of emerging technologies, including AI

What you bring

Experience owning or leading enterprise or business application platforms (ServiceNow, ERP or HCM highly regarded) in a similar organisational environment

A track record of developing and delivering platform strategies and roadmaps that create measurable business value

Experience balancing business priorities, technology opportunities, risk and operational needs when making platform decisions

Proven leadership, including coaching, mentoring and building capability in technical teams

Commercial nous, with experience managing vendors, licensing, contracts and service performance

A strong understanding of platform governance, service management, security, risk and compliance

Experience in product-led, platform-led or service-oriented operating models, and Agile, DevOps or modern delivery environments

The ability to translate technical concepts into clear, business-focused outcomes, and to build trusted partnerships across business and technology

What we offer

• A dynamic, exciting place to work with a team united by our common purpose of sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders.
• Competitive remuneration package including base salary, discretionary bonus programme, and up to 8% KiwiSaver matching.
• World class professional development, career pathways and job rotation opportunities.
• Comprehensive leave and benefits programme including strong parental leave package and insurance cover.
• Flexible and accessible work environment that reflects our commitment to equity and an inclusive team.