Platform Manager - Integration and Data Management | Wellington

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 164,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) seeks a Platform Manager – Integration & Data Management in Wellington. You will provide end-to-end strategic and technical leadership for MSD’s critical enterprise platform, coordinating data, applications and services across the organisation.

You will shape platform strategy, investment roadmaps and service plans aligned with MSD’s direction, ensuring security, reliability and scalability while guiding a high‑performing team through a period of

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise integration platforms and complex digital ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of modern integration architecture, API-led connectivity and event-driven design.
• Experience guiding technology modernisation initiatives and platform migrations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and communicate a compelling vision for MSD's Integration and Data Management capability.
• Develop and deliver platform strategy, roadmaps and investment plans for Integration and Data Management.
• Lead the adoption of Azure Integration Services and related cloud-native integration technologies.
• Oversee migration and decommissioning of legacy IBM integration platforms and services.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security and Transformation teams to drive modern integration patterns.
• Lead delivery, operation and continual improvement of the enterprise platform.

Job description

Platform Manager - Integration and Data Management | Wellington

• Strategic technology leadership role with an enterprise mandate
• Lead the transformation of MSD’s integration ecosystem
• Drive Azure Integration Services adoption and legacy IBM decommissioning
• Permanent Wellington based opportunity

Help shape the technology backbone that connects systems, services and data across MSD enabling better outcomes for New Zealanders.

Every week, around 1.4 million New Zealanders count on MSD for income support and services to connect with work, housing and better lives for their families.

Our Technology group provides the technologies, innovation and expertise that enable MSD staff and partners to deliver these essential services, today and into the future.

We’re driving a once in a lifetime transformation of services for New Zealanders. The group is a key enabler of this change bringing together strategic thinkers, technology specialists and delivery leaders to design solutions and deliver change while keeping vital services running reliably every day.

About the role | Mō te tūnga

Integration sits at the heart of MSD's technology ecosystem. Every major digital service, transformation initiative and business capability depends on secure and reliable integration between systems, applications and data.

This is an opportunity to build integration capability from the ground up and shape how systems, applications and digital services connect across the organisation. The role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions, and lead a significant modernisation programme that will impact how services are delivered to millions of New Zealanders. You will inherit a strong platform foundation and have the opportunity to accelerate its evolution into a modern, cloud-first integration capability that enables MSD's future digital services landscape.

As Platform Manager – Integration & Data Management, you'll provide end-to-end strategic, technical, and people leadership for one of MSD’s critical enterprise platforms, connecting business-critical systems, applications, services and data across the organisation.

You will be responsible for developing platform strategy, investment roadmaps and service plans that align with MSD’s technology direction, while ensuring platforms remain secure, reliable and fit for future needs. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of an enterprise platform while leading a highly skilled team through a period of significant growth and transformation.

The role is central to MSD's technology modernisation journey. You will lead the continued evolution of our Azure Integration Services capability while driving the migration away from legacy IBM integration technologies. Working closely with transformation programmes, platform leaders, architects and delivery teams, you will ensure MSD has a scalable, secure and future-ready integration capability that enables faster delivery of change and improved customer outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establish and communicate a compelling vision for MSD's Integration and Data Management capability, ensuring platform investments deliver measurable business value.
• Develop and deliver platform strategy, capability roadmaps and investment plans for Integration and Data Management aligned to MSD's technology direction, specifically translating API First principles into actionable outcomes
• Lead the adoption and optimisation of Azure Integration Services and related cloud-native integration technologies.
• Oversee the successful migration and decommissioning of legacy IBM integration platforms and services.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security and Transformation teams to establish and drive the adoption of modern integration patterns, including API-led connectivity, event-driven architecture and reusable enterprise services.
• Lead the delivery, operation, enhancement and continual improvement of this critical enterprise platform, ensuring secure, reliable and scalable exchange of information across MSD and its external partners.
• Drive simplification, standardisation and reuse across the integration landscape to reduce complexity and technical debt.
• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams, lead delivery and resource planning, and enable ministerial, legislative, transformation and platform outcomes.

We’re committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Diverse perspectives strengthen our mahi, and we value the unique contributions everyone brings to the team.

Please contact us if there is any support that we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is accessible to you.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise integration platforms within large, complex and highly integrated environments.
• Strong understanding of modern integration architecture, API management, event-driven design and system interoperability patterns.
• Experience developing integration platform strategy, capability roadmaps, investment plans and business cases.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based integration technologies, preferably Azure Integration Services along with managing platforms across both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience guiding technology modernisation initiatives, including platform migrations and legacy technology retirement.
• Strong understanding of data integration, messaging, API governance and secure information exchange principles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change, balancing strategic technology transformation with operational excellence, platform reliability and people leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and fostering high-performing, collaborative cultures.
• Strong knowledge of Agile delivery approaches, DevSecOps practices and modern engineering disciplines.
• Experience influencing enterprise technology direction and working effectively with Architecture, Security and Delivery functions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships across all levels of an organisation.
• Experience operating within large public sector, enterprise or highly regulated environments, balancing innovation with governance, security and risk management requirements.
• Experience managing suppliers, vendors and technology service contracts.
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting and investment oversight.
• A people-focused leadership style with a commitment to continuous improvement, wellbeing and capability development.

Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $163,784.00 - $203,820.00

We expect to appoint this position up to $181,982 however a salary offer will be based on the preferred candidate’s skills and experience and our team relativities.

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.

We provide social policy advice to government, and assistance including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.

As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.

Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.

We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our values here.