Principal Analyst - Performance Reporting Products

New Zealand Transport Agency; Auckland; On-site; NZD 134,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Life, income protection and critical-2

Ongoing professional development

Opportunity to improve performance and

Job summary

New Zealand Transport Agency is seeking a Principal Analyst – Performance Reporting Products to lead the business ownership, development and adoption of IDD’s performance reporting dashboards across Auckland and Wellington.

The role focuses on balancing customer needs, governance and delivery priorities while guiding a team to create trusted, practical reporting products that drive informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience turning customer needs into clear reporting and dashboard solutions.
• Experience leading the continuous improvement of reporting products using agile methods.
• Experience with portfolio, programme and project performance data.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead business ownership and continuous improvement of IDD’s performance reporting dashboards.
• Gather customer needs and translate them into clear dashboard solutions.
• Own and manage the dashboard backlog, including prioritisation and communication of delivery priorities.
• Lead improvement initiatives through planning, delivery and adoption using structured and agile approaches.
• Set and maintain fit-for-purpose reporting standards, business rules and processes.
• Work across business and technical teams to ensure dashboard solutions are useful and sustainable.
• Coach and mentor analysts to lift capability, quality and consistency.

Skills

PowerBI

Dashboards

Data analysis

Product management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Tools

PowerBI

Reporting systems

Job description

Permanent, full-time Auckland or Wellington

Shape and improve the dashboards that support decisions across NewZealand’s state highway infrastructure portfolio.

Do you understand how leaders use performance information, and can you turn their needs into clear, trusted and practical reporting products? We are looking for a Principal Analyst – Performance Reporting Products to lead the business ownership, development, continuous improvement and adoption of Infrastructure Development & Delivery’s (IDD’s) performance reporting dashboards.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

This senior role sits at the intersection of performance reporting, customer needs and digital product development.

You will provide leadership across IDD’s reporting products, setting priorities, influencing stakeholders and shaping how performance information is used to support governance, investment and delivery decision-making.

You will lead the ongoing evolution of IDD’s reporting products, balancing competing customer, organisational and delivery priorities to make informed trade-offs about where investment and effort are directed.

Working with stakeholders across the business, you will help IDD strengthen the use of trusted performance information and support the shift towards digitally enabled performance management.

• Leading the business ownership and continuous improvement of IDD’s performance reporting dashboards.
• Gathering customer needs and translating business requirements into clear, practical dashboard solutions.
• Owning and managing the dashboard backlog, including prioritisation, enhancement planning and transparent communication of delivery priorities.
• Leading improvement initiatives through planning, delivery and adoption, using structured and agile approaches.
• Setting and maintaining fit‑for‑purpose reporting standards, business rules and processes.
• Working across business and technical teams to ensure dashboard solutions are useful, sustainable and aligned with customer needs.
• Coaching and mentoring analysts and senior analysts to lift capability, quality and consistency.

Appointment base salary is from $133,632 to $148,480, commensurate with skills and experience.

Ko koe tēnei | About you

You will be a curious, customer‑focused analytical leader who can work confidently across business and technical teams. You will understand how portfolio, programme and project performance information is used, while bringing a strong working knowledge of PowerBI, dashboards, data and product management to shape clear requirements and lead practical improvements.

• Demonstrated curiosity and critical thinking, with the ability to challenge assumptions and identify practical improvements.
• Proven experience gathering customer needs, defining requirements and translating them into clear reporting and dashboard solutions.
• Experience leading the continuous improvement of reporting products, using structured and agile approaches to planning, prioritisation and delivery.
• Experience working with portfolio, programme and project performance data in a large or complex organisation.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.
• Strong ability to communicate and present complex information to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Understanding of product management principles, including prioritisation, continuous improvement and user adoption.
• Strong working knowledge of PowerBI, reporting systems and user‑centered dashboard design principles, including how visual presentation, consistency and usability support effective decision‑making.
• Strong analytical capability and experience coaching and mentoring others.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Infrastructure Development & Delivery leads the development and delivery of NZTA’s national land transport capital programme. The Portfolio Performance & Insights team provides trusted, integrated and decision‑ready performance reporting and insights for the state highway infrastructure portfolio, supporting effective governance, accountability and confident decision‑making.

This role provides an opportunity to shape how leaders access and use performance information across one of NewZealand’s most significant infrastructure portfolios, while building sustainable reporting capability and improving the experience of dashboard users.

What we offer

• 5 weeks annual leave and other leave provisions
• Flexible working arrangements
• Life, income protection and critical illness insurance for permanent employees
• Ongoing professional development
• The opportunity to improve performance reporting and decision support across a nationally significant infrastructure portfolio

Applications close: 5 October 2026

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in NewZealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications.

We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.

Ko wai mātou | About us

At Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, it all starts with our people. The organisation's performance and success depends on the people who choose to make this a great place to work and make a difference for Aotearoa. Waka Kotahi has a strong future focus, understanding that new technologies and changing customer expectations mean the transport system we know today will not be the one we deliver in ten years time.