Principal Analyst - Performance Reporting Products

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi; Wellington; On-site; NZD 134,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Insurance for permanent employees

Ongoing professional development

Opportunity to improve performance and

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is seeking a Principal Analyst - Performance Reporting Products to lead the ongoing evolution of IDD’s performance dashboards. You will own the dashboard backlog, translate customer needs into practical reporting solutions and coach teams to deliver trusted, decision-ready insights.

This senior role works across business and technical teams to prioritise investments and drive adoption of digitally enabled performance management, ensuring governance and executive

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership across reporting products
• Experience gathering customer needs and translating to dashboards
• Experience leading continuous improvement using structured and agile methods
• Experience with portfolio, programme and project performance data

Responsibilities

• Lead business ownership and continuous improvement of IDD’s performance dashboards
• Translate customer needs into clear, practical dashboard solutions
• Own backlog, prioritisation and delivery communication
• Coach analysts to lift capability and consistency
• Set and maintain reporting standards and processes

Skills

Power BI

Dashboards

Data analysis

Product management

Leadership

Agile approaches

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Permanent, full-time
• Auckland or Wellington

Shape and improve the dashboards that support decisions across New Zealand’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. You will work across business and technical teams to ensure dashboards remain trusted, intuitive and aligned with the information leaders need to support governance and executive decision‑making.

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.

This Includes

• 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.

View the position description. 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 Power BI, dashboards, data and product management to shape clear requirements and lead practical improvements.

You’ll Bring

• 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 Power BI, 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 New Zealand’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

Rā Katinga | Applications close:

5 October 2026

For further information, email: [e-mail]

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

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.