Programme Lead ICT Strategy Delivery

Greater Wellington; Wellington; In loco; NZD 137.000 - 205.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working policy

Learning and development opportunities

Medical and trauma insurance

Employee assistance programme

Generous annual leave

Tangihanga leave

Inclusive culture

Social clubs and staff networks

Great working environments

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Greater Wellington seeks an experienced Programme Leader to drive the ICT Strategy and oversee the associated budget from its central Wellington office. You will lead the Strategy Delivery team, ensuring delivery excellence across complex ICT programmes in a SAFe environment.

The role emphasizes governance, benefits realisation, and strong stakeholder engagement, with a fixed-term until June 2028 and a comprehensive benefits package.

Competenze

• Senior project or programme management delivering complex ICT programmes.
• Experience aligning delivery with ICT strategy in SAFe environments.
• Establishing governance frameworks to track outcomes and budgets.
• Strong financial and commercial capability including multi-year budgets.

Mansioni

• Lead the implementation of ICT Strategy and manage delivery across programmes.
• Oversee budget, benefits realisation, and delivery milestones.
• Provide reporting and advice to ICT leadership and ELT.
• Guide strategic alignment, sequencing, prioritisation and funding decisions.
• Build strong relationships across ICT and organisation, leading a Strategy Delivery team.

Conoscenze

Senior programme management

SAFe delivery environment

Governance frameworks

Budget management

Risk management

Change management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Māori capability or awareness

Strumenti

SAFe

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We're looking for an experienced programme leader to join our collaborative ICT Portfolio & Programme team. This full-time position is fixed term until June 2028 and is based in our central Wellington office.

The ICT Portfolio & Programme team manages Greater Wellington's ICT portfolio and delivery programmes. The team supports effective investment decision-making through portfolio governance and prioritisation while enabling modern delivery practices across cross-functional teams using SAFe.

About the role:

Reporting to the Manager Portfolio & Programme, you will drive the implementation of Greater Wellington's ICT Strategy and manage the associated strategy budget. You will provide leadership across strategy execution, budget management, initiative planning, delivery oversight and benefits realisation, helping ensure ICT investments deliver measurable value and support organisational objectives.

You will maintain the ICT Strategy implementation plan, roadmap and delivery schedule; monitor initiatives, milestones, expenditure, benefits, risks and dependencies; and drive corrective action where delivery is off track. You will provide clear reporting and advice to ICT leadership and ELT, support business cases and investment proposals, and guide strategic alignment, sequencing, prioritisation and funding decisions.

You will build trusted relationships across ICT and the wider organisation and lead the Strategy Delivery team members, creating a strong focus on accountability, delivery and continuous improvement.

Skills and experience required:

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Senior project or programme management experience delivering complex ICT programmes involving technology, capability and process change in a similar or larger organisation.
• Experience planning programme objectives and aligning delivery with ICT strategy and competing business initiatives in a SAFe delivery environment.
• Experience establishing programme monitoring, reporting and governance frameworks to track outcomes and manage delivery within approved budgets.
• Strong financial and commercial capability, including investment budget management, multi-year planning, forecasting, rebaselining, expenditure monitoring and advice on funding risks and opportunities.
• An ability to identify and manage risk, address blockers, lead recovery planning and maintain delivery momentum.
• Strong change management knowledge and an understanding of ICT business processes and release management.
• Leadership experience that empowers, motivates and develops a high-performing team.
• Highly developed stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills, including the ability to work effectively without direct authority.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Capability in te ao Māori in line with Greater Wellington's Māori Capability Framework.

What we offer:

• Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
• We'll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression.
• Your wellbeing is our priority - we'll provide medical and trauma insurance, support through our employee assistance programme, including Rongoā Māori partner providers, generous annual leave along with Tangihanga leave and support.
• We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
• Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Great working environments across our beautiful region.

Come help treasure and grow our rohe together

Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.

To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts and helping this rohe and its people prosper.

We are part of a collective movement alongside mana whenua and community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.

Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.

For further information, please contact Shiffy Lal, [e-mail] .

Applications close: 5.00pm, Thursday, 15 October 2026. However, we will be shortlisting applications as they come in and will interview as soon as possible to secure the right person.

Greater Wellington is an accredited Living Wage Employer. We're committed to making sure our people, including people in our supply chain, earn enough to meet life's basic needs, support their whānau, and participate fully in their communities.

The total remuneration for this position, including all benefits, is $136,880 to $205,319 per annum, with a midpoint of $171,099. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.