Project Manager

ASB Bank; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful Work

Career Development

Supportive Culture

Award winning benefits package

Job summary

ASB Bank is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of initiatives, partnering with diverse stakeholders to realise business outcomes. You will apply the ASB Delivery Framework, manage risks, and drive governance across a blended delivery model.

Strong planning, leadership, and communication skills are required to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage change in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and delivering projects in complex organisational environments.
• Strong planning, governance, delivery management, and risk management capability.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes at all levels.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating people, resources, and priorities to deliver results.
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Experience working across Agile, hybrid, or traditional delivery environments.
• Knowledge of programme management, benefits realisation, organisational change, or supplier and third-party management practices would be highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end delivery of projects that achieve agreed business outcomes and benefits.
• Establish clear delivery plans, roadmaps, budgets, governance and reporting for transparent decisions.
• Develop strong relationships across teams and stakeholders to align and drive outcomes.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and trade-offs to maintain momentum.
• Partner with business and change teams to embed new ways of working and realise benefits.
• Share knowledge and contribute to continuous improvement across the delivery community.

Job description

The Transformation and Delivery Practice is responsible for shaping and delivering ASB’s strategic change portfolio. With more than 400 specialists across Business Analysis, Change Management, Project Management, and other delivery disciplines, the practice partners with teams across ASB to bring strategy to life, improve the way we work, and create better outcomes for our customers and people.

Why you'll love working with us

• Make a meaningful impact - Be part of complex, high-profile initiatives that help shape the future of ASB and deliver real value for our customers.
• Grow your career - Access clear development pathways, diverse career opportunities, and a supportive community of practice that invests in your growth.
• Work flexibly - Enjoy a mix of working from ASB North Wharf, ASB C-Drive (Albany), and home, giving you the flexibility to do your best work.

Mo te tūranga | About the Role:

As a Project Manager, you'll lead the end-to-end delivery of projects that drive meaningful business outcomes across ASB. Working with diverse stakeholders, delivery teams, and business partners, you'll be responsible for turning strategic objectives into successful delivery outcomes while ensuring risks, dependencies, and change impacts are effectively managed.

You'll bring strong planning, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, enabling delivery teams to achieve outcomes better, sooner, and safer while applying the ASB Delivery Framework and associated governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver meaningful outcomes - Lead end-to-end delivery of projects that achieve agreed business outcomes and benefits, ensuring scope, timeframes, quality, costs, and risks are effectively managed throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Create confidence through planning and execution - Establish and maintain clear delivery plans, roadmaps, budgets, governance, and reporting that provide transparency, support decision making, and enable predictable delivery outcomes.
• Build trusted partnerships - Develop strong relationships across business teams, delivery partners, suppliers, and stakeholders to create alignment, manage expectations, and drive successful outcomes.
• Navigate complexity and manage risk - Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and trade-offs, enabling informed decisions and helping delivery teams maintain momentum in complex environments.
• Enable sustainable change and benefits realisation - Partner with business and change teams to embed new ways of working, support adoption, and help ensure intended business benefits are realised.
• Lift delivery capability - Apply the ASB Delivery Framework and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by sharing knowledge, lessons learned, and practical delivery insights across the wider delivery community.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative and high-performing community where you'll work on meaningful initiatives, influence outcomes, and help bring ASB's strategy to life.

You're an experienced delivery professional who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys bringing people together to achieve shared outcomes. You combine strong project leadership with sound judgement, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to balance delivery pace with effective risk management.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Proven experience leading and delivering projects in complex organisational environments.
• Strong planning, governance, delivery management, and risk management capability.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes at all levels.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating people, resources, and priorities to deliver results.
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Experience working across Agile, hybrid, or traditional delivery environments.
• Knowledge of programme management, benefits realisation, organisational change, or supplier and third-party management practices would be highly regarded

He aha t āmātou | What can we offer?

• Impactful Work: Leverage your existing knowledge to make a significant impact for all of Aotearoa and our ASB customers.
• Career Development: Work for an organization that places huge importance on its people, where the sky is the limit for development and career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture: ASB is committed to fostering a culture that respects your unique contributions and supports your personal and professional growth.
• Award winning benefits package: Including Southern Cross Health Insurance, additional ‘You-do-you’ Leave, Wellbeing allowance, AIA Vitality & Staff Banking Benefits (plus much more!)

Our values are more than just words.They’re anchors to who we are and where we’ve come from. They guide how we work together, how we show up for our customers and communities, and how we shape the future of ASB.

Kia Manaaki | Care–Care is about lifting our people, customers and communities to reach their potential
KiaMāia | Courage–Courage is about doing the right thing even when it feels hard
Kia Mahira | Curiosity–Curiosity is about better decision making and applying judgement before we act

Successful candidates will be required to undertake several pre-employment checks, including Police Check, Credit Check, AML Compliance, and Verification of your qualifications.

To serve a diverse community, we need a diverse organisation. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds who bring unique perspectives and thinking styles that add to the culture and performance of our team.