Public Transport Growth Delivery Lead ( Project Management)

Auckland Transport; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Auckland Transport is seeking a Public Transport Growth Delivery Lead to drive and manage project delivery across growth initiatives for Auckland’s PT network. The role focuses on planning, sequencing, tracking, unblocking and reporting to meet patronage growth targets.

Reporting to the PT Growth Manager, you will coordinate with workstream leads and stakeholders, ensure timely delivery of cross-functional initiatives and manage onboarding and commercial renewals across product areas.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in business or commercial discipline.
• Formal qualification in Project Management.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Project Delivery commercial or transport operations.
• 8+ years delivering cross functional projects in an Agile environment, ideally in public transport or the wider public sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management discipline to keep the programme moving: planning, sequencing, tracking, unblocking and reporting.
• Coordinate initiative delivery with workstream leads and manage stakeholder-facing delivery when external coordination is required.
• Track and report performance of the Growth Programme; maintain risk, issue and decision registers.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies across marketing, data, customer, commercial, technology and operations teams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Agile delivery

Communication

Partner onboarding

Education

Bachelors in Business or related field

Project management certification

Job description

Public Transport Growth Delivery Lead ( Project Management)

Auckland Transport has invested in new services and large infrastructure projects across Auckland’s public transport network, and these require the organisation to meet ambitious patronage growth targets.

As part of this our growth initiatives aim to attract new customers to PT, win back disrupted customers and get our existing customers to use PT more frequently.

Key tasks will include:

This role will support this organisational priority by providing the project management discipline that keeps the programme moving: planning, sequencing, tracking, unblocking and reporting.

Reporting to the PT Growth Manager, the role coordinates initiative delivery with workstream leads and leads stakeholder-facing delivery where initiatives require external coordination.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

• Being able to communicate effectively with key project stakeholders to build trust and influence favourable project outcomes.
• The ability to manage partner onboarding, transition activities and commercial agreement renewals across tertiary, employer, tourism, event and venue products.
• Skills in supporting new product offerings and initiatives that encourage Aucklanders to use PT are completed and launched on schedule.
• The ability to track and report the performance of overall PT Growth Programme activity, and maintaining risk, issue and decision registers.
• Experience in coordinating cross functional dependencies across marketing, data, customer, commercial, technology and operations teams.

Minimum:

• Tertiary qualification in business or commercial discipline
• Formal Qualification in Project Management

Role specific experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Project Delivery commercial or transport operations
• Demonstrated experience managing cross functional projects or programmes.
• 8+ years with experience of delivering cross functional projects in an Agile environment, ideally in public transport or the wider public sector.

At Auckland Transport, people are at the heart of everything we do.We'reproud to foster a workplace where inclusionisn'tjust encouraged- it'sembedded in our culture. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels safe, respected, valued, and supported. Our values guide how we work and connect:Manaakitanga- we care deeply for our communities;Tiakitanga- we prioritise safety in every journey; Whanaungatanga - we build strong relationships; andAuahatanga- we strive to be better, bolder, together.

We tiaki all those who use transport in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Reference # 77236

Location(s) Central Auckland

Expertise Project Management Support, Public Transport, Stakeholder relationships