Senior Business Analyst

Air New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Air New Zealand is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to help solve complex transformation challenges across strategy, business change, technology and operations. You will influence decisions and deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and our people, shaping how millions travel with our digital airline.

You'll operate in a fast-paced Agile environment, frame opportunities, lead structured analysis, evaluate options, and define future-state capabilities to enable long-term success across our

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Business Analyst within complex transformation or change environments.
• Strong structured problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities.
• Experience analysing complex business, customer, operational or technology challenges.
• Proven ability to evaluate options and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience in digital transformation programmes would be advantageous.
• Experience with operational platforms across Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, etc.
• Data, integration, cyber or platform modernisation initiatives.
• Experience in aviation, travel or transport industries.

Responsibilities

• Frame complex business challenges and identify opportunities to create customer and business value.
• Lead discovery and structured analysis across customer, commercial, operational and technology domains.
• Evaluate options, risks and trade-offs to support informed decision-making and investment choices.
• Facilitate alignment across diverse stakeholder groups to accelerate progress and delivery outcomes.
• Define future-state capabilities, processes and ways of working that enable long-term success.
• Drive value-led delivery through effective prioritisation, outcome definition and value slicing.
• Build clear traceability between strategic objectives, measurable outcomes and delivery decisions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Structured problem solving

Analytical thinking

Decision support

Digital transformation

Data analysis

Aviation industry knowledge

Job description

Kia ora!

Help shape the future of travel by solving complex business challenges that influence how millions of customers experience every journey.

At Air New Zealand,we'reon an accelerated journey to become the world's leadingand most respecteddigital airline. As weraise the bar andmodernise platforms, products and capabilities that power our business,we'relooking foranexperiencedSenior Business Analystto help solve complex challenges, influence strategic decisions, and deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers and people.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity based across any of our Auckland offices.

Theopportunity sitsat the intersection of strategy, business change,technologyand operations.You'llplay a critical role in helping teams navigate complexity, unlock value, andshape future capabilities that enable a more connected,digitaland customer-centric airline.

As anAgile airline, and the first organisation globally to adopt agility at enterprise scale within aviation, our priorities continually evolve to align with strategicobjectives. That means opportunities to contribute across a wide range of high-impact initiatives beyond these programmes as business needs change.

Witha strong reputationfor culture, service and innovation, Air New Zealand continues to be recognised as one of New Zealand's most attractive employers. Join us and help shape solutions that support millions of customer journeys every year.

Whatyou'llbe doing

• Frame complex business challenges andidentifyopportunities to create customer and business value
• Lead discovery and structured analysis across customer, commercial, operational and technology domains
• Evaluate options,risksand trade-offs to support informed decision-making and investment choices
• Facilitate alignment across diverse stakeholder groups to accelerate progress and delivery outcomes
• Define future-state capabilities,processesand ways of working that enable long-term success
• Drive value-led delivery through effective prioritisation, outcomedefinitionand value slicing
• Build clear traceability between strategicobjectives, measurableoutcomesand delivery decisions

Success in this role means enabling better decisions, accelerating delivery, and delivering measurable value for our customers, ourpeopleand the business.

Whatwe'relooking for

• Extensive experience as a Business Analyst within complex transformation or change environments
• Strong structured problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities
• Experience analysing complex business, customer, operational or technology challenges
• Proven ability to evaluate options and provide evidence-based recommendations

  Experience in one or more of the following would beadvantageous:

  • Digital transformation programmes
  • Operationalplatformsacross Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, etc.
  • Data, integration, cyberor platform modernisation initiatives
  • Aviation,travelor transport industries

  Bring your curiosity, analyticalthinkingand passion for creating value, and help shape the next chapter of Air New Zealand's transformation journey.

  Applications close 29/09/2026.

  If we identify our ideal candidate(s) before the advertised closing date, we may close applications early, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

  Additional Information

  At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

  If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

  Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

  "Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."