Senior Delivery Lead – Tech Resilience & Modernisation

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Career development

Wellbeing

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to join our Technology Delivery team in Auckland. The role focuses on leading a major stream of complex technology change, turning programme objectives into an executable plan and delivering outcomes through multi-team collaboration.

You will sit between the Programme Manager and delivery teams, guiding Delivery Leads, Business Analysts and delivery partners.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large, complex technology projects, programmes or major workstreams.
• Ability to build and manage integrated delivery plans across multiple teams and dependencies.
• Strong financial management skills including budgeting, forecasting and spend control.
• Experience managing technology vendors and outsourced delivery with accountability for performance.
• Proven leadership, coaching and development of delivery professionals.
• Comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders and balancing big picture with detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technology delivery: own the end-to-end plan, scope, schedule, budget and delivery outcomes for a major stream.
• Build delivery discipline: apply sound project management practices including forecasting, governance and risk management.
• Lead people: provide direction to Delivery Leads and Business Analysts; coach and develop them.
• Manage partners and vendors: oversee onshore and offshore delivery relationships and performance.
• Manage money: own budgeting, forecasting and variances for your stream.
• Navigate complexity: work across multiple platforms and teams to resolve dependencies.
• Lift the standard of delivery: drive improvements in planning, governance and delivery practices.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Program management

Budgeting & forecasting

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Coaching & development

Job description

Bank of New Zealand is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to join our Technology Delivery team in Auckland. The role focuses on leading a major stream of complex technology change, turning programme objectives into an executable plan and delivering outcomes through multi-team collaboration.

You will sit between the Programme Manager and delivery teams, guiding Delivery Leads, Business Analysts and delivery partners.