Senior Manager Strategic Enablement

Westpac New Zealand Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday leave

Wellbeing leave

Purchased leave

Banking benefits

Career growth

Parental leave

School subsidy

Volunteer days

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Ltd seeks a Senior Manager Strategic Enablement to join Corporate and Commercial Banking in Britomart, Auckland. You will turn strategy into prioritised plans and coordinated delivery, balancing customer, growth, risk, people and performance outcomes.

The role partners with senior leadership to shape roadmaps, governance and execution, across regions and product partners. You will lead planning rhythms, bring in insights from across customer and market data, and drive

Qualifications

• Significant experience across corporate or commercial banking, business management, strategy, performance, transformation or a comparable strategic partnering role.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking to shape and execute business strategy, annual plans and priority initiatives.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear roadmaps, measures, governance and ownership across the leadership team.
• Lead the business planning and performance rhythm, bringing together customer, financial, portfolio, risk, credit, people and market insights to support better decision-making.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across regions, customer segments and product partners, managing dependencies, risks and trade-offs.
• Identify opportunities to simplify ways of working and improve end-to-end customer and banker experience.
• Provide high-quality insights, recommendations and updates to leadership and governance forums.
• Build strong partnerships across product, credit, risk, operations, finance, people and change teams.
• Lead business readiness and implementation for organisational and operational change.
• Coach and support leaders to strengthen strategic thinking, commercial discipline, and execution capability.

Job description

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About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced strategic banking professional to join Westpac as Senior Manager Strategic Enablement within our Corporate and Commercial Banking business. This is a newly created and highly influential role, partnering closely with the Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking and leadership team to turn business strategy into clear priorities, coordinated delivery and measurable customer, growth, risk, people and performance outcomes. You’ll sit at the heart of the business, connecting strategy, insight, governance and execution to enable better decision‑making, reduce friction and support sustainable growth. Bringing a strong commercial lens, you’ll help ensure our strategic priorities are clearly defined, effectively sequenced and successfully delivered across the business.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Partnering with the Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking to shape and execute business strategy, annual plans and priority initiatives.
• Translating strategic objectives into clear roadmaps, measures, governance and ownership across the leadership team.
• Leading the business planning and performance rhythm, bringing together customer, financial, portfolio, risk, credit, people and market insights to support better decision‑making.
• Coordinating cross‑functional initiatives across regions, customer segments and product partners, ensuring dependencies, risks and trade‑offs are proactively managed.
• Identifying opportunities to simplify ways of working and improve the end‑to‑end customer and banker experience.
• Providing high‑quality insights, recommendations and updates to support leadership and governance forums.
• Building strong partnerships across product, credit, risk, operations, finance, people and change teams.
• Leading business readiness and implementation for organisational and operational change.
• Coaching and supporting leaders to strengthen strategic thinking, commercial discipline, customer focus and execution capability.

What will you bring?

Significant experience across corporate or commercial banking, business management, strategy, performance, transformation or a comparable strategic partnering role. Demonstrated ability to turn strategy into prioritised plans and coordinated delivery across complex stakeholder groups. Strong commercial and financial acumen, with confidence interpreting customer, portfolio, market and performance information. Excellent influencing and relationship‑building skills, with the credibility to engage and challenge senior leaders. Experience leading cross‑functional change and improving customer or operational outcomes. Strong communication, judgement and problem‑solving capability. A practical understanding of risk management and control obligations within a regulated environment. Knowledge of corporate and commercial customer segments and broader banking solutions, including lending, credit, transaction banking, trade and FX. Experience across business planning, governance, portfolio management, operating model or organisational change. A relevant tertiary qualification in business, finance, economics, law or a related discipline.

Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac

Immerse yourself in a supportive team environment, and receive some of the best banking, and lifestyle benefits in the market along with:

• 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
• Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
• Banking benefits and insurance discounts
• Career growth – we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
• Generous parental leave – and top up government paid parental leave
• School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday
• 2 Volunteer days per year

Ko mātou tēnei

Our Organisation At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you! Tono mai ināianei!

Our commitment to inclusion

The people of Aotearoa, NewZealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac NewZealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou.

Applications close: 13 November 2026

Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated.