Senior Project Manager

ANZ; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ANZ in Wellington is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead one or more high-value projects. You will manage risks, dependencies, and vendor relationships while ensuring delivery on time, within budget and to quality. Role location is Auckland or Wellington, permanent with 37.5 hours per week.

You will promote value delivery at senior management level, drive transformation, and coordinate cross-functional teams to realise business benefits within ANZ governance standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive Senior Project Management experience in financial services compliance, risk, or regulatory environments.
• Experience delivering complex projects and successful business outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing across all levels.
• Proven ability to lead high-performing teams with direction, coaching and mentorship.
• Experience developing and managing project plans, schedules and delivery roadmaps.
• Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced environments with changing priorities.
• Proactive, solutions-focused delivery mindset with sound judgement.
• Experience with multiple PM methodologies and tailoring approaches to project needs.
• Solid commercial acumen including vendor management and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex projects within scope, budget and timelines.
• Develop business cases and support funding and governance processes.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, procurement and vendor relationships.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and deliver clear project communications.
• Drive collaboration across cross-functional teams to achieve outcomes.
• Lead change initiatives and support business readiness in complex environments.
• Monitor project performance and ensure alignment with governance standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery practices and project outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Influencing

Team leadership

Delivery mindset

Adaptability

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Job description

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Department:NZ Strategic Execution Delivery & Change

Location:Wellington

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga.At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

As a Senior Project Manager in our Delivery and Change Centre of Excellence, you’ll play a key role in managing one or multiple projects/streams involving significant business value and risk implications across divisions and business units.

You will promote the projects/streams at senior management level to enable value delivery, resolve technology and business issues, risks and dependencies, in line with business case and within defined accountabilities and constraints. You will be accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget and with the desired quality.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Auckland or Wellington

Role Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like?

The Senior Project Manager position is a transformational and outcome focused role with a broad range of responsibilities. Some of your day-to-day activities may include the below:

• Leading the delivery of complex projects within scope, budget, and agreed timelines.
• Developing business cases and supporting project funding and governance processes.
• Managing project risks, issues, dependencies, procurement, and vendor relationships.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships and delivering clear, effective project communications.
• Driving collaboration across cross-functional teams to achieve successful outcomes.
• Leading change initiatives and supporting business readiness in complex environments.
• Monitoring project performance, reporting progress, and ensuring alignment with ANZ governance standards.
• Identifying opportunities to improve delivery practices, processes, and project outcomes.
• Coordinating resources to deliver high-quality outcomes and realise business benefits.
• Coaching, mentoring, and supporting team members while fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.

This position offers agility and innovation —you’ll be encouraged to bring your unique perspective and flair to make the role your own.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Extensive Senior Project Management experience including substantial exposure to financial services compliance, risk management, or regulatory environments and delivering complex projects and business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in working across a broad range of initiatives, from smaller scale projects to complex transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills across all levels of an organisation.
• Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, providing direction, coaching, and mentoring.
• Experience developing and managing project plans, schedules, and delivery roadmaps.
• Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced environments with changing priorities.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with a strong delivery mindset.
• Experience across multiple project management methodologies and the ability to tailor approaches to project needs.
• Sound judgement, decision-making, and active listening skills.
• Strong commercial acumen, including vendor management, procurement, and Statements of Work.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

There's something special about being part of ANZ, you're part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive. Our teams do this by helping people make the most of what they have, to transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you. That's why we're committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things with us in the future.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.