Senior Propositions Portfolio Lead - Wealth & Insurance

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing

Flexible working

Generous leave

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is seeking an experienced senior leader to join the Customer, Product & Services team as Propositions Portfolio Lead. You will own the end-to-end management of BNZ Wealth and Insurance propositions and shape a clear, insight-led roadmap aligned to cohort strategy.

Based in Auckland or Wellington, you’ll lead a high-performing team, partner with banking domains and external stakeholders, and ensure proposals are well designed, compliant and commercially sound across the

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in financial services, including significant wealth and/or insurance experience.
• Strong technical product knowledge in wealth and/or insurance (such as KiwiSaver, investments, life, health or general insurance).
• An understanding of how wealth and insurance products are distributed at scale, particularly within a banking environment, is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships with and across partnerships.
• Experience creating and managing business cases, including managing spend within budget.
• Extensive experience managing the overall customer experience, including root cause investigation, lead identification, proposition development and conduct management.
• Strong commercial acumen to identify key focus areas and support sound business decisions.
• Senior management experience, with a track record of developing individuals and teams to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of BNZ Wealth and Insurance propositions roadmap, ensuring customer outcomes and sustainable competitive advantage.
• Prioritise, sequence and deliver initiatives that align with BNZ's strategic goals.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external partners to bring propositions to life.
• Lead internal and external communications across channels, ensuring messaging is aligned to strategy and delivered in market with excellence.
• Ensure governance and regulatory compliance across proposition content and processes.
• Secure development funding and manage your cost centre and team spend within plan.
• Provide clear direction so your team understands outcomes, milestones and blockers, enabling efficient delivery.
• Build a high performing team through coaching and development plans.

Job description

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is seeking an experienced senior leader to join the Customer, Product & Services team as Propositions Portfolio Lead. You will own the end-to-end management of BNZ Wealth and Insurance propositions and shape a clear, insight-led roadmap aligned to cohort strategy.

Based in Auckland or Wellington, you’ll lead a high-performing team, partner with banking domains and external stakeholders, and ensure proposals are well designed, compliant and commercially sound across the