Team Lead, External Applications & Platforms

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 109,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Department of Conservation (DOC) seeks a Team Lead External Applications to steer platforms and applications that serve customers, partners, and communities across Aotearoa. You will lead a team delivering secure, reliable external apps, websites, and the Microsoft ecosystem aligned to smart, off-the-shelf platforms.

You will collaborate with business leaders, product owners, architects, vendors, delivery teams, and Maori partners to enable customer-focused digital services and long-term digital

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading application development, digital platforms, or systems administration teams.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft platform technologies, enterprise applications, website platforms, Dynamics, or comparable SaaS solutions.
• Experience balancing business needs, technical sustainability, risk and value for money in tech decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, configuration, support and continuous improvement of external applications, websites, intranet, and MS platform solutions.
• Drive platform strategy and roadmaps with prioritised enhancements, integrations, upgrades, and service improvements.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of developers and system administrators.

Skills

Leadership of development teams

Microsoft platform technologies

Dynamics / SaaS solutions

SDLC / DevOps / release management

Vendor management

Stakeholder influence

People development

Maori partnership awareness

Job description

Department of Conservation (DOC) seeks a Team Lead External Applications to steer platforms and applications that serve customers, partners, and communities across Aotearoa. You will lead a team delivering secure, reliable external apps, websites, and the Microsoft ecosystem aligned to smart, off-the-shelf platforms.

You will collaborate with business leaders, product owners, architects, vendors, delivery teams, and Maori partners to enable customer-focused digital services and long-term digital