Tech Area Lead

Westpac New Zealand Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday

Wellbeing leave

Banking benefits & superannuation

Growth & development opportunities

Volunteer days

Recognition program

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Ltd is seeking a senior technology expert to lead the engineering delivery and capacity management for the Dynamics 365 & Power Platform ecosystem, including its Azure ELZ foundation and enterprise AI control plane. You will own the technology strategy, licensing, and governance across the platform, ensuring world‑class standards and enterprise readiness.

You will collaborate with the CIO, programme leaders, and Microsoft as a strategic vendor to align roadmaps, manage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional engineering experience in Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure platform management.
• Proven history of enterprise cost management, licensing rationalisation, and environment consolidation.
• Experience managing third‑party providers within a Microsoft enterprise vendor relationship.
• Proven ability to engage with stakeholders from delivery squads to CIO/executive level.
• Experience leading large Dynamics 365 implementations at enterprise scale.
• Experience with platform governance and compliance in regulated environments (APRA/SOX, data sovereignty).
• Familiarity with Azure landing zone architecture, IaC, monitoring, and ELZ concepts.
• Understanding AI control plane concepts for Copilot, agents and automation across D365 & Power Platform.

Responsibilities

• Owns and operates the D365 & Power Platform enterprise ecosystem, including ELZ foundations and AI control plane.
• Lead engineering delivery, capacity planning, cost management, and technology roadmap.
• Collaborate with Head of Product Engineering, TALs, and programme leadership to ensure the World Class vision.
• Governance alignment with ITSA controls and compliance requirements across the platform.
• Manage licensing, subscriptions, and the Microsoft vendor relationship centrally.
• Support squads with architecture governance and platform steering forums.

Skills

Dynamics 365

Power Platform

Azure

Cost management

Enterprise governance

Stakeholder management

Tools

Copilot

AI Builder

Job description

Mō te tūranga | About the Role

Senior technology expert leading the engineering delivery, capacity management, coordination, cost management, and technology roadmap for the Dynamics 365 & Power Platform ecosystem - including its Azure Enterprise Landing Zone (ELZ) foundation and enterprise AI control plane; is the de-facto technology owner for D365 & Power Platform across the bank. The role provides technical expertise and enterprise governance for a platform that underpins key banking capability and services at enterprise scale and to a world-class standard. The role is accountable for success of D365 & Power Platform as a single enterprise ecosystem, not a set of parallel, disconnected applications. Technology owner of a critical enterprise-wide platform - Dynamics 365 & Power Platform, including its underlying Azure Enterprise Landing Zone (ELZ) and enterprise AI control plane - that underpins the contact centre, Customer 360, knowledge management, lending, and complaints capability across the bank. Collaborating with the Head of Product Engineering, D365 related TALs and Leads and programme leadership across the D365 & Power Platform portfolio, the role ensures the platform’s “World Class” vision, strategy, and delivery roadmap are supported and successful. It aligns tools, practices, and standards with WNZL capabilities (ITSA controls, APRA/SOX compliance, secure-by-design) and manages the lifecycle of the D365 & Power Platform ecosystem - environments, connectors, ALM, and the Azure Enterprise Landing Zone - consolidating duplicated instances, subscriptions, and licensing into a single, secure, audit-ready foundation that meets strategic business needs and customer value outcomes. The role anticipates and manages critical drivers of scale/performance of the platforms (e.g. Account/Contact data remediation, the enterprise AI control plane spanning Azure, licensing and storage optimisation) for optimal outcomes and supports squads in adhering to WNZL’s architecture and engineering governance. Owns and operates the enterprise AI control plane for D365 & Power Platform - governing Copilot, agents, AI Builder, and automation capabilities across environments, with safe orchestration, identity boundaries, and risk controls. Engaging stakeholders - the CIO, programme sponsors, and business owners across the platform’s consuming programmes - and keeping them informed about the D365 & Power Platform technology delivery roadmap is crucial. The role collaborates with stakeholders across Westpac Group, Technology, business, Microsoft (as strategic vendor), and customers. It owns and manages the Microsoft D365 vendor relationship centrally - licensing, roadmap alignment, escalations, and co-innovation opportunities - and develops pathways that make interacting with the D365 & Power Platform ecosystem easy for all stakeholders, prioritising continuous improvement and feedback. The role actively supports squads in adhering to WNZL’s governance processes, including the Architecture Review Board and platform steering forums.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

At least 5+ years of professional engineering experience, including hands-on or leadership experience in Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure platform management. Proven history of enterprise cost management, including licensing rationalisation, Dataverse storage optimisation, and environment consolidation. Experience managing third-party service providers, ideally within a Microsoft enterprise vendor relationship (licensing, roadmap, escalations, co-innovation). Proven ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the business, from delivery squads through to CIO / executive level. Experience managing large and critical Dynamics 365 (or equivalent enterprise CRM/case management platform) implementations at scale. Experience managing complex financial arrangements involving multiple budget owners and finance teams, e.g. cross-programme contribution or funding models. Experience managing demand from multiple sources hitting constrained resources - balancing a shared platform team against the needs of several concurrent programmes. Working knowledge of platform governance and compliance in a regulated environment (e.g. APRA/SOX, data sovereignty, secure-by-design). Familiarity with Azure landing zone architecture and cloud governance - subscription/tenant design, network and identity segregation, IaC, and monitoring - as applied to an Enterprise Landing Zone (ELZ). An appreciation for AI control plane concepts and governance (orchestration, identity boundaries, risk controls) for Copilot, agents, and automation across Dynamics 365, Power Platform.

Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac

In addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including:

• 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, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme
• Growth and development – we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility
• Recognition - we recognise and reward our star performers
• 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! The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, 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 neurodiverse, 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 | Together Greater

Applications close: 3 October 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.