Workflow Planning Manager

Kiwibank; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiwibank is seeking an experienced delivery planning professional to join the Transformation Office in Wellington. You will shape how complex transformation work is planned and delivered, using practical judgment to strengthen planning capability from day one.

You will partner with programme and project teams to embed consistent planning processes across programmes, align roadmaps, and facilitate big room and quarterly planning events.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivery planning, programme or project management.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and planning disciplines.
• Experience designing and facilitating cross-functional planning events.
• Proficient with workflow, project or delivery management tools (Azure DevOps advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Shape how complex transformation work is planned and delivered.
• Turn delivery insights into practical improvements that make a difference.
• Bring teams together to solve dependencies, priorities and trade-offs.

Skills

Delivery planning

Agile methodologies

Azure DevOps

Facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Shape how complex transformation work is planned and delivered
• Turn delivery insights into practical improvements that make a difference
• Bring teams together to solve dependencies, priorities and trade offs

Ko tātou tēnei - Hei hāpai ake i a koe | This is us. Where you matter.

If you are an experienced delivery planning professional ready to hit the ground running, this role gives you the scope to bring your expertise to complex programmes and make an impact from the outset. You will join the Transformation Office in a role where your judgement, practical approach and ability to strengthen planning capability really matter. It is an opportunity to take on a highly visible planning challenge, broaden your impact across programmes and projects, and help Kiwibank deliver on its ambition of Kiwi making Kiwi better off.

Kō tātou tēnei. Hei kawe i ngā mahi kia tutuki | This is us. Where making an impact matters.

Bring structure and clarity to how work is planned and managed at Kiwibank. You’ll partner with programme and project teams to strengthen workflow planning practices and embed practical, effective ways of working. You’ll help embed consistent planning processes within and across programmes that adhere to enterprise standards, including how work is structured, connected with delivery teams, and tracked in delivery tools such as Azure DevOps. Through facilitation and hands‑on planning support, you’ll be involved in cross functional planning conversations including big room and quarterly planning events, roadmap alignment sessions and prioritisation and trade‑off discussions.

Ko tātou tēnei. Kia hāpai i ō pūkenga |This is us. Where your expertise matters.

For this role we’re looking for a pragmatic planning professional who brings people together, makes complexity easier to navigate and turns insight into meaningful improvements. We would love to hear from you if you have experience in the following:

• Proven experience in delivery planning, programme or project management, portfolio planning, or a related delivery environment
• Strong understanding of programme and project planning disciplines, including Agile methodologies
• Experienced in designing and facilitating cross functional planning events, including big room planning, quarterly planning or integrated roadmap sessions
• Proficient in workflow, project or delivery management tools, with Azure DevOps experience an advantage
• Strong ability to interpret workflow and delivery data and turn insights into practical improvements
• Experienced in helping teams strengthen planning quality and ways of working
• Strong facilitation skills, bringing diverse stakeholders together around clear outcomes
• Confident in developing and refining practical planning standards, guidance, templates and reporting approaches
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, making complex information clear and useful for decision making

You do not need to tick every box here to be considered! Above all we’re looking for a pragmatic, improvement focused planner who can balance consistency and governance with the needs of different delivery teams.

Applications close on Thursday 29th October.

Ko tātou tēnei - Hei hāpai i a koe, me tō whānau |This is us. Where you and your whānau matter.

Making a difference for all Kiwi starts with making a difference for our people. Flexibility, growth, challenging and rewarding work - this is Kiwibank. A place where you can belong and thrive – we are as ambitious as we are caring. We have big ideas and big plans. For you, for Kiwibank and for all Kiwi. We are Kiwi making Kiwi better off and that means you too!