Delivery Practice Lead

Ko Mātou – About Us

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

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Delivery and Change CoE – as a Delivery Practice Lead!

This role is instrumental in driving delivery excellence across the New Zealand and Pacific portfolio of strategically prioritised projects. You’ll lead a team of talented project professionals and play a key role in driving exceptional delivery performance across ANZ.

There is a large, complex change roadmap ahead and the Delivery Practice leadership is critical to enable and support this transformation. The role will work closely with senior leadership teams to understand strategic alignment, remove project delivery blocks and ensure projects are successfully delivered. 

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 Type: Permanent, Full-time
Role Location: Auckland or Wellington

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

You'll be working within a dynamic and collaborative Delivery Practice leadership team and contribute to:

• Creating a high functioning, supportive Delivery community of engaged and effective project delivery professionals. 
• Ensuring the Delivery Practice is future ready to best support the ANZ’s movement towards implementing agile ways of working that are flexible & adaptable, deliver quality/value efficiently and at pace with care.
• Ensuring that all ANZ NZ and Pacific prioritised projects are delivered in line with established projects frameworks and methodologies including all risk frameworks.
• Monitoring project progress (alongside the EPMO and project sponsor) to ensure that project benefits/value is delivered on time and on budget, and any project blockers are proactively addressed.
• Ensuring that all delivery team members are supported with ongoing coaching, project training and development for continuous improvement, and a strong focus on speak up culture.
• Developing an effective project delivery team model including individuals based in the Global Capability Centres (GCC), New Zealand and across the Pacific.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of medium to large complex projects (10+ years)
• Knowledge of project methodologies, governance frameworks and delivery processes
• Experience working in Agile delivery including use of tools such as Jira
• Experience in leading large teams within dynamic accountability structures
• Commercial acumen, critical thinking and problem solving
• Effective stakeholder relationship management at senior levels

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?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.  

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.  

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.    

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

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 an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.  

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 88825.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Friday 21st March , 11.59pm, (NZST)