Technical Delivery Lead/Project Manager - Contractor at Westpac New Zealand

, , New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Planning, Execution, Delivery Framework, Governance, Stakeholder Communication, Engagement, Resource Management, Risk Management, Issue Management, Financial Management, Technical Delivery, Agile, JIRA, Confluence, PowerBI, Leadership

Industry

Banking

Description

About us At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities. Mō te tūranga | About the Role The Delivery Lead in Transformation and Customer Operations is a key role providing leadership of one of more approved Enterprise Change initiatives or workstreams within one of our Critical Transformation Programmes. The role is to manage enterprise-wide initiative/s within a Programme of work that deliver business and/or technology solutions enabling Westpac to achieve its strategic goals, business benefits and outcomes. • Project Planning and Execution. Managing enterprise-wide initiatives within agreed scope, time, cost and quality from initial identification, refinement of the requirements, scope and solution design, to delivery of change and embedding in the business and IT ensuring alignment with wider delivery plans and priorities. • Delivery Framework and Governance. Ensuring initiatives adhere to all internal policies and standards, reporting meets Transformation Office requirements and maintaining compliant initiative governance and reporting management. • Stakeholder Communication and Engagement. Working with internal business and project stakeholders, vendors and third parties to ensure successful delivery of projects and ensure open and frequent lines of visibility to stakeholders. • Resource Management. Ensuring initiatives are resourced correctly, sponsors are engaged and aware of progress and all risks to delivery are identified and managed. • Risk and Issue Management. Identify, assess and mitigate project risks and issues to minimise impact on initiative delivery and outcomes. Develop risk management strategies and monitor and escalate to Programme Manager, Portfolio Director as necessary. • Financial Management. Manage initiative budget and forecasting and ensure financial accountability and transparency. • Perform related duties as assigned, within the scope of role and as required by Programme Management. Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring? • Ability to manage delivery outcomes with conflicting dependency priorities • Proven experience leading complex technical delivery workstreams – legacy system migration, multiple transitional states, backend functionality, large scale integration with the banks core systems • Experience managing projects in a waterfall framework, with technical squads operating under Agile • Experience using JIRA, Confluence and PowerBI dashboards • Strong knowledge of software development processes, lifecycles, and architecture • Ability to translate and navigate between technical teams, business owners, and external customers • Strong leadership and facilitation skills to resolve complex technical risks and issues • Ability to lead global remote teams • Cards and/or Payments experience (nice to have) 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.

Responsibilities

The Delivery Lead manages enterprise-wide initiatives within a Programme of work, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and delivering business and technology solutions. Responsibilities include project planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, resource management, and financial accountability.