Principal Analyst - Performance Reporting Products

Permanent, full-time

Auckland or Wellington

Lead the reporting products that support decisions across New Zealand’s state highway infrastructure portfolio

Do you understand how leaders use information to drive performance, and do you have the curiosity and passion to turn their needs into simple, clear and trusted reporting products that will improve transport outcomes?

We are looking for a Principal Analyst – Performance Reporting Products to bring analytical and product leadership to transform our suite of performance reporting products.

This is a role for someone who can operate confidently between senior business users, analysts and technical specialists, bringing together three critical strengths: working with customers to understand their business needs, product ownership and strong analytical judgement that turns data into actionable insights. We need someone with proven Principal-level judgement and influence.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

As Principal Analyst – Performance Reporting Products, you will lead the business ownership and continuous improvement of key performance reporting products, ensuring they enable a data-driven performance culture for governance and decision making.

You will work closely with senior business leaders and their key advisors to identify what matters, understand what information they need to drive performance, and translate those needs into clear priorities for our reporting products.

You will lead the technical squad responsible for delivering improvements to our reporting products, setting clear direction and priorities, managing competing demands and working across business and technical teams to deliver improvements that meet customer needs.

You will operate as a senior practitioner across the team, coaching and supporting analysts and senior analysts, influencing stakeholders and helping strengthen our overall reporting capability.

This is not primarily a hands-on dashboard development role. You will need sufficient technical knowledge to work effectively with Power BI, data and digital specialists, but your value will come from your ability to lead the product, understand the business problem, exercise sound analytical judgement and achieve outcomes through others.

View more about the role via the position description: here

Ko koe tēnei | About you

You will be an experienced reporting, performance or analytical professional with the judgement, credibility and influence required to operate effectively at Principal level.

You are likely to already be operating at Principal or equivalent level, taking accountability for complex work, influencing senior stakeholders, setting priorities and direction, and achieving outcomes through others rather than relying primarily on your own technical delivery.

You’ll bring:

• Demonstrated experience owning and evolving reporting or analytical products, working with customers to understand their needs, translate these into clear requirements, prioritise competing demands and lead improvements through to adoption.
• Curiosity and critical thinking to understand what drives performance, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Strong analytical judgement with the ability to interpret complex information, identify what matters, challenge assumptions and translate information into clear products that support decision making.
• Ability to operate with autonomy and influence, working with senior stakeholders and across business and technical teams to set direction, navigate competing priorities and achieve outcomes.
• Experience working with portfolio, programme and project performance data in a large or complex organisation.
• Strong ability to communicate and present complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, reporting systems and user-centered dashboard design principles, including how visual presentation, consistency and usability support effective decision-making.
• Experience coaching or mentoring others and contributing to stronger analytical and reporting practices.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Infrastructure Development & Delivery leads the development and delivery of NZTA’s national land transport capital programme. The Portfolio Performance & Insights team provides trusted, integrated and decision-ready performance reporting and insights for the state highway infrastructure portfolio, supporting effective governance, accountability and confident decision-making.

This role provides an opportunity to shape how leaders access and use performance information across one of New Zealand’s most significant infrastructure portfolios, while building sustainable reporting capability and improving the experience of dashboard users.

What we offer

• 5 weeks annual leave and other leave provisions
• Flexible working arrangements
• Life, income protection and critical illness insurance for permanent employees
• Ongoing professional development
• The opportunity to improve performance reporting and decision support across a nationally significant infrastructure portfolio
• Appointment base salary is from $133,632 to $148,480, commensurate with skills and experience. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please click ‘Apply for this Job’ to upload your CV and cover letter.

Rā Katinga | Applications close:

For further information, email: careers@nzta.govt.nz

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.