Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa
Onsite
Worker Type:
Maximum Term/Fixed Term (Fixed Term)Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions though our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."
We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. No two days are the same.
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced Programme Manager to join our Core Ledger Replacement domain and be part of a once-in-a-generation transformation programme. Help build the future of lending at BNZ, delivering modern technology, innovative customer experiences, and lasting impact for New Zealanders.
This is a Wellington based fixed-term opportunity through to October 2028.
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
We sat down with the People Leader (who you would report to) and they told us the following about the role:
What are 5 day-to-day tasks the person in this role will complete?
What is the team culture and environment like?
This team operates in a collaborative and supportive environment where knowledge sharing, technical excellence, and continuous improvement are highly valued. Team members work closely together to solve complex problems, contribute ideas, and support each other's professional growth. There is a strong focus on quality, innovation, and delivering outcomes in line with established engineering standards.
What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?
The successful candidate will currently be leading challenging, complex technology delivery in a high-pressure environment, coordinating multiple teams and competing priorities to deliver critical outcomes. They will be comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing significant dependencies and risks, resolving delivery challenges and maintaining momentum against demanding timelines. Having worked on a similar project in a banking environment will be advantageous.
What technical skills are required for this role?
Strong understanding of end-to-end technology delivery, from solution design and build through integration, testing, release and implementation. Strong integrated planning and dependency management skills across multiple technology teams and platforms. Experience managing delivery across architecture, engineering, integration, data, environments and testing disciplines. Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices, including managing delivery across multiple squads or teams. Strong risk, issue, dependency and critical-path management, with the ability to quickly identify and address threats to delivery. Experience using delivery management tools such as Jira and Confluence to manage and maintain delivery visibility.
What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role?Proactive and delivery-focused, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes. Calm and resilient under pressure, able to maintain momentum and sound judgement in a challenging delivery environment. Decisive and pragmatic, comfortable making progress through ambiguity and incomplete information. Strong influencer and collaborator, able to bring multiple teams and stakeholders together around a common delivery outcome. Confident and constructively challenging, prepared to question assumptions, hold people to commitments and escalate when required. Highly organised with strong attention to detail, while maintaining a clear view of the overall delivery outcome and critical path. Clear and credible communicator, able to move comfortably between detailed technology conversations and senior stakeholder discussions.
PLEASE NOTE: Advertising for this position closes 30 October at 11pm.
Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand
This is an exciting opportunity to join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”
Closing Date: 30 October 2026Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.
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