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

As a Senior Commercial Manager Technology in our Performance and Planning team, you’ll play a key role in developing and executing commercial strategies to optimise the value of technology investments. You will have practical experience in developing and managing complex technology commercial arrangements, working with senior stakeholders, and influencing strategic direction setting using data and structured analysis.

This technology-focused role is pivotal in driving successful outcomes through the application of rigorous commercial practices and risk management disciplines for the technology domain.

The role requires the cultivation of strong internal and external relationships by leveraging your product and services knowledge, along with your exceptional commercial and vendor management skills. Fostering connections is key to maintaining high standards and achieving organisational goals and the effective coordination and delivery of obligations with suppliers and technology vendors.

Role Location: This role can be based in Auckland or Wellington.  Let us know what works for you.

Role Type: Secondment (12-months)

Hours: 37.5 hours p/week (Standard)

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

You will be responsible for:

• Working across the tech domain to identify opportunities for commercial leverage and cost savings, and optimising processes to achieve smarter and faster outcomes.
• Managing upcoming contracts across a variety of programs, including AI, data optimisation, and delivery optimisation
• Cultivating strong supplier relationships by leveraging extensive product and services knowledge balancing risk/reward more effectively with partners
• Applying commercial practices of tech investments and risk management within a technological construct, including contractual, data, and regulatory aspects.
• Addressing vendor issues with problem-solving abilities and ensuring effective collaboration through strong influencing skills.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To thrive and excel in this role, you should ideally possess the following:

• Commercially astute with a solid background in managing a tech environment, possibly having led a software development team or operational platforms.
• Ability to define and drive strategic direction in managing key vendors, both onshore and offshore.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, documentation, analytics, and presentation skills, with experience working with varying stakeholders.
• Clear and deep understanding of a broad range of sourcing and supplier/vendor management activities.
• Strong financial and technology operational management skills, with emphasis on managing vendors and managed service outsourcing and associated contract management.
• Ability to coach and develop others, particularly in roles impacted by multi-sourced/outsourced vendor management.
• Project management experience is beneficial, though it is not the primary focus of this role.

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 91609.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Monday 28 April at 11.59pm (NZ)