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 Project Leader in the Delivery Practice team, you’ll play a key role in leading large, complex projects and programs of work from a strategic, operational and people perspective. You’ll work with the business to ensure projects and programs are set up for success and that deliverables and outcomes are aligned to the Business Strategy.

This role is also responsible for supporting teams with leadership and strategic guidance on program-related decisions, ensuring quality outcomes that align with the intended program objectives and value.

Role Type: Permanant
Role Location: Auckland or Wellington
Work Hours: 37.5 Hrs

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

The Senior Project Leader role includes the following key responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of large and complex projects and programs, governance activities such as finance, procurement, interdependencies, stakeholder engagement, risk management and resourcing.
• Work breakdown structure, planning and scheduling.
• Strategic alignment & business value - translate strategic objectives into a sequenced program roadmap. Partner with business sponsors to define Objective Key Results, monitor the tracking of benefits realisation, and support the embedding of change into BAU operations.
• Translate data into insights and provide guidance to support business decisions and deliver stronger customer centric solutions.

Ōu Pūkenga - What will you bring?

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

• Extensive project management experience, leading the delivery of large complex programs, preferably in Banking or Finance.
• Strong knowledge and proven application of project governance and various methodologies including Agile and waterfall delivery.
• Strong project/program planning and scheduling experience and skills.
• Proven relationship building capabilities, influencing and effective stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to convey complex ideas clearly, engage stakeholders across all levels, and create a shared understanding through effective communication.
• Ability to work across multiple locations including vendor management.
• Strategic decision-making ability, critical thinking and problem solving
• Previous experience providing effective leadership to project teams.
• Adaptability and resilience to work comfortably with ambiguity and shifting priorities in a dynamic environment.

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: 104364.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

26/10/2025 , 11.59pm, (NZ)