Acting Head of Delivery

• Acting Head of Delivery (FTC 6months)

• Work for a top-notch brand in the government space
• Open environment
• Leadership, high visibility role
• Playing a big part in their digital upgrade projects
• Initial 6month FTC role with a possibility of a 3month extension
• Flexible & hybrid (3days ideally from office)
• Auckland CBD based
• Immediate joining
• 220k p.a. to 240k p.a. (approx.) ; negotiable for the right candidate

The role:

• Reporting to the GM – IT , handling 3 to 5 direct reportees including Practice Managers, RTEs and approx. 30 to 40 indirect reports which includes contractors from other agencies/providers, this role is an acting appointment for an initial period of six months. The permanent Head of Delivery is currently seconded to provide delivery governance to a major Cornerstone delivery programme within Group Shared Services (GSS) – a large, organisation-wide transformation initiative. Working closely with wider stakeholders like Data, Customer Experience, P&C, Scrum Master practice, supporting all practices, BAU work in technology.
• During this period, we are looking for an Acting Head of Delivery who can provide strong, practical leadership through this change – someone who can stabilise delivery performance, strengthen how we work, and maintain momentum across the delivery community.
• This is not a traditional PMO or portfolio role. It’s a senior leadership role that blends delivery leadership, organisational change, and people leadership at scale.
• The Acting Head of Delivery is accountable for ensuring the organisation continues to deliver complex change in a reliable, ethical and sustainable way, while maintaining a strong delivery system and connected delivery community during a critical transformation period.

The ideal candidate:

· A senior delivery leader who is a heavy hitter in delivery perspective, good experienced with Scaled Agile, can take the delivery level to the next level and actually make use of the funding available.

· Has led large, complex delivery portfolios (not just individual programmes).

· Has worked closely with senior leaders, Boards or executive teams.

· Has built or evolved delivery models in complex organisations.

· Has experience across both technology and business change.

· Is a strong people leader – comfortable coaching, developing and supporting leaders and teams.

· Brings credibility in governance, risk and transformation contexts.

· Takes a pragmatic, practical approach rather than being wedded to a single framework.

· Is comfortable working in politically nuanced environments, able to build trust and navigate competing priorities.

· Can step into a new environment quickly, build relationships fast, and maintain momentum with minimal handover.

· This is a system leadership role, focused on holding and strengthening delivery capability during a critical transformation period, rather than running individual projects or programmes. (apply accordingly)

Why this role?

· You will be a part of a large organisation with high vintage leadership employees.

· Flexible work environment with work from home options

· High visibility role

· Opportunity to take Delivery model to the next level

· Competitive salary ; negotiable for the best

· Collaborative, open work culture due to which past employees like to keep coming back

If the role sounds interesting to you, apply directly today!

Should you want more information, please apply directly OR call DC at 0225005159 for a confidential chat. I might be busy in back-to-back client meetings and candidate interviews of the shortlisted candidates, so pls text me and I will try and respond back when I can.

*Pls note: A valid NZ work visa is a pre-requisite for all our positions as of now. In case any client is willing to sponsor an outstation international candidate, we would mention that separately.

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