General Manager – Enterprise Performance & Strategic Assurance

What sets this role apart:

• Executive-level visibility and influence
• Opportunity to shape a newly evolved function
• Work across a full enterprise with strategic impact
• Join a business at the forefront of energy sector disruption
• Extensive corporate benefits and professional development support

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a pivotal leadership opportunity to drive a rolling three-year enterprise performance and assurance programme across a complex, regulated infrastructure group. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, transformation, and assurance, partnering with senior leaders to embed a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and strategic value creation.

You’ll lead initiatives that go beyond compliance, focusing on performance-led assurance, business model transformation, and cross-functional uplift aligned to the overall organisational strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a high-impact, enterprise-wide performance and assurance programme
• Partnering with executives to identify and deliver strategic improvements
• Managing external consultants and ensuring quality, fit-for-purpose outputs
• Reporting to board-level committees and shaping enterprise priorities
• Championing a shift from compliance to performance-led assurance
• Navigating a dynamic sector with curiosity, innovation, and influence

Unique Perks and Benefits:

• Extensive corporate benefits including life assurance, income protection, and parental leave
• Paid professional development, study leave, and long-service leave
• Wellness initiatives and flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to contribute to sector-wide transformation and innovation

ABOUT YOU

You’re a seasoned enterprise leader with a background in strategic performance uplift, business transformation, or operational excellence in complex, regulated environments. You bring a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder influence, and a passion for driving measurable impact across business units.

What you’ll need to bring:

• Proven experience leading enterprise performance or transformation programmes in infrastructure, utilities, telco, or similar sectors
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to challenge existing practices
• Experience working across business units to embed strategic change
• Familiarity with assurance frameworks that go beyond compliance
• Ability to translate strategic goals into operational improvements

Power up your career with purpose

We’re supporting a leading New Zealand infrastructure organisation with a bold vision: to shape a smarter, more sustainable energy future for communities across Aotearoa. Serving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses every day, they’re driving innovation through digital solutions, smart technology, and climate-ready infrastructure. What sets them apart is their people, they’re creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make an impact, be part of an inclusive culture, and contribute to a future that benefits both customers and community, this is your opportunity.

HOW TO APPLY

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NOTE to overseas enquiries and non-NZ residents: Whereas we welcome international enquiries, only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand and can make themselves available for interviews in New Zealand will be considered for advertised positions.

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