Senior Project Manager - Technology

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 Manager in our Technology Delivery Practice, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading workflow and integration initiatives across ANZ New Zealand. You’ll provide senior‑level planning, management, and oversight to ensure projects are aligned with strategic priorities and delivered successfully across the business. Your leadership will bring structure and clarity to multi‑disciplined teams, enabling them to deliver workflow management solutions that streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency.

This role will see you coordinating resources and managing technical delivery interdependencies across multiple streams of work, integration, infrastructure, mainframe and API environments, and cloud application delivery. You will create an environment where teams can focus, resolve issues early and move work forward with purpose. If you enjoy hands on problem solving, coordinating across domains and guiding work from definition through to delivery, you will thrive here. 

You’ll engage with stakeholders at all levels to translate business needs into delivery outcomes, balancing immediate priorities with long‑term strategy. It’s a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of ANZ’s technology landscape by driving seamless, secure, and scalable workflow and integration solutions for a leading financial institution.  Your delivery leadership will help ensure these solutions land cleanly across the business and support our technology operations in meaningful, tangible ways.

Role Location: Wellington/Auckland

Role Type: 12-month Secondment

Hours: Standard 37.5 hours

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

The Senior Technology Project Manager is critical to making this happen and key responsibilities of the role will include the following:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery, from inception through to delivery of large and complex technology projects and/or key pieces of work within large programmes


• Work collaboratively with key business owners, stakeholders and teams to deliver the best outcome for the customer


• Work collaboratively/manage 3rd party vendors to deliver the best outcome for the customer


• Provide financial budget oversight across project deliverables


• You will operate across multiple teams to ensure delivery is aligned


• Operate with stakeholders and influence when required to ensure project delivery


• Support and contribute to Project Governance deliverables including project progress reporting and escalations


• Identify and manage the risks, issues and dependencies throughout the delivery framework


• Apply sound project management principles and work within the ANZ Delivery Frameworks

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

• Proven experience delivering complex technology projects across infrastructure, mainframe, API environments, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) within financial services.


• Extensive experience in leading complex technology projects, with a strong track record of delivery.


• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels — from executives to technical teams.


• Deep knowledge of software delivery frameworks, governance, and controls, with proven ability to apply and adapt project management methodologies to suit each initiative.


• Strong organisational and leadership skills, including time management, decision‑making, and the ability to build high‑performing teams and foster strong relationships.


• Adaptability and resilience in dynamic environments with shifting priorities and ambiguity, coupled with the capability to coach, mentor, and build capability across multi‑disciplined teams.

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.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Sunday 15 February at 11.59pm (NZ)