Projects Delivery Lead

Projects Delivery Lead - Data, Digital & Technology

📍 New Plymouth, Wellington or Tauranga

🕐 Permanent - Full-time

Are you passionate about helping teams deliver complex projects successfully? Do you enjoy developing people, strengthening project practices, and solving delivery challenges? Are you experienced in leading project delivery capability in digital, IT or business transformation?

About the role

As Projects Delivery Lead, you will lead and develop a team of project management and coordination professionals who support initiatives across Powerco. You will ensure programme and project teams can access capable people, practical delivery frameworks and fit-for-purpose tools that can be adapted to different delivery contexts.

You will draw on experience across a range of project environments, particularly IT and digital, to strengthen delivery capability and help enable reliable delivery of outcomes.

You will partner with programme and project leaders, the PMO, Digital Design & Delivery teams, IT Operations, enabling functions and external suppliers. You will establish and continuously improve project delivery frameworks and toolkits, align practices with the PMO, and ensure change management is considered from the outset as an essential part of successful project delivery.

This is a people and practice leadership role for someone who can balance structure with flexibility, build trusted relationships and influence consistent ways of working across a complex organisation.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary teams of project management and coordination professionals.
• A strong people leadership focus, with experience building capability at both individual and practice levels.
• Project delivery experience in complex organisational environments, particularly within digital, IT or business transformation contexts.
• Experience creating or tailoring project delivery frameworks, toolkits and playbooks, with the judgement to balance consistency, accountability and flexibility.
• A strong understanding of change management as an enabler of sustainable project outcomes, along with familiarity with programme management and continuous improvement approaches.
• Experience developing and managing effective partnerships with external suppliers of project delivery services.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels.
• Confidence navigating organisational dynamics, building trust and aligning teams around practical ways of working.
• A growth mindset, with openness to learning, feedback and continuous improvement.

What we offer you

• Positive and supportive team culture and the opportunity to thrive in a genuinely caring and fun environment
• Loads of flexibility – we embrace hybrid working!
• All the usual stuff, but way better- 4% KiwiSaver, ability to buy extra leave, paid volunteer days, free fruit in the office, amazing Parental Leave entitlements, free life and medical insurance – Wow!!!
• As much growth and development as you can take! We are one of the top workplaces to grow your career (2023 LinkedIn Top Companies List for Aotearoa).

About us

Our purpose is to connect communities. It’s at the heart of everything we do as we serve our customers now and into the future. At Powerco, we’re passionate about doing mahi that keeps over 1.1 million customers connected and enables energy choices as we support Aotearoa on the journey to a low-carbon future.

Ngā Tikanga - Our Way, is what guides us to achieve our purpose and ensures we’re better together, work smarter, proud to be here, and future focused in how we work together with each other, our communities, and industry stakeholders.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage interested candidates to apply early as screening may begin before the closing date.

📅 Applications close: Wednesday 23rd September, 2026

Our ability to get the best out of people is what sets Powerco apart. We realise that candidates – especially from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds – often won’t apply for roles unless they meet ALL the criteria. We encourage anyone who shares our passion for connecting communities to apply for any role that aligns to your strengths and interests. We will provide a safe space where you can bring your whole self to work and thrive.

*If you would benefit from support or adjustments in order to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please phone 0800 769372 or email* kiaora@powerco.co.nz