Talent

Practice Manager

Auckland, Auckland, NZ

7 days ago
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Summary

Lead with purpose. Grow capability. Shape the future of platform engineering.

Opportunity Awaits

  • Flexible hybrid working (2-3 days in-office per week)
  • Supportive, inclusive and values-led culture
  • An opportunity to help shape how platform practices scale in a large public sector environment

Technical people leadership opportunity for a large platform engineering team.

You’ll Focus On

  • Capability Leadership – coaching, guiding and growing a community of technical talent
  • Practice & Platform Strategy – shaping the roadmap and enabling alignment to architectural direction
  • People & Performance – setting standards, fostering culture, and supporting continuous learning
  • Collaboration – working closely with architecture and agile delivery leaders to ensure platform alignment across teams

This is a key leadership role that bridges strategy, technical excellence, and people development – all within a supportive and future-focused public sector environment.

Your Experience Includes

  • Proven leadership of large engineering teams (20+), with a passion for capability development
  • Experience working in a complex enterprise, ideally within a Microsoft-aligned environment
  • Familiarity with agile-at-scale and highly collaborative ways of working (ART experience a bonus)
  • Strong technical foundation in at least one enterprise platform (e.g. Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow)
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and strategic thinking skills

Ready to lead a platform practice with purpose?

Apply now and help us build a centre of excellence for the future.

Please note: This opportunity is open to New Zealand Citizens/Residents or candidates with valid work rights who are residing in New Zealand

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