Programme Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Zealand.

📋 Description

• Oversee the comprehensive delivery of the IRIS NextGen programme, ensuring that objectives are met on schedule and within the allocated budget.

• Ensure that programme planning, dependencies, risks, issues, and change initiatives are in line with best practices.

• Collaborate closely with councils, clients, product management, and governance teams to sustain alignment and progress.

• Manage multiple simultaneous council implementations with a minimal allowance for delays.

• Integrate strong programme and change management practices throughout the project lifecycle.

• Deliver clear, timely, and professional updates to senior stakeholders and programme governance teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading complex digital or enterprise software programmes.

• Strong grasp of software development lifecycles and SaaS implementations.

• Outstanding stakeholder engagement abilities, capable of fostering consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.

• Confidence in managing delivery environments with tight schedules.

• A strategic, forward-thinking perspective combined with practical delivery skills.

• Excellent communication abilities and professional credibility at senior levels.

• Experience working with councils, shared services, or collaborative sector programmes is highly valued.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully flexible work location (the option to work from home, with access to council offices as needed).