Programme Manager – Digital

Auckland Airport stands proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way. We have ambitions to be a global hub and a comprehensive development programme to deliver this vision.

With so many moving parts to keep the airport precinct running, it’s our collaboration and passion that keeps everything together. This is what our culture and heritage have been built on. When you work with us, you’ll share our ambition to be a great New Zealand business, and one that’s making a strong contribution to the wellbeing of our communities and economy.

We are currently seeking an experienced Programme Manager to oversee the planning, coordination and execution of several digital transformation projects whilst leading and owning the delivery. This is a key role leading a large team and requires hands on experience dealing with multiple stakeholders across the business.

Key responsibilities in this role are:

• Leading a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators
• Managing a portfolio of long term projects (1-5 years)
• Assist Project Managers and project teams in their roles so that they are supported to achieve the required level of performance
• Ensure that the relationship between the Project Sponsor and Project Manager is maintained and high performing and that the Project Sponsor is actively performing their role on the project
• Lead and manage multiple digital programmes, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s digital strategy and business goals.

Key Challenges:

• Ensuring that the programme is adaptive and manages priorities in the face of uncontrollable factors and changing requirements in an evolving area of the business.
• Required to hold and provide technical and specialist expertise on a variety of programme delivery matters.
• Working at pace while delivering within a highly complex and regulated environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Overseeing the delivery of solutions within systems that are critical to daily operations (e.g., flight check-in, baggage handling, security screening, air traffic control).
• Ensuring programme compliance with security standards and data protection regulations while maintaining smooth operations. Ensuring effective risk management across the portfolio ensuring delivery avoids significant risks, such as data breaches, system outages, or project delays.

What you will bring to the role

• 10+ years’ experience in senior client-side programme and/or project leadership roles in large scale and complex digital and commercial environments.
• Extensive experience leading the full lifecycle of the project or programme, from inception to commissioning, and including team formation (designers and contractor teams).  Previous exposure to design activity and commercial management disciplines to drive project and/or programme delivery.
• Demonstrated and varied project experience, type and location including contractual settings.
• Proven influential leader of senior people with the ability to build credibility and work effectively with professional, technical and trades staff and contractors.
• Demonstrated experience in a strategic based role, delivering large, complex programmes of work in a tenacious and resilient manner coupled with exemplary problem-solving and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated and proven outstanding stakeholder management skills, including at senior leadership level.

About us

From the arrival of the Great Waka into the Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport has always been a place of journeys. We stand proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way.

E mahi ana mātou mō Aotearoa. We are working for New Zealand

Auckland Airport is more than just a business. It’s a truly unique place with an important role to play in New Zealand’s recovery. Together we’re its custodians, knowing that the work we do has the power to create positive change for our customers, the community, the environment and for the prosperity of Aotearoa. We’re all about creating a sense of place where everyone can thrive, and one where others aspire to work. We’re a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome people from all walks of life.

Whiria te tangata. Our values weave us together. They’re what we stand for, who we are and how we act.

Apply today

It’s our collaboration and passion that keep everything together. This is what our culture and heritage have been built on. When you work with us, you’ll share our ambition to be a great New Zealand business, and one that’s making a strong contribution to the wellbeing of our communities and economy.

If this role sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply online now.

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