Manager Business Change at New Zealand Transport Agency, Wellington Ko wai matou | About us
Te Toki | Transport Services is a business group that focuses on our transport system - from planning, design, and build through to maintenance and operations. Te Toki Atamai | Business Alignment enables the group and is accountable for driving group performance and efficiency towards business excellence. It takes a strategic view to grow business operational maturity and organisational capability to meet current and future demands on the transport system.
Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity as our Manager Business Change. You will be a seasoned people leader who understands the importance of business change and has the vision to take the change team to the next level. We're looking at transformative change for Te Toki | Transport Services, looking beyond the projects to a design led transformative change across our business. You will lead the team of change managers, turning strategy into action for Te Toki | Transport Services. You will contribute to a high performing team passionate about achieving organisational goals, building stakeholder confidence, and providing a great experience for users of the land transport system. You will manage change impacts and opportunities, not just to minimise disruption, but to facilitate change adoption that will drive a faster or more effective realisation of benefits and outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
Drive a vision for transformative change with a centralised view of all significant change initiatives, ensuring they align with strategic goals.
Lead a team of change managers - enabling their high performance and professional development.
Develop and recommend strategic solutions to complex business problems and change processes.
Manage relationships with key stakeholders, building change maturity across the business, to ensure effective change adoption and a positive experience for all users.
Collaborate with leadership to monitor and maintain resource pipelines for ongoing and future change.
Ko koe tenei | About you
This role requires a seasoned change professional with:
Significant experience in change leadership and delivery, including transformational, operational change and building change maturity.
Strong people leadership experience within matrix environments.
Proven success in managing complex change initiatives and delivering measurable benefits.
Strong strategic, lateral problem-solving skills, with a focus on system-thinking and human-centered design.
Outstanding communication, relationship building and stakeholder engagement abilities, including workshop facilitation and coaching.
Change management certification or accreditation (e.g., Prosci, ACMP) is preferred.
If you're passionate about leading change and have the skills to make a significant impact, apply today!
To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
NZTA| Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.
Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.
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