Platform Manager - Corporate Platform, Wellington

To matou aronga What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand The Ministry of Social Development is a people-centred organisation. We're in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent. We develop social policy and provide advice to government and work with and help fund providers in the community. We also deliver social services and assistance, including income, employment and housing support, to people of all ages, families, whanau and communities. As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner we work towards supporting and enabling Maori, whanau, hapu, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations. Your place in the Ministry The Improvement, Systems and Technology Group (IST) collaborates and enables MSD people (staff) and partners with effective technology and expertise so that: New Zealanders can access essential support and social services MSD can respond fast to Government direction, policy settings, emergency events, and changing public needs MSD can improve its services by enabling modern and digital capabilities to become a more responsive organisation IST is transforming and organising itself into a platform and capabilities model for delivery of business services with newly established platform teams requiring passionate, driven, and experienced technology leaders to pave the way and support MSD's transformation. Platform teams are closely supported by Practice teams who help foster continuous improvement, learning, collaboration, and building our people expertise. We want to improve the quality of our services and solutions by ensuring our platform teams are responsive to the needs of our business. This means: We enable and improve our alignment to our business & transformation strategies and future services model; ensuring the Business and Technology are talking a common language. Ensuring Architectural & Design Coherence; by being aligned on business strategies and the capabilities required to support the business. In addition, establish solid standards, guardrails and governance across our architecture and design disciplines to ensure we prioritise quality over expedient solutions. Enabling Delivery excellence; making significant improvements in the way we work to take friction out of the system, mature our processes, tools, and lift the expertise of our people and teams. It's an exciting time to join us. About the role MSD's transformation strategy brings with it newly established opportunities for Platform Managers to join the Improvement, Systems and Technology group. We are looking for Platform Managers in the following areas: Digital Channels Platform Integration and Data Platform Corporate Platform Tasked with the responsibility of leading the delivery of large teams, the platform manager is accountable for overseeing the overall strategy, vision, and performance of the platforms. This means: ensuring alignment with business goals, managing work demand, resourcing needs, and driving strategic decisions to maintain the right balance of investments to support both client & business capability needs and platform maintenance and capability uplift needs. The Platform Manager works closely with and is supported by Platform Architects, Capability Leads and Delivery Leads. Key accountabilities and deliverables The role will be accountable for: Leading and developing the strategy, vision, and investment roadmaps for the platform, ensuring they align to the IST technology strategy. Accountability for overseeing end-to-end delivery of initiatives and leadership of teams for delivering platform capabilities. Managing senior stakeholder relationships, including those within IST leadership, Transformation leaders and business stakeholders. Closely collaborating with architecture practice to improve and embed high quality architecture and technology configuration. Platform operations, providing the connection between multi-disciplinary business areas and platform management stakeholders. Collaboration and liaising with other IST Leaders and Practices to oversee continued improvements in people, process, and technology. Empowering and developing the Platform workforce, including direct leadership of career development for platform capability leads. Financial management and oversight for approved investment budgets allocated for platform technology ecosystem and teams. Chairing and attending relevant governance forums and approving and/or recommending decisions that relate to the platform's technology ecosystem. About You You will bring: Experience as a technology leader, who has strong engineering and delivery experience in the context of software and application services. Strategic thinking, planning and strong leadership capabilities in the context of transforming IT organisations. A strong people leader, who is empowering, open, transparent, and experienced in planning and delivering large change. Confident in high level management negotiations and managing strategic partnerships. Demonstrated experience in leading transformative changes across a shared service workforce in a large complex organisation. We encourage you to apply We are an organisation that has people at the centre of our work. At MSD, we believe our people do their best when they can be themselves, and we're committed to fostering a work culture that is diverse, inclusive, and supportive. Salary range: $155,857.00 - $230,375.00 How to apply To apply, click the 'Apply Now' button to upload your CV, cover letter and complete the online application form. Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description. All applications must be made online. If this is not possible or if you have any queries, please contact us at Internal MSD Employees please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as an internal candidate. Closing date: Sunday, 27 October 2024 Joining MSD means being part of a whanau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents. We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process. MSD has a COVID-19 vaccination policy that encourages, but does not require, employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and its variants, unless the role is identified as requiring vaccination at the time. #J-18808-Ljbffr