Group Manager Regional Health Analytics Te Manawa Taki at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Permanent, full-time role based in our Te Manawa Taki region.
• Lead regional health analytics and shape the future of healthcare in Aotearoa.
• Be part of a nationally significant transformation and influence outcomes for millions.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

In this important role, you will provide senior leadership of health analytics insights across the region and nationally for specific initiatives.  You will develop and deliver a responsive, high-quality analytical insights service, aligned to national strategy and approaches.

You will be responsible for leading a “team of teams” with analytics staff spread across the region, together supporting health service planning, improvement and performance monitoring. Your teams will contribute to better, more equitable health outcomes by providing actionable insights, exposing variation and identifying areas of opportunity. You will develop and implement a strategy to create a regionally connected analytics service in close collaboration with health service delivery leaders, clinicians and data and digital colleagues.

You will understand data pipelines sufficiently to diagnose issues and work closely with data management teams to solve problems.

You will lead talented teams through change, champion advanced analytical methods (including AI, machine learning and predictive modelling), and ensure health intelligence meaningfully supports clinicians, leaders, external agencies and communities. A key focus of the role is building trusted relationships, promoting data literacy, and enabling easy, appropriate access to insights that improve health outcomes for all.

About you

As a senior analytics and people leader, you will bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. statistics, analytics, computer science, public health) or equivalent senior leadership experience
• At least 10 years' experience leading health analytics teams at a senior level
• Strong understanding of health sector data, systems and healthcare delivery environments
• Track record in delivering and supporting change, diagnosing and solving problems, performance development, and collaborating effectively at senior levels in complex environments.
• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to translate complex insights for non-technical audiences

• You will also demonstrate inclusive leadership, financial acumen, and a strong commitment to equity, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and culturally safe practice.

Working at Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.   

How to Apply 

To apply, please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 11:59PM Sunday 22 February 2026. For further information, please contact Nicole Rickard on Nicole.Rickard@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.