Manager Project Delivery - Protection - NPHS at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Do you want to be part of the business team developing the NPHS's suits of technology tools?

• Join us in embedding our new digital tools into public health practice!
• Location: Anywhere in NZ
• Secondment opportunity, full-time through 30 June 2027

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

The Manager Project Delivery role sits in the Major Projects team in the Protection Directorate of the National Public Health Service (NPHS). 

We are seeing a leader to join our team in this pivotal role. You will be instrumental in shaping the business and technological environment for our projects to succeed. Your work will significantly impact public health outcomes across New Zealand and help to ensure that our new systems enable equitable outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Enabling teams to translate operational needs into practical national solutions that deliver measurable benefits across the organisation
• Empowering delivery and troubleshooting day-to-day challenges
• Engaging with complex stakeholder groups and senior leaders to build shared understanding and resolve challenges as they occur
• Coordinating and influencing cross-functional teams (digital, operations and wider stakeholders) to achieve outcomes regardless of formal reporting lines
• Supporting and mentoring colleagues to celebrate successes, remove blockers, and build capability across the team
• Being the trusted point of contact for the wider team

About the Team/Service/ Location

The NPHS within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

You'll be an adaptive, pragmatic and action focused. You will bring personal expertise and the networks of experts that fill in the gaps. You'll bring a deep commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles, ensuring equitable outcomes and culturally responsive practices in all areas of your work. Aside from an obvious love of bullet points and a good sense of humour, you will have the following attributes:

• A doer mentality with the ability to be pragmatic, hands-on, and comfortable with daily troubleshooting
• The courage to challenge senior colleagues and team members constructively
• A supportive and visible leadership skillset with the ability to be a cheerleader for your people who recognises and promotes good work
• Adaptability and flexibility with the ability to support across tasks and roles in a flat team structure
• Emotional intelligence and approachability as you are the team's go-to for practical advice and support
• An outcome-focused mentality as enabling the team to deliver of great results is what matters

Essential skills you will bring:

• Strong Public Health knowledge with the ability to apply it to operational delivery at scale
• Proven ability to convert operational problems into practical, deliverable solutions at a national level
• Be comfortable making and owning decisions, and able to gather enough context before acting
• Confidence in stakeholder management at all levels, including engaging directly with directors and senior leaders
• Experience leading to drive equitable outcomes grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles
• Experience influencing cross-team outcomes
• Project management and people leadership experience or a desire to learn and grow this skillset (these skills will be supported and developed by the hiring manager)

Good understanding and/or previous experience in applying critical thinking using sound judgement to develop and inform options for a health in all policies approach alongside the machinery of government.

Working for 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 Tuesday, 12 May 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Anesha Pillay via Anesha.pillay@tewhatuora.govt.nz

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