Portfolio Performance Manager - Asset Planning at Transpower New Zealand Limited, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Shape a new role! Drive optimised outcomes for $5B of critical assets
• New role, for an experienced asset management, people and change leader
• Assure asset and maintenance portfolio decision making organisation wide

Running the nation’s electricity grid is a complex task and requires comprehensive planning and operations. Transpower’s overarching Grid Asset Management framework ensures the national grid provides safe, reliable, and cost-effective electricity transmission services for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

Led by our Grid Development Team, the Grid Asset Management framework aligns with leading industry standards (ISO 55001:2024) and incorporates industry and legal regulation, strategic review, collaboration with customers and stakeholders, continual planning and improvement, and industry leading performance. Read more here https://www.transpower.co.nz/our-work/industry/our-grid/asset-management

About the team

The Asset Planning group ensures the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of Transpower’s grid assets through long-term planning and analysis. We develop 15+ year workplans that guide investment and delivery, incorporating whole-of-lifecycle costing and risk-based decision-making. Our work supports the delivery of a resilient and future-ready electricity system aligned with Transpower’s strategic and regulatory commitments.

Within Asset Planning, the newly created Portfolio Performance team, is responsible for providing asset portfolio performance insights, assurance of asset management decision making and outcomes across Transpower and leads management of the maintenance portfolio across all asset portfolios. The team supports Portfolio Owners and Portfolio Leads in assessing portfolio delivery and outcomes across the asset life cycle. The team also provides Grid Development performance reporting.

The opportunity – help shape a new people leader role!

Lead a team of five specialists, and the asset portfolio performance function, to assure the performance of our asset portfolios across the asset management lifecycle. You will be responsible for driving good asset management decisions through offering asset management advice, establishing, and developing robust assurance processes, and implementing asset management guidelines that enable efficient decision-making across the business.

You will also be the Maintenance Portfolio Owner, with responsibility for developing annual maintenance budgets, maintenance regulatory submissions, and in collaboration with Asset Portfolio Owners advising on portfolio management relating to risk and funding availability.

Building positive relationships including with our Grid Delivery Project Management Office (PMO), Operational Engineering, and Planning, Scheduling and Optimisation functions, and across Grid Development you’ll ensure that asset management decisions align with best practice, organisational risk appetite, and service measures. You’ll drive Grid Development performance reporting and insights as well as providing assurance over in-flight projects and delegated decision-making.

As this role works across Transpower, and with senior leaders, our Waikoukou Wellington head office is the preferred location, however we may consider candidates in Christchurch with exceptional experience.

To be considered your CV and cover letter will clearly demonstrate:

• Relevant engineering, technical, and/or asset management qualifications
• Extensive Asset Management knowledge and experience – leading and working within a longer-term planning/proactive asset management context.
• Leadership of structured assurance process development and implementation
• Proven ability to lead change and champion new ways of working, and strategic and innovative projects to build business capability.
• Ability to constructively and collaboratively influence behaviour and outcomes, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience working and delivering regulatory documentation, preferably in electricity or utilities.

Join us at Transpower!

With over twenty-eight ethnicities our people provide diverse perspectives, knowledge, and deep and varied experience which they love to share and which we celebrate.

We work in the office or on-site for a minimum of three days each week, which helps us build and maintain relationships, support learning, deliver outcomes, and sustain our culture. This approach also offers our people the flexibility they need for both work and personal commitments, with adaptable daily start and finish times.

We prioritise wellbeing with a wide range of employee health and wellness benefits including insurances. Check them out here https://www.transpower.co.nz/about-us/careers-transpower/staff-benefits

Next steps

Please review the links in the advert, and position description below/via our careers website and apply without delay.

Role closes Monday 9^th of February 2026 however, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and you may be contacted to explore your application further or to arrange an interview prior to the close date.

Existing eligibility to work in New Zealand is required.