GM - Data & Enterprise Architecture | Auckland

Mō te Tukurau Aotearoa - About NZ Post 

It's an exciting time to join the NZ Post whanau. Our organisation has a clear ambition with a refreshed strategy, and we are on a journey to bring this to life. Part of this is ensuring our Data and Technology (D&T) offering is always improving to be fit for purpose and where we can create distinct value for NZ Post it is evolving and extending to be best in class. We're an organisation with a rich history and a bright future, and this newly created role provides opportunity to lead and shape the future direction of our D&T function alongside a smart and engaged Senior Leadership Team. 

This is a role with big challenge and big reward. We are seeking the skills of a highly capable and driven senior leader to take their segments of our endorsed strategic plan and turn them into reality. With a rich history comes big legacy, we are modernising our function with a commercially astute and customer centric approach to ensure we are always NZ's #1 delivery partner for e-commerce. 

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role 

This role is a gold mine for a strategic data champion. The purpose of this role is to unlock the untapped potential in NZ Post's data; to create the vision, define the strategy, and execute the plan to ensure data is central to the choices we make and the plans we create. We are on a journey to leverage our data to digitise our supply chain and transport logistics processes. We want to accelerate our development of predictive and insightful analytics that support our growth strategy.  

The successful candidate for this role will be a data guru, able to energise and enable teams of data experts, plus ensure effective interaction with interlocking teams, to deliver a data ecosystem which will use data to drive our strategic agenda. This is a real opportunity to take one of NZ's largest data platforms which is still to be fully digitised and turn it into an end to end visual.  

To top it off, this role is also responsible for our Enterprise Architecture (EA) function. Given the natural synergies between data and architecture, leadership of our EA function will ensure data is considered in all aspects of future Architecture within our organisation.  

Mōu - About you 

It's easy to see that you're a data champion and have led data practices which have been on a similar journey as ours. Our organisation is vast, and complex, your career history will clearly articulate that you've led practices within comparable environments to our own with success. 

Engaging and articulate communication skills will also be a superpower. Your ability to cross between technical and nontechnical environments will be easy to see. Coupled with your extensive experience working with Data Integration, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence programs.  

You'll be able to clearly articulate the following skills and experience: 

• Extensive experience operating at senior leadership level within a large data driven transformation environments.  
• Experience in delivering value from business intelligence, big data analytics, statistical methods and machine learning techniques in products or services businesses.  
• Highly capable people leaderships skills with the ability to inspire and energise. 
• Effective stakeholder management skills within both technical and non-technical settings.  
• Strong quantitative modelling skills and expertise using data mining and statistical analyses at scale to coach and guide people at all levels of an organisation.  
• Proven Data Governance track record with an emphasis on data protection, privacy, policies, standards, and processes design, administration, and compliance monitoring.  

The full list of requirements is available to view in the job description.  

He Aha Te Pai - What you'll love about us!  

Alongside the opportunity to work with a team passionate about delivering, our permanent employees enjoy a wide variety of benefits including: 

• Free onsite secure parking at our Auckland sites 
• Special rates on fantastic holiday home accommodation around New Zealand 
• Retail shopping discounts with our partners 
• An Employee Assistance programme to support you when you need it 
• Plus more!! 

Hiahia? - Interested? Come and join the whanau! 

If this sounds like your next career move, apply today, or to find out the full requirements of the role please download the JD available via the NZ Post website. If you require additional information, contact Gemma Corbett (Talent Acquisition Specialist) on 027 372 4705 or gemma.corbett@nzpost.co.nz  

Applications for this position close on 24 November 2024. 

All applicants will also be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand. Appointees will be subject to a security and credit check and may be required to undertake a drug test.  

If you're interested in a role, please apply directly through our online portal. Our team of experienced in-house recruiters is the glue between our business and finding the right person for the role and we therefore won't consider candidates through agencies (unless previously arranged).  

There's something really special about being part of the team here at NZ Post - Tukurau Aotearoa, who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values. 

We are proud to be Rainbow Tick certified and recognise the diversity and uniqueness of our workforce and reaffirm our commitment to create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.