Senior Project Manager - Portfolio Management Office

• Auckland City Hospital | Full-time, 18-months Fixed Term Contract (until Dec 2027)
• Lead high-impact capital programmes that shape the future of healthcare delivery across Auckland
• Deliver complex, high-value projects (including those $10M+) that directly improve patient outcomes and service capacity
• Drive system-wide transformation aligned to Pae Ora / Healthy Futures
• Work at the forefront of major infrastructure and service redesign within Health NZ

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This is a senior project leadership-level project role within the Portfolio Management Office, accountable for delivering large-scale, high-risk, multi-disciplinary projects that enable critical hospital capacity and service transformation.

You will take end-to-end ownership of complex programmes, from business case development through to implementation and post-delivery evaluation, ensuring delivery to time, budget, and agreed benefits realisation.

Success in this role is measured through your ability to:

• Deliver programmes on time, within budget, and aligned to approved business cases
• Lead multi-stream project delivery, ensuring strong governance, reporting, and stakeholder visibility
• Identify and proactively manage risk, issues, and interdependencies across complex environments
• Set up projects, and project teams, for success to achieve project benefits and health outcomes
• You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, clinical leaders, and regional/national investment bodies and delivery functions, ensuring alignment and successful delivery across the wider system.

Please visit the position description here.

About the Team/Service

At Te Toka Tumai Auckland, we’re not just hiring — we’re building the future. Aotearoa’s health system is in an exciting period of transformation, underpinned by the vision of Pae Ora / Healthy Futures. Together, we’re creating a more equitable, accessible, and people-centred health system that works for everyone.

The Portfolio Management Office leads major capital and service change initiatives that support:

• Clinical equipment replacement
• Increased hospital capacity
• Improved ways of working
• Digitally enabled services
• Equitable health outcomes for our communities

This is a highly collaborative environment where you’ll work alongside senior clinical, operational, and infrastructure leaders to deliver outcomes that truly matter.

About you

You are a high-performing senior project leader with a proven track record in delivering complex programmes in large, matrix organisations.

You will bring:

• Proven ability to lead complex project and programmes, end-to-end - delivering successful outcomes across major capital investments and technology implementations

• Demonstrated success delivering multi-million-dollar programmes within governance, scope, and funding constraints
• Strong expertise in business case development, programme planning, and benefits realisation
• Advanced stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive and board level
• Experience managing risk, complexity, and competing priorities while maintaining delivery momentum
• A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and achieving equitable outcomes for Māori

You’ll also bring a delivery mindset, accountability for results, and the ability to lead through ambiguity and change.

About the location

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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. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Belinda Peddie – belinda.peddie@tewhatuora.govt.nz

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