Senior Project Manager

• Locations 45 Pipitea Street, Wellington, 6011, NZ
• Apply Before 01/27/2026, 04:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time

Type:Permanent
Hours:Full time
Location:Wellington
Business Group
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Digital Services and Solutions
Branch:Digital Services
Salary:$136,502 - $169,869

An experienced Senior Project Manager is required to ensure our more demanding and technically complex projects are delivered successfully.

• Have you managed the successful delivery of complex or critical projects?
• Can you manage any organisational change necessary to achieve project goals and ensure this is understood by all stakeholders?

If you thrive on cutting edge projects, want a genuine challenge, and knowing that what you do, you do for the good of New Zealand, the Department of Internal Affairs would very much like to hear from you.

The delivery of projects sits within the Business Change team, which is a business unit within the Digital Services branch. The business change team is dedicated to supporting the rest of the Department to succeed by transforming business opportunities into reality.

Skills and experience

• At least 5 years project management experience
• Extensive experience at a senior level in a variety of project management and business transformation assignments in government
• Experience in cross-agency managed projects, ICT and/or property and business change projects
• Ability to cope with a high degree of ambiguity,uncertainty and change, and balance multiple deliverables.
• Highly effective stakeholder management skills and experience in managing cross-sector stakeholders.
• PMP/PRINCE2 certified or equivalent
• The ability to coach and mentor less experienced project delivery staff

Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders. Come and discover genuine job satisfaction by helping us deliver even better services to New Zealand.

What you'll get in return
A good work life balance, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to work with a high performing and growing change team. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We recognise a diverse workforce contributes to better business outcomes. We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees have equal access.

At the Department of Internal Affairs, the work we do makes New Zealand a better place for those born here, and those new New Zealanders who have chosen to call this country home.

The Digital Services branch is responsible for strategy and enabling functions that lead and contribute to digital maturity for digital customer-centred services, across both the public sector and Te Tari Taiwhenua. Being digitally mature means being focused not only on technology, but also governance, capability, and other attributes to deliver outcomes and better value for customers. The branch supports and enables agencies and Te Tari through providing strategy, advice, and delivery to progress modern and adaptive public services.