Title: Project Delivery Lead
He aha ai tātou – Why us?
At One NZ we’re not just imagining the future, we’re building it. Our purpose? A better-connected Aotearoa New Zealand. Kia renarena te taukaea i Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our ambition? To become the most AI-enabled telco on the planet. This isn’t just about our technology, It’s about you. We’re investing in our people like never before.... empowering them to grow, lead, and shape what’s next.
Through our AI School, access to world-class learning platforms, or career pathways that evolve with you, we create an environment where your curiosity thrives, and your skills accelerate.
Join us and be part of something extraordinary: connect with purpose and help redefine what’s possible.
Uia mai koe te pātai, he aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? Māku koe e ki atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
“If you asked me, what is the greatest thing in this world, I would say it is people, it is people, it is people.”
Ko tō tūranga – your role
As a Project Delivery Lead, you are responsible for delivering small to medium-sized projects and supporting key workstreams within larger programmes across One New Zealand’s Enterprise Project Delivery team. You will work across planning, coordination, governance, and delivery to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Working closely with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, you will help drive successful delivery outcomes across infrastructure and technology environments, including complex live operational settings.
Ko tō mahi – what you’ll do
- Lead the coordination and delivery of projects or project workstreams, ensuring activities are well planned, effectively managed, and delivered to agreed timelines, scope, and quality standards
- Build strong and trusted relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, developing a solid understanding of their needs to support successful delivery outcomes
- Manage project budgets end to end, with full accountability for financial tracking, forecasting, reporting, and ensuring delivery remains aligned to approved funding
- Proactively manage project change, risks, and issues, ensuring they are identified early, assessed appropriately, and addressed in line with agreed standards and governance requirements
- Oversee supplier delivery and performance, ensuring partners meet agreed One NZ standards, project expectations, and contractual obligations
- Contribute to strong project management practice by supporting agreed KPIs and helping improve project tools, processes, methodologies, and ways of working across the wider team
Na tōu rourou - what you’ll bring
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience in project delivery, ideally across infrastructure, network, or technology environments
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Proven understanding of core IT, with experience delivering projects across hybrid and multi-vendor environments
- Experience delivering projects in regulated or government environments
- Proven ability to manage risks, dependencies, and competing priorities to achieve successful outcomes
- Experience working in live operational or safety-critical environments
- Confidence working across complex stakeholder and vendor landscapes
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent practical experience
- Awareness of health and safety requirements in live infrastructure environments is an advantage
Nā mātou te rourou – what you’ll get
- One New Zealand is leading the way by ensuring you can have a truly balanced life. Most roles allow flexibility to work from home and flex your hours to enjoy work & whānau commitments.
- A fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance cover for you and your family.
- Lifestyle leave, giving you the option to purchase an extra week or two of annual leave.
- Discounts on One New Zealand products, services and much more!
We are proudly Rainbow Tick certified and champion diversity of thought, perspective and background. Joining our whānau is more than starting a new job - it’s the beginning of a journey that will challenge and inspire you to play a role in something bigger.
Tū hikitia rā, tū hāpainga. Tū hāpainga, tū hikitia rā.
We stand to uplift, to support and to elevate others.