Head of Engineering Excellence

Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

Technology is evolving quickly, and how we engineer matters just as much as what we build. As Head of Engineering Excellence, you’ll help shape and uplift engineering practices across ANZ Technology in New Zealand, building greater consistency, capability and technical excellence across our engineering community.

Working collaboratively across NZ and Group Technology, you’ll champion modern engineering practices and help teams adopt enterprise standards in a way that works for our local environment. You’ll also play an important role in extending the use of AI and agentic engineering across our engineering teams, helping influence how we build software and deliver value for our customers

Role Location: This role can be based in Wellington or Auckland. Let us know what works for you.

Role Type: Permanent

Hours: Standard 37.5 hours

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like

As Head of Engineering Excellence, you will:

• Shape and embed engineering standards, practices and patterns across NZ Technology

• Lead the uplift of engineering capability and technical excellence across multiple domains

• Champion modern engineering approaches, including AI and agentic engineering, SecDevOps, automation and reliability engineering

• Partner with senior technology and engineering leaders to influence engineering direction and improve value delivery

• Connect teams across domains, encouraging shared practices and greater consistency across our engineering community

• Use data and metrics to understand engineering maturity, demonstrate value and identify opportunities for improvement

• Support thoughtful innovation and the adoption of new tools and techniques while maintaining alignment with enterprise standards and risk requirements.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To thrive and excel in this role, you should ideally possess the following:

• A deep engineering background and strong understanding of modern engineering practices, platforms and delivery models

• Experience uplifting engineering capability and technical excellence across multiple teams or domains

• A genuine passion for how AI can modernise software development, ideally supported by practical experience

• Experience defining or embedding engineering standards, frameworks or best practices at scale

• Strong knowledge of DevOps, cloud, automation and resilience practices

• A collaborative and influential approach, with the confidence to engage senior technology leaders and guide teams across a complex organisation

• The ability to balance enterprise direction with local business and regulatory requirements

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to turn complex technical ideas into clear, practical direction

• A relevant tertiary qualification, with professional certifications in areas such as cloud, engineering, security or agile delivery considered advantageous.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 127719.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Wednesday 18 November at 11.59pm (NZ)