Portfolio Delivery Manager

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Work in a dynamic environment and play a key role in delivering transformational change
• Lead our project delivery teams, ensuring high efficiency, effective governance, and robust stakeholder engagement
• Have experience working with complex digital delivery projects
• Leverage your engagement, and collaboration skills 
• Permanent opportunity | Wellington Based
• Salary range $132,417 – 160,472 + KiwiSaver & Wellness Benefits

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving impactful change through technology, data, and strong stakeholder relationships? Join our dynamic Strategic, Technology and Security branch, where your leadership will shape the delivery of innovative services and systems that support better outcomes for New Zealanders. We're looking for a confident, commercially savvy professional to guide high-profile projects and ensure excellence in governance, vendor management, and benefits realisation.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

You will be part of the Strategy, Technology and Security Branch within Corporate and Digital Shared Services.  As the Portfolio Delivery Manager, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional technology and data solutions that drive government outcomes within the Corporate & Policy portfolio, reporting to the Head of Digital and Programmes – Corporate & Policy.

As a Portfolio Delivery Manager, you will be ensuring the successful delivery of digital initiatives for various internal business units.  Your initial focus will be to understand the context of the business units you will be serving, and deliver on a number of high-profile projects.

You will guide and influence projects in flight, leveraging your extensive commercial and technical knowledge, and exceptional relationship management skills. You will be instrumental in driving excellence through steering committee contributions, meticulous status reporting, and the development of compelling business cases and change requests.

Your leadership will extend to people management, ensuring our Coordinators, Change Managers and Project Managers are well-supported, trained, and effectively assigned to projects. You will be a key driver in building our team's capability through strategic recruitment and performance management.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required:

• 10+ years of senior project management experience.
  
• Extensive strategic leadership experience.
  
• Proven track record of leading large project delivery teams in a matrix environment.
  
• Strong expertise in governance, compliance, contract, and vendor management.
  
• Extensive experience running simultaneous programs of work in a central government setting.
  
• Proven ability to act as a trusted advisor to diverse stakeholders.
  
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills in complex environments.
  
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
  
• Experience as a people leader, building a positive culture and leading project resources is highly desirable.
  
• Well-networked and respected within the industry.
  
• Experience delivering projects using Waterfall methodologies, with some Agile experience desirable.
  

*You must be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident visa holder. 

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Email Roxana Anderson at roxana.anderson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/19157 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Thursday, 26th March 2026