Programme Manager

About RSHL

RSHL is a council-controlledorganisationthat enables regional councils to collaborate and achievemore together. We deliver shared services and sector-wide solutions that improve consistency, reduce cost, and strengthen public value.

• Permanent, fulltime role
• Fully flexible location (work from home, with council offices available asrequired)
• Competitive salary, sized to experience

The Role

Lead one of New Zealand's most significant public-sector digital transformation programmes. As Programme Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering IRIS NextGen, a complex, multi-year programme to modernise regulatory systems across regional councils nationwide in the replacement of the legacy IRIS Classic application.

You willbe responsible forcoordinating, leading and supporting multiple, interdependent workstreams spanning:

• Software design, build andtest
• Crosscouncil implementations over a tightly sequenced, threeyear deployment schedule
• Sector alignment around consistent good practice
• Stakeholder engagement and governance across councils,vendorsand stakeholder groups

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the IRIS NextGenprogramme, ensuring outcomes are achieved on time and within agreed funding
• Ensure programmeplanning, dependencies, risks, issues and change activities align to best practice
• Work closely with councils, clients, productmanagementand governance groups tomaintainalignment and momentum
• Coordinate multiple concurrent council implementations with minimal tolerance for slippage
• Embed robustprogramme and change management disciplines across the lifecycle
• Provide clear,timelyand professional reporting to senior stakeholders and programme governance groups

As theProgrammeManager, you will provide leadership across theIRIS NextGen programme implementation and roadmap, working within RSHL's Programme Management Office.This role demands confidenceoperating in complexity, influencing without authority, and balancing deliveryrigorwithin a collaborative partnership.

This is a rare opportunity to shape good practice, leada sophisticatedsoftware transformation, and work collaboratively with councils and technology partners on a national scale.

About You

You are a seasonedProgrammeManager with a strongtrack recorddeliveringlarge-scale, multiorganisationtechnologyprogrammes.

You'll bring:

• Proven experience leading complex digital or enterprise softwareprogrammes;
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and SaaS implementations;
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups;
• Confidence managing delivery environments with little slack in timelines;
• A strategic, future focused mindset paired with hands on delivery discipline;
• Excellent communication skills and professional credibility at senior levels;
• Experience working with councils, shared services, or collaborative sector programmeswill be highly regarded.

If you are ready to lead aprogrammethat truly matters to councils,communitiesand the future of regional regulation, we would welcome your application.

Applications close when a suitable candidate is found.