Senior Strategy Manager

Auckland based | Reporting to GM Strategy Execution

At ASB, we're committed to helping our customers and communities thrive. As we continue to evolve and deliver on our strategic ambitions, we're looking for a highly capable Senior Strategy Manager to help shape how enterprise priorities are set, aligned and executed across the bank.

This is a rare opportunity to work directly with ASB's Senior Leadership Team, helping shape enterprise priorities, drive strategic decision-making, and ensure our most important initiatives deliver measurable business value.

Working at the heart of ASB's strategic decision-making, you'll partner with senior leaders across the enterprise to connect strategy, planning and performance, ensuring ASB's priorities are clearly defined, sequenced effectively, and delivered through strong enterprise rhythms.

As Senior Strategy Manager, you will:

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• Lead ASB's enterprise planning and performance rhythms, including Executive Quarterly Business Reviews (eQBRs) and support big room planning sessions
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• Drive strategic prioritisation and sequencing, preparing options, recommendations and trade-offs for Executive Leadership Team discussions
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• Translate strategy into clear priorities, performance measures and actionable outcomes
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• Develop executive-ready insights and materials for CEO, ELT and Board discussions
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• Provide visibility of enterprise performance, risks, strategic dependencies and required interventions
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• Support annual operating planning and enterprise-wide alignment
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• Embed consistent performance reporting across scorecards, OKRs and customer outcomes
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• Connect insights across strategy, finance, risk, delivery and business teams to support enterprise decision-making
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• Build strong relationships across Business Units, Centres of Expertise and senior leadership teams
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You’ll be comfortable operating at an enterprise level, helping senior leaders make prioritisation decisions that deliver meaningful commercial outcomes.

You thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving ambiguous challenges, and can bring clarity, alignment and momentum across multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

You’ll bring:

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• Experience in strategy, enterprise planning, transformation or performance management
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• Strong commercial acumen and experience supporting prioritisation and investment decisions
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• Experience leading Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), operating reviews or enterprise planning forums
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• Strong understanding of agile or scaled agile environments
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• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and navigate complex stakeholder environments
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• Experience working across multiple business functions to align priorities and manage dependencies
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• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, translating data into insights and action
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• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with confidence engaging Executive and Board-level audiences
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This is a rare opportunity to operate at the centre of ASB's strategic decision-making.

Working closely with the Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders across the bank, you’ll help shape enterprise priorities, influence investment and resource decisions, and drive the strategic planning rhythms that connect strategy to execution.

At ASB, our values are more than just words.They’reanchors to who we are and wherewe’vecome from. They guide how we work together, how we show up for our customers and communities, and how we shape the future of ASB.

Kia Manaaki | Care– Care is about lifting our people, customers and communities to reach their potential

KiaMāia| Courage– Courage is about doing the right thing even when it feels hard

Kia Mahira | Curiosity– Curiosity is about better decision making and applying judgement before we act

What you can expect:

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• Flexible and supportive working environment
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• Comprehensive wellbeing and benefits offering
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• Inclusive culture where you can bring your whole self to work
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• Opportunities to grow your capability and develop your career
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All applications will be treated with confidentiality and must be submitted via our online careers channel.

To serve a diverse community, we need a diverse organisation. We encourage applicants from allbackgrounds who bring unique perspectives and thinking styles that add to the culture andperformance of our team.