General Manager Investment Management

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Our purpose is to empower New Zealand’s energy future, enabling a net-zero carbon economy and a reliable, secure electricity system.

Our context\n

Few electricity organisations globallyoperateacross grid ownership, power system operation, renewable integration, and HVDC transmission. At Transpower, these responsibilities come together in our role at the centre of New Zealand’s national electricity system.

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The scale and complexity of our work programme is expected to more than double in the nextfiveyears. To meet this challengeat pace, we are evolving the way we work, strengthening capability, and positioning ourselves to deliver the infrastructure, planning,and system outcomes New Zealand will need for decades to come.

Grid Developmentis the division thatshapes the future of New Zealand’s transmission network\n

By bringing together network strategy, integrated planning, investment management,projectengineering, technicalcapability, and governance, we willensure the National Grid continues to meet customer, system, and long-term energy needs.

The opportunity – a newenterprise leadership role\n

As amember of the Grid Development LeadershipTeam,you’llworkenterprise-widetoset the strategic direction and framework for the newly established Investment Management team within Grid Development.You’llshapehow Transpower’s investments deliver agreed outcomes, benefits, and enduring value for New Zealand. Working collaboratively,you’llprovide:

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• Leadership and alignment: leading the function and influencing executives, governance forums, customers, regulators, stakeholders, and partners.
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• Funding and investment advice: supporting major capital, listed project, and regulated funding proposals with evidence-based advice.
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• Portfolio prioritisation and trade-offs: owning prioritisation frameworks, decision rights, and transparent trade-off decisions.
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• Investment value and outcomes: ensuring base, customer, and major capital value chains deliver intended benefits.
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You’llbuild andleadyour team ofInvestment Value Managers andAsset GridInvestment advisory professionals,whoconvert customer, asset, and system needs into integrated investment decisions. This requiresthe ability tobalancevalue, cost, scope, quality, risk, customer outcomes, regulatory expectations, and delivery constraints.

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You’llalso play a key role in maturing the operating model, clarifying accountabilities and interfaces, and ensuring investment decisions are integrated across planning, delivery, commercial, customer, and system outcomes.

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We are interested in leaders who bring enterprise-level investment judgement,systems thinking,portfolio discipline, commercial insight, and the ability to influence complex decisions. Deep electricity sector experience is valuable, but not essential.

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Youwillbringleadership experience acrosscomplex investment,portfolio,infrastructure, asset, capital works, or value-streamenvironments, along withsound judgement in ambiguity, commercial acuity, and confidence interpreting financial and performance information. Delivery-oriented,you’llhavea track recordof influencingsenior stakeholders,leadingchange, andbuildinginclusive, high-performing teams.

In yourCVwe’llbe looking for evidenceof:\n

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• Executive or senior leadership accountability for significant investment, portfolio, infrastructure, asset, capital works, or value-streamfunctions.
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• Leadership ofseniormanagers or specialist teams, including examples of building capability, improving performance, and strengthening accountability.
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• Accountability for business planning, performance, resourcing, and budget management within acomplex function.
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• Portfolioprioritisation, investment governance,risk and assurance,trade-offdecisions, benefit delivery, value realisation, and performance improvementacross complex portfolios.
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• Commercial decision-making that balancesvalue, cost, risk, delivery constraints, customer outcomes, andlong-termobjectives.
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• Highly effectivecommunication skills andtheability tobuild alignment withexecutives, governance forums, regulators, customers, delivery partners, or industry stakeholders. While not essential, pleasetellus if you have experience supporting major capital, listed project, or regulated funding proposals.
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Exposureto electricity, regulated infrastructure, utilities, transport, or other asset-intensive environments would beadvantageousbut is not essential.

Join us at Transpower\n

At Transpower, our people are connected by purpose: empowering New Zealand’s energy future. We bring diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges, make considered decisions, and deliver work that matters for generations to come.

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As a senior leader, you’ll be part of an organisation where visibility, connection, and communication matter. You’ll help create clarity, bring people together, and lead through complexity as we deliver infrastructure outcomes of national significance. We offer intellectually stimulating work, ongoing learning, and a range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits. Learn more here: Staff benefits | Transpower

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Applications close Friday 11 September and will be reviewed as they are received. We may contact candidates ahead of the closing date for an initial exploratory conversation.

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Expertise Asset Management, CEO and General Management, Management , Project Management, Regulatory

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Transpower’s careers website is the official channel for advertised vacancies. Any correspondence from Transpowerregarding a role will be from [email protected] or a similaremail address.

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