Director - Transformation

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey. Lead Kāinga Ora's transformation delivery capability and serve as senior strategic advisor to the GM Transformation on enterprise roadmaps. About Kāinga Ora | Mō Kāinga Ora Kāinga Ora manages over 77,000 state houses, providing stable homes for more than 200,000 New Zealanders. Established in 2019, we deliver quality social housing, lead urban development projects, and create connected neighbourhoods with essential community infrastructure across Aotearoa. Guided by three core values, Manaakitanga (putting people first), Mahi Tahi (achieving more by working together), and Whanake (striving for better), they partner with government agencies, councils, iwi, and private sector organisations to deliver innovative, sustainable housing solutions that help people build stable lives. About the Role | Mō te Tūranga Kāinga Ora's Transformation Office leads the country's biggest change programme. You'll own the internal delivery capability and serve as the GM Transformation's senior advisor on enterprise roadmaps and executive engagement. Your day-to-day will include: Shaping and maintaining the enterprise transformation roadmap across workstreams Providing advisory and delivery support to the Technology Modernisation Programme Building transformation maturity and capability across the organisation Partnering with executives to identify, frame and mature transformation initiatives Owning delivery governance across workstreams and intervening early where risk emerges Your approach will be defined by: Executive presence that commands credibility without relying on title Emotional intelligence and humility; you're here to contribute and learn An instinct for turning complexity into clear, coordinated action Accountability and urgency: you make hard calls when they're needed Next Steps This ad was written with help from AI, but your application will be reviewed by a real human, Craig: #J-18808-Ljbffr