Principal Advisor Application Transition, Digital Services

Overview

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

The Principal Advisor Application Transition is responsible for the development, and ongoing evolution of allocated digital products. Operating at a delivery level, the role ensures products align with organisational goals and continue to deliver value over time, reduce risk, and maintain service continuity. Working closely with business stakeholders, delivery and operational teams, the Principal Advisor leads planning, stakeholder engagement, prioritisation and risk management activities. The role plays a key part in ensuring products are well-governed, strategically aligned, and positioned for re-use and long-term success.

About the Team / Service / Location

The Principal Advisor Application Transition sits within the Digital Applications & Products function under the wider Digital Services group. Reporting into the Manager Application Services, this team is focused on supporting digital products supporting Ministry of Health Regulatory functions, Health New Zealand Corporate functions (HR, Finance, Payroll, Recruitment, Clinical Quality and Safety, Risk Management, Training and Learning and Development) and applications supporting Health Sector Agreements management and Subsidy Payments.The function delivers standard change and supports minor change alongside the Digital Delivery function, prioritising reliability and consistency across services.

About you

You'll bring experience in leading delivery in complex products environments, ideally in the corporate applications or health sector. Confident in engaging stakeholders and simplifying technical detail, you're also a strong problem-solver with a customer-focused approach. You will have proven experience working with vendors, both at an operational and strategic level. You will also have the following skills and experience to support your success in the role :

• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex software products.
• Skilled in engaging with stakeholders, understanding their needs, and balancing conflicting priorities.
• Deep empathy for users, with a focus on solving real problems and delivering meaningful experiences.
• Expertise in creating, refining, and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure the team is always working on the most valuable items.
• Decisive and confident in recommending trade-offs to stakeholders, especially when balancing scope, time, and resources.
• Clear and effective communicator, able to articulate requirements, goals, and feedback to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and Scrum practices, including ceremonies, roles, and artifacts.
• Ability to interpret data, metrics, and user feedback to inform product decisions and measure success.
• Ability to understands the technical landscape enough to collaborate effectively with the development team.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa / New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and / or apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11 : 59pm on Friday 10th October . If you have any questions about the role, please contact Chloe-Mary Booth at

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.

Job details

Job Reference : HNZ /

Location : New Zealand - All Locations - Work from where you are

Job type : Permanent Full time

Expertise : Non-clinical - Information Technology - Information Technology

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