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Manager, Digital Engineering

Manager, Digital Engineering

IAGChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
30+ days ago
Job description

About the Role

Join the largest general insurance group in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We’re a top-tier ASX-listed company helping to make the world a safer place through creating a stronger and more resilient business and enabling our portfolio of iconic insurance brands.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

Are you passionate about leading high-performing engineering teams and driving technical excellence at scale? We’re looking for a strategic and inspiring Manager – Digital Engineering in our retail technology business to elevate our technical and engineering capabilities across Digital Sales & Services platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of Technical Leads, while influencing a wider community of engineers across multiple squads.
  • Establish and uphold engineering standards, ensuring architectural consistency and technical quality across platforms.
  • Define and execute technical strategy that supports brand autonomy and enables faster, decoupled releases and improve speed to value.
  • Champion engineering culture through Dev Guilds, capability uplift, and fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
  • Influence the tech platform roadmap, aligning engineering initiatives with business goals and modern delivery practices.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable, maintainable, and customer-centric digital solutions.

Our Tech Ecosystem

  • Frontend : React, Tailwind, Storybook
  • Backend : NestJS, AWS (Lambda, Microservices)
  • Tooling : NewRelic, Playwright, GitHub Copilot, Nx, RsPack
  • This is a full-time permanent opportunity based in major locations of Australia and New Zealand.

    About You

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams in complex, multi-brand digital environments.
  • Strong technical foundation in modern web technologies and cloud-native architectures.
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to translate vision into actionable roadmaps.
  • Passion for mentoring and uplifting engineering capability.
  • Experience with platform thinking, federated delivery models, and enabling autonomy at scale.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and can deal with ambiguity.
  • Applications close on Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 23 : 59 AEST.

    Benefits

  • Boosted Kiwisaver with 4% employer contribution and life insurance as standard.
  • Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.
  • Annual $500 Health & Wellbeing payment.
  • 5 myLeave days per year on top of annual leave.
  • Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex.
  • Employment type eligibility criteria apply.
  • About Us

    IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilient design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest. We acknowledge Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa and are committed to growing Māori prosperity and wellbeing in Aotearoa through He Rautaki Māori (IAG’s Māori Strategy). We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. And we expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual. We’re passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter. We’re proud to be an accredited family-friendly workplace and are committed to being a safe and supportive space for all our employees. We do this because we’re ready for you.

    We’re ready for you. Apply today.

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