Are you ready to take on a dynamic challenge for one of New Zealand's leading banks?
We are seeking an exceptional Senior Leader to play a pivotal role leading our core banking transformation.
At ASB, we're more than a bank.
We're a purpose-led organisation helping people, communities, and our environment thrive together.
Our values of Courage, Care, and Curiosity guide us every day.
We see you, we back you, we lift you.
As one of Aotearoa's most trusted banking partners, we offer the scale and stability of a large organisation while recognising and valuing each person's contribution.
As our new Tribe Tech Lead – Core, you'll play a pivotal role in our core banking transformation.
You'll lead a multi-year journey to revolutionise our systems, simplify and enhance customer experiences, and drive innovation across ASB.
Key accountabilities
Define the Tribe's technology roadmap and make meaningful progress towards the target state
Oversee delivery of technology outcomes especially the core modernisation, ensuring projects meet quality standards and align with Tribe and ASB objectives
Act as a strategic collaborator to the Tribe Lead and CXOs / CXLs, co-defining key technology investments
Ensure delivery of technology changesrequiredfor the wider ASB organisation
Proactivelyidentifyand address escalations, ensuring smooth technology delivery within the Tribe
Manage core technology assets, ensuring reliability, stability, address technical risks, and elevate asrequired
Determine theoptimaltechnology capability mix and develop Chapter Leads
Foster a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement of processes, technologies, and methodologiestowards engineering best practice
You'll be responsible for
Creating andmaintaininga clear, actionable technology roadmap aligned with ASB strategy
Delivering business and technology outcomes with minimal disruption
Unblocking technology blockers and resolving delivery bottlenecks
Providing strategic and people leadership to Tech Area Lead and Chapter Leads
Driving strategic technology investments to support Tribe objectives
Ensuring Tribe technology systems meet standards and controls, uplifting engineering craft
Maintaining a healthy, engaged, and well-resourced engineering workforce
Maintaining strong relationships with Tribe Leads, Product Owners, and third-party vendors
You are a seasoned senior leader in technology, ready to set the vision and bring people together.
You thrive in complex environments and know how to empower teams to deliver great outcomes.
Qualifications
Demonstrated success in senior technology leadership roles, ideally within large or complex organisations in a transformation context
Deep expertise in software development, systems architecture, infrastructure, and engineering practices
Proven ability to set strategic vision and deliver technology evolution through effective planning and execution
Collaborative leadership style that empowers and influences teams to achieve aligned outcomes
Broad technical capability across data, digital, and technology
Experience leading transformation and adopting agile and DevOps methodologies
Our values guide everything we do for our team, customers, and community.
At ASB, you will enjoy :
Career growth through learning and development, training, courses, and internal opportunities
An inclusive culture with values-led teams that celebrate diversity and support employee-led communities
Health and wellbeing support, including Southern Cross Wellbeing One health insurance, lifestyle and volunteering leave, and mental wellbeing support
Meaningful benefits such as discounted banking, insurance, and a generous parental leave top-up
Impactful work as part of a purpose-led organisation that makes a difference for New Zealanders
Me pehea te tono | How to apply?
If this sounds like your next move, click "apply".
We would love to hear from you.
Please note that successful candidates will need to complete pre-employment checks.
These may include a Police Check, Credit Check, compliance checks, and qualification verification in New Zealand and overseas if required.
To serve a diverse community, we need a diverse organisation.
We encourage applicants from all backgrounds who bring unique perspectives and thinking styles that add to the culture and performance of our team.
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Tech Lead • Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand