Platform Lead - CI/CD

Worker Type:

Permanent

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

We have an opportunity for an experienced leader to join our Technology CI/CD team as Platform Lead.

The CI/CD team are responsible for promoting the CI/CD Capability within the BNZ including providing pipelines and deployment tooling (with a major focus on the Bank’s Kubernetes platforms) and also other ancillary tooling such as Artifact Stores, and Source Control. 

Mō te Role | About the Role 

We sat down with our Platform Manager, and they let us know the following about the role (role).  

What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete? 

• Collaborate across Platforms and Engineering to help drive the customer vision for platforms and developer experience with a focus on CI/CD processes and platforms, roadmaps and outcomes 
•  Support and guide the team through customer problems to solve and ensure platform currency, security and standards are being met to a high standard 
•  Maintain both a Run and Grow portfolio of work and it’s supporting technology channels such as Teams & Jira ensuring that work is completed within SLA guidelines.  
• People leadership, guidance and upskilling. Being able to grow our people and help them learn and grow in their roles.  
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to be able to work across tech to achieve outcomes for our tech strategy.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity? 

This role sets and enables the direction of CI/CD practices for the organisation. There are many areas of opportunity and a lot of new and cool technologies and customer problems to explore. 

What will success look like for the candidate in this role? 

Delivering excellent experiences through CI/CD, removing complexities and enabling our customers to be able to focus on the things that matter most to them 

What is your favourite thing about working for BNZ? 

The people – the best teams, doing such significant work!

What technical skills are required for this role? 

We are looking for a passionate advocate for all things CI/CD with experience leading the team and the wider organisation to better CI/CD outcomes. You’ll thrive off making things faster and simpler while increasing the security posture of the organisation.  You will also bring:

• Fundamental grasp of the basics of CI/CD technologies to support the team through product and technical decision making 
• Product Ownership Experience: Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role, ideally in platform products.   
• People Leadership: Experience in leading and developing technical teams through all stages of the employee lifecycle.   
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of software development processes and platform architecture.   
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Ability to use data and KPIs to inform prioritisation and product decisions.   
• Agile Methodologies: Proficient in agile practices, including sprint planning and user story development. 

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role? 

We’re looking for someone with a passion for product and user experience. You will thrive on collaboration and solving interesting customer problems to deliver for our teams and customers.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand  

Please note applications close Tuesday 30 September 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us!  We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”

Closing Date: 30 September 2025

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.