Why You’ll Love Working With Us

Some of the key benefits for the position and employment at Programmed, include:

• Competitive compensation: Earn attractive base salary that reflects your skills and experience.
• Unique career opportunity: Lead, grow, and transform our PMO function across New Zealand and drive it’s continued impact.
• Volunteer leave on full pay: Take two paid days each year to give back to causes you care about and make a difference in your community.
• Quarterly connection events: Join our Big Breakfasts each quarter to celebrate inclusion, build connections, and share in company culture.
• Exclusive perks & discounts: Enjoy savings with popular brands like Hello Fresh, New Balance, Torpedo7, Mico & more.
• Your well-being, our priority: Health insurance discounts, generous paid parental leave and access to our Employee Assistance Program, including tailored well-being initiatives designed to support your personal and family needs.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven National Manager, Project Delivery to lead our Project Management Office (PMO) in New Zealand. This is a permanent, full-time position that can be based in Wellington, Auckland, or Christchurch, and plays a critical leadership role within our Facility Management business.

Reporting to the Head of Facility Management, NZ, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of capital projects across a diverse portfolio of high-profile facility management contracts. Managing a team of up to 10 Project Managers, and growing, you will drive excellence in project governance, delivery, and performance. Our projects range in value from ~$100K to $2M, covering everything from road resealing and fencing to demolition and major mechanical infrastructure upgrades.

Your role will centre on ensuring project scoping, feasibility, and commercials are sound; overseeing successful delivery to scope, time, and budget; and embedding a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and client satisfaction. You’ll work closely with senior leadership, clients, and stakeholders to align project outcomes with broader business goals.

Leveraging your extensive project management experience and leadership capabilities, your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead the PMO function and execution of capital projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project requirements including budget and schedule control.
• Actively engage with clients and stakeholders, building strong relationships to secure new business and repeat opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships across contracts, fostering trust, service excellence, and long-term partnership opportunities.
• Drive business development efforts, securing new work through strategic client engagement and market research.
• Mentor and support Project Managers, providing guidance and governance to ensure project success.
• Collaborate with senior management to define and execute long-term business strategies and project goals.
• Ensure the implementation of safety, quality, and environmental standards across all projects.
• Provide regular project reporting, including financial tracking, risk management, and project forecasting.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have a proven track record in managing complex capital projects in a PMO environment, ideally within facility management, construction, infrastructure, or related sectors. You will bring strong business acumen, exceptional leadership skills, and a deep understanding of project delivery and risk management.

Additionally, you will demonstrate and possess the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end capital project governance, including feasibility, commercials, and close-out processes.
• Strong business development experience with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proven expertise in project leadership, financial management, and operational efficiency.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of industry ‘best practices’ and regulatory requirements in project delivery.
• A passion for leading teams and driving performance in a collaborative, safety-focused environment.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools, with a focus on streamlining operations and improving project outcomes.

• Cultural alignment with our core values: Safety Leadership, Care & Empathy, Customer Service, and Diversity, Inclusion & Equality

About Us

Programmed is a leading provider of operations and maintenance services across all industry sectors including education, health, infrastructure, manufacturing, transport and mining in Australia and New Zealand. 

Our Facility Management business unit partners with our valued clients to deliver a comprehensive range of facilities management from small repair work to managing large-scale facilities and infrastructure networks.

We encourage career development, support flexibility and care about your personal wellbeing and safety. Join the Programmed team today. 

Work With Us

Submit your application today and join us on our mission to build outstanding people, strong customers, and great communities.

Our Commitment

Programmed and PERSOLKELLY supports a workplace culture of zero harm and encourages this in all that we do.

Programmed and PERSOLKELLY strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

To learn more about working with Programmed and PERSOLKELLY, we encourage you to visit our website.