Practice Lead

1 day ago

Wellington City, New Zealand Datacom Full time

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

Our Purpose
The Digital Engineering team is part of Datacom’s Application Services (Software) group. We provide high value custom software solutions and consulting services to leading Australasian businesses. We create solutions which deliver measurable value to our clients’ businesses.
Our mission is to deliver the best business value, aligning to our clients’ strategic objectives, by engaging closely with our client stakeholders throughout the engagement. This is achieved through aligning stakeholders on requirements that will deliver the expected value outcomes, collaborating at every step of the delivery pathway, and by regularly gaining business feedback on the functionality and value delivered. Our teams have a continual focus on quality as well as ongoing delivery improvements. With specialists in business analysis, architecture, development, testing and delivery management we are able to design and build leading solutions for any business challenge or opportunity.

About the Role
The Delivery Practice Lead is a leadership role within the Digital Engineering Service line reporting to the Delivery Practice Manager. The role has variety and opportunity for growth and includes the following focus areas:
People Management and Leadership
As line manager of a team of Delivery Leads, you will have responsibility for all elements of managing people, providing strong leadership and mentoring, along with hiring new team members.
Delivery Governance
You will have full visibility of the delivery status of your team members’ engagements and will coach and support them through deliveries to achieve customer satisfaction. You will be their first point of escalation and will further escalate to the Delivery Practice Manager where required.
Financial Management
You'll need sound financial skills, enabling you to coach your team members with their delivery financial reporting.

Sales focus
Everyone at Datacom is a salesperson, and we all take every opportunity to convert customer needs to sales. In this role you will need be able to identify opportunities as they arise and alert our wider Digital Engineering team so that they can address and close the sale.
This Practice Lead role will be conducted in parallel with your current billable customer engagement role.

**Some of your day-to-day duties will include**:

- Your billable customer Delivery Lead role
- Regular line management and delivery governance coaching meetings with your team members
- Reviewing and providing feedback on your team members’ delivery reporting
- Contributing to Delivery Governance forums
- Internal escalation of any delivery concerns
- Resource planning, including hiring, developing team skills and assigning work
- Developing & championing new and existing services and products within your practice scope
- Developing collateral to support these services and products
- Collating case studies on previous projects
- Building your practice’s internal brand within Datacom
- Providing line management leadership, coaching and support
- Being the first point of delivery escalation for your team members and take ownership for outcomes
- Providing delivery governance leadership including setting best practices, standards, creating documentation and performing reviews
- Representing your team to internal stakeholders

**Your leadership skills and experience will be required for**:
Why Datacom?
Here at Datacom, It's the People We are caring and humble and foster an environment where we can bring our best selves to work. Our people make the difference.
A value we hold strong, it's our fantastic team that’s testament to the continued success of our business.
Your career and continued learning and development are front and centre of conversations in our teams. If you choose a technical career focus, or leadership and supporting people is your thing, we have a pathway that will help you achieve these goals Not to mention an amazing team of experienced mentors to support you getting there. We have a leadership framework created for people through all stages of their career journeys.
Datacom’s reputation has been shaped by investing in our people, our culture, and, ultimately, our clients. We can offer the most exciting customer opportunities, whilst ensuring stability, opportunity, and great benefits
Through challenging times recently and last year, where we have seen the Nation locked down, we carry on, working remotely, and in more ‘normal’ times we offer the flexibility and benefits of a hybrid working model. We’ve even continued to thrive and grow through these times

  • Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    **Type**: Permanent Hours: Full time Location: Wellington Business Group: Technology Services and Solutions Branch: Organisational Capability and' Services Starting Salary: $110,590 - $148,810 Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders. Technology Services and Solutions...

  • Practice Lead, Software Engineering Practice

    5 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    About us The Ministry of Social Development is a people-centred organisation. We're in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent. We provide social policy and advice to government and assistance, including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and...

  • Architecture Practice Lead

    1 week ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Leading the improvement of our architecture practices and establish plans to grow our practice maturity, - Own and continually develop our architecture standards, guidelines and frameworks, - Grow the architecture communities of practice and guild, our communities are a safe place to question and learn. **Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role**: Join a...

  • Coordination Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a critical function with a critical mission? - Wellington, The Terrace - Permanent Our Project and Programme Coordinators are at the centre of our delivery and are critical to helping it run smoothly! The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office for Oranga Tamariki is a critical enabler for delivering better outcomes...

  • Practice Lead Outcomes

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    **Type**: Fixed Term (2 years)Hours: Full timeLocation: WellingtonBusiness Group: Te Waka AukahaBranch: Service Delivery and Operations Salary: $107,338 - $143,809 Our Hāpai Hapori (Community Operations) team, is at the heart of this work. We have people across the motu, and they work with hapori, hapu and iwi groups to help them understand the support...

  • Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Auckland City, New Zealand Mercury Full time

    Tiakina te anamata, mā te tūhono i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhi o te inamata. Taking care of tomorrow: connecting people and place today. Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwi than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our...

  • Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Auckland City, New Zealand Mercury Full time

    Tiakina te anamata, mā te tūhono i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhi o te inamata. Taking care of tomorrow: connecting people and place today. Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwi than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our...

  • Practice Lead

    5 days ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand Datacom Full time

    Our purpose Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in. The Nuts and Bolts About the Role Are you an experienced Product Manager who loves to coach others and wants to focus on doing this more? Maybe you already have some experience in...

  • Rn Practice Lead

    1 week ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand MASH Trust Full time

    Do you have experience working within the disability field? Is professional development important to you? We are looking for a passionate person to lead our team, to support people in reaching their goals and being part of their community? If so, come join the MASH Trust Team! We have a full-time position for a Registered Nurse as a Practice Lead in our...

  • Practice Lead Business Analysis

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Lead our EPMO's Business Analysis capability to greater heights! - Wellington, The Terrace - Permanent Create a vision for Business Analysis excellence within Oranga Tamariki! The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office for Oranga Tamariki is a critical enabler for delivering better outcomes for tamariki in our care. If you want to work for an organisation...

  • Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Auckland City, New Zealand BNZ Full time

    **Ko mātou tēnei | This is Us** Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We mahi (work) together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions though our promise 'If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way'. This newly created Practice Lead - Business Analysis role offers the challenge and opportunity of leading and...

  • Practice Lead

    19 hours ago

    Auckland City, New Zealand Datacom Full time

    Our purpose Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in The Nuts and Bolts About the Role Datapay sits within the payroll division at Datacom. Our purpose is to provide ‘payroll which engages employees’. We want to create software that...

  • National System Practice Leads

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    National System Practice Lead Te Puna Aonui National Office Wellington Six-month Fixed Term Contract Te Haeata/The Opportunity The foundation of the National System Practice Lead role is built on 5 principles created during formulation of the family violence workforce and organisational capability frameworks, (the Family Violence Entry to Expert and...

  • National System Practice Leads

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Ministry of Justice Full time

    **National System Practice Lead** **Te Puna Aonui** **National Office Wellington** **Six-month Fixed Term Contract** **Te Haeata/The Opportunity** The foundation of the National System Practice Lead role is built on 5 principles created during formulation of the family violence workforce and organisational capability frameworks, (the Family Violence...

  • Project Management, Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    We're looking for a leader to excite and unite our Project Managers! - Wellington, The Terrace - Permanent The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office for Oranga Tamariki is a critical enabler for delivering better outcomes for tamariki in our care. If you want to work for an organisation with an unbeatable mission, that is serious about delivering better...

  • Practice Lead

    2 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Seeking a highly capable leader to lead a high performance project team - **MUST** have civil infrastructure Project Management Experience - Role could be located in Palmerston North, Napier or New Plymouth - Role could also be located in Wellington but will require frequent travel to the regions on a weekly basis. **MUST **be able to commit. **Te**...

  • Digital Development Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand H2R Consulting Full time

    **Location**: Wellington Type: Permanent / Full Time Reference: 829495 Our client is a well known NZ consultancy that due to expansion is looking for their next Digital Development Practice Lead. This practice looks after full stack web and mobile development and the successful applicant will help drive innovation and shape a growing team. This role will...

  • Practice Lead

    2 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand Stantec Full time

    Practice Lead - Network Planning - ( 2400049Y ) **Description** PRACTICE LEAD - NETWORK PLANNING / PRINCIPAL MODELLER Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we...

  • Change Management, Practice Lead

    7 months ago

    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Bring your Change Management expertise and leadership experience to the fore - Wellington, The Terrace - Permanent This opportunity for leadership in the Change Management space is one you won't want to miss out on! The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office for Oranga Tamariki is a critical enabler for delivering better outcomes for tamariki in our care....

  • Architecture Practice Lead

    4 months ago

    Wellington Central, New Zealand IHC New Zealand Full time

    **Mō te tūnga | About the role** We are seeking an experienced Architecture Practice Lead to oversee the IHC Enterprise Architecture practice. In this leadership role, you will manage architecture activities across IHC, ensuring alignment with our strategy, principles, and regulatory standards. You'll lead the architecture team, fostering collaboration to...