Manager Quality

**Location**: Flexible, anywhere in NZ

**Service**: Data & Digital

**Contract**: Permanent, full time
- Be part of the national transformation in health
- Opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Flexible working fully supported to balance your work and lifestyle

Join our Data & Digital team and be a member of our National Digital Services Capabilities leadership team.
Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
It's not very often something happens that's big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the motu. That's what we're talking about here. The provision of health services in Aotearoa, and how they are delivered, is about to change in a big way.
Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora-Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of health services in Aotearoa for generations to come and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our whānau. Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system. Join us in this mahi...
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Joining our Data & Digital team, you will be a member of our National Digital Services Capabilities leadership team who share the collective accountability for maintaining and enhancing technology services, as well as implementing and supporting Te Whatu Ora priorities. You will work closely with the other members of the capabilities leadership team and also across the wider group to ensure that the capability area you lead meets the needs of the organisation.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the people, processes, and technology associated with the Quality and Testing capability are fit for purpose, easily consumed, and meet the needs of practice consumers across Data & Digital and the wider organisation. You will operate at the practice leadership and people leadership level to ensure that the quality and testing capability is well understood, easily accessible, fit for purpose, and delivering value.
Operating in a matrix delivery model, you will lead team members in the practice as well as Te Whatu Ora vendors to ensure common ways of working and that quality and testing commitments are delivered to the agreed standard. This includes ensuring that the team has the necessary skills and resources to deliver projects successfully, as well as ensuring that the team's processes and technology are aligned with the needs of the organisation.
Mōu | About you
As an experienced Quality and Testing leader, you will have a strong understanding of the quality and testing landscape and be able to bring new ideas and best practices to the team. You will have the ability to lead, motivate and inspire a team of professionals, build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and bring along your strong communication and problem-solving skills. The role blends people leadership with practice leadership and you'll be someone who can turn theory into practice and show creativity when solving problems.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**:

- Seasoned experience in a similar role in a large and complex organisation.
- Experience in a relevant ICT leadership role with a background in ICT management including working with internal and external stakeholders
- Significant experience and knowledge in testing, automation and quality assurance
- Strong project management skills such as managing costs, resources and workflows in a required task
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and encourage teams in an environment of change, financial prudence and an increasing level of digital maturity across the organisation
- Proven relationship building skills and well-developed communication skills.
- Proven ability in managing suppliers and vendors.
- Strong financial management of operational budgets
- Demonstrated intuition and the ability to balance good process with the need to make clear decisions in demanding situations such as. priority service outages.
- Demonstrated ability to work under tight timeframes and manage competing priorities while remaining resilient under pressure.

Previous work experience in the Health Sector or Government would be desirable for success in this role.
This role requires and/or would benefit from the following
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a willingness to learn and grow.

Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us
Te painga o te mahi tahi me matou | Benefits
This is a truly rewarding role where you will come to work each day making a difference, leading change, and creating capabilities across our health service. Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working, offers learning and growth opportunities and gives all staff fiv