Technology People Lead

Mō te tūranga | About the role

The purpose of a People Lead is to ensure the capabilities, performance, training requirements, career planning and development needs of the people are catered for to build a high-performance and ‘can do’ culture. In conjunction with providing support and leadership, the People Lead provides coaching and mentoring to the staff within the team through the promotion of appropriate business area culture policy, processes, and standard practices as part of the structured performance management process and assisting them in planning their career progression.

The People Lead will work with relevant stakeholders across the relevant Chapter(s) and Digital to develop fit-for-purpose and effective workforce planning for their area, including implementing those plans, covering recruitment, diversity development, onboarding and offboarding of people within the team, as needed.

Talent, People Strategy and Planning Leader- Co-ordinates the ongoing talent management and resourcing strategy (supporting the Technology Area Lead and Chapter Area Lead) to plan and manage a service group's current and future talent and resource needs.-
- Establishes a positive culture, together with a healthy and safe working environment in accordance with legislation and regulations.People Leadership and Development- Leads with the Tech Area Lead and Heads of Digital to develop a constructive and high-performing culture that leads to the ongoing growth of a highly engaged team to maximise employee and organisation performance.-
- Manages, develops, and grows high-performing people in accordance with Westpac’s people principles and processes. This includes providing role clarity, maximising employee performance, and mentoring and coaching to ensure the right people in the right roles deliver the services required to achieve business objectives.-
- Contributes extensively to the wider Digital areas and collaborates to drive and deliver the Digital Strategy-
- Coaches and develops team members to deliver Digital Strategy-
- Demonstrated success in leading cultural transformation and driving change.-
- Ability to act independently within the agreed framework.Internal Technology, own Business Unit and Partner Collaboration.- Oversee and influences relationship with and between key stakeholders - Leaders and Senior Leaders within the organisation, including the community of People Leaders.-
- Works with partners and providers to augment or enhance our people resourcing mix to meet the demands of Digital outcomes.-
- Manages and implements strategic resource partners to ensure Digital has access to the best available resources as required to bring best Practice, capability uplift and project execution to be developed and implemented.-
- Coach, communicate and direct internal teams on strategy and critical decisions.Resource Management- Manages the movement of people within the specifically assigned Digital area depending on needs (although we believe in keeping our squads together wherever and whenever we can)-
- Accountable for recruitment and onboarding of any new hires, as required.-
- Co-ordinates and includes craft leaders/chapter leads in the selection process.-
- Builds and develops talent pipelines for roles across people-lead areas of accountability.-
- Focuses on building diverse technology talent and talent pipelines.Technology Framework and Processes- Develop accountable Technology frameworks and processes that support culture and people development. Focus on improving internal customer satisfaction by continuously improving accountable framework and processes.-
- Coaching/mentoring teams on process adoption and feeding back ongoing improvements.- In addition to the above, you agree to carry out any other duties that Westpac may request of you occasionally.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?- Experience managing contributors is preferred.-
- Technical Skills - SME knowledge of the managed practice area is strongly preferred.-
- People Leader-
- Manager of organisational change-
- Highly collaborative and communicative-
- Resilient, action-orientated, and accountable.-
- Seeks operational excellence.-
- Service orientated.-
- Translates vision into action.-
- Role model's excitement and passion-
- Agile mindset- Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac

Immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, and receive some of the best banking, and lifestyle benefits in the market along with:

- 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
- Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
- Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme
- Career growth - we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
- Generous parental leave - and top up government paid parental leave
- School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday
- 2 Volunteer days per year

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