Business Manager

THE OPPORTUNITY

If you're ready for the next step in your agriculture leadership career - one where you'll work alongside great people to grow capability, strengthen performance, and make a real impact across multiple farms - this is your chance

As a Pāmu Business Manager, you'll lead five farms with a mix of sheep, beef, and deer in the beautiful Te Anau region. Together, these farms collectively run between 50,000 and 80,000 stock units, forming an important part of Pāmu's livestock business.

You'll be part of a close-knit, high-trust leadership team that collaborates to share insights, solve challenges, and deliver meaningful results across the region. This team fosters growth and development, consistently achieving outstanding results in a high-performance environment.

Your core focus will be partnering with your Farm Managers - supporting, guiding, and challenging them to achieve excellence in both on-farm performance and financial results. You'll review farm performance together with your teams, identify opportunities to strengthen profitability, improve systems, and enhance environmental outcomes, while ensuring Pāmu's strategy and values are brought to life in day-to-day operations.

You'll spend time out on-farm, working closely with farm managers and their teams to develop capability, drive operational consistency, and celebrate success. You'll also influence strategic decisions, from capital investment to long-term system design. With flexibility to manage your own calendar and a manager who leads with trust and transparency, you'll have the freedom and support to make a real impact.

Based in Te Anau, you'll enjoy the best of both worlds, a welcoming rural community surrounded by some of New Zealand's most stunning natural landscapes, with Fiordland National Park right on your doorstep. It's a vibrant hub for farming, outdoor recreation, and family life, offering an incredible lifestyle balance without losing connection to a supportive professional network. Two of your fellow Business Managers are also based in Te Anau, providing strong local support, regular collaboration, and a real sense of team.

This is an opportunity to bring together your passion for farming, people, and performance, helping Pāmu lead the way in sustainable, profitable, and future-focused farming across Aotearoa.

ABOUT US

Pāmu Landcorp Farming Limited is a State-Owned Enterprise with over 110 farms across New Zealand. Our purpose is to lead the delivery of innovative and sustainable agriculture solutions for future generations.

ABOUT YOU

You're an experienced farming leader who thrives on working with people to achieve great results. You know what it's like to run a farm, so you bring empathy, practical know-how, and a genuine desire to help your Farm Managers and their teams succeed.  You're the kind of leader who builds confidence in others and takes pride in shared success.

You enjoy getting out on-farm, seeing the results of good management firsthand, and having the conversations - sometimes tough, always constructive - that lift performance and build confidence. You think strategically but act pragmatically, translating goals into actions that improve profitability, efficiency, and environmental outcomes.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Strong coaching and mentoring skills - you enjoy developing others and seeing them grow.
• Proven leadership experience across livestock or pastoral farming operations.
• A track record of driving farm performance through financial and operational management.
• Commercial acumen and confidence working with budgets, forecasts, and cashflows.
• The courage to have open, honest conversations that build accountability and trust.
• A growth mindset - comfortable with data, technology, and new ideas.
• Initiative, adaptability, and the ability to manage your own time and priorities.

At Pāmu, we know diverse perspectives make us stronger, and we encourage applications from people who share our values - even if you don't tick every box.

BENEFITS

We offer a competitive salary including life and health insurance, additional parental leave benefits, an extra day of leave over Christmas, up to 4% Kiwisaver matching, as well as ongoing training and developments to help you reach your career goals.

We support flexible working where possible, recognising that balance looks different for everyone.

APPLY NOW

Applications close Sunday 16 November 2025.

Please contact General Manager – Lower South Island: Grant McNaughton: or if you have any questions about this opportunity.

To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.

Pāmu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.