HR Connect Ltd

Program Manager

• Lead one of New Zealand’s most significant public-sector digital transformation programmes.
• Play a pivotal role in delivering IRIS NextGen, a complex, multi-year programme to modernise regulatory systems across regional councils nationwide in the replacement of the legacy IRIS Classic application.
• Be responsible for coordinating, leading and supporting multiple, interdependent workstreams spanning: Software design, build and test; Cross‑council implementations over a tightly sequenced, three‑year deployment schedule; Sector alignment around consistent good practice; Stakeholder engagement and governance across councils, vendors and stakeholder groups.
• Ensure outcomes are achieved on time and within agreed funding.
• Maintain alignment and momentum with councils, clients, product management and governance groups.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent council implementations with minimal tolerance for slippage.
• Provide clear, timely and professional reporting to senior stakeholders and programme governance groups.

Programme Manager