AI Delivery Lead

AI is moving fast inside this business, and it needs someone who can turn momentum into delivery. This is a newly created leadership role at a well-known New Zealand financial services organisation that has spent the last six months building out a genuinely capable AI function, and now needs a driven delivery lead to coordinate the demand pouring in from customer, pricing and claims teams and turn it into shipped, scaled solutions.

You will not be writing code. You will be the person who keeps discovery honest, keeps delivery moving, and keeps the business bought in.

The Role

Coordinate and drive multiple concurrent complex AI delivery streams

Run discovery on new AI use cases and translate business demand into a prioritised, resourced delivery plan

Take AI solutions from concept and prototype through to production and scaled operational use

Coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, architecture, data, risk, security, testing and change

Manage vendor and consultancy relationships, holding them accountable for delivery and commercial outcomes

Build business cases and track benefits realisation in partnership with Finance and business owners

Engage confidently with senior stakeholders

Manage capacity, prioritisation and trade offs across a growing pipeline of demand

What You'll Bring

Must haves:

8+ years leading complex digital, data, technology, product or transformation delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams

A track record of taking emerging technology, data or AI solutions from concept through to production and scaled use

Experience coordinating multidisciplinary delivery teams

Experience managing strategic vendors, consultancies or system integration partners

Experience building business cases and reporting on measurable benefits

Strong stakeholder management skills at senior and executive level

A genuine sense of ownership, urgency and drive. This role needs someone who pushes things through, not someone who waits to be asked

Nice to haves:

Experience in insurance, financial services or another regulated, operationally complex environment

Familiarity with Microsoft Azure tools such as Copilot, Copilot Studio or Azure AI Foundry

A consulting background, particularly one involving business facing delivery

Why This Role

This organisation is NZ owned, ambitious and moving quickly, with the governance in place to back it up. The AI team is genuinely well credentialed, with people drawn from Microsoft, the banks and Spark, and it is growing. You will get real investment in your own development too, including Microsoft certifications, Snowflake training and access to a dedicated leadership programme for people managing direct reports. Auckland based, with a hybrid working pattern.

How to Apply

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, apply now or reach out to [email protected] for a confidential conversation. Please note you must be NZ Citizen or NZ Permanent Resident to apply.