Head of Enterprise Strategy

Haere Mai!

Ko ia kāhore nei i rapu, tē kitea - A person who does not seek will not find.

The Role

The Head of Enterprise Strategy provides strategic leadership and advice to support the Guardians to make clear, forward-looking choices about its long-term direction, strategic choices and enterprise priorities.

Key accountabilities

Enterprise strategy and foresight
• Lead the development, refresh and ongoing evolution of the Guardians’ enterprise strategy.
• Assess changes in the operating environment, mandate, scale and stakeholder expectations and identify their strategic and organisational implications.
• Develop strategic scenarios and options, test assumptions and maintain a view of emerging opportunities, risks and questions requiring leadership attention.
• Bring relevant external perspectives and peer insight into enterprise thinking and ensure enterprise strategy complements investment strategy.

Strategic advice and decision support
• Act as a trusted strategic adviser to the CEO, Leadership Team and Board.
• Frame complex enterprise issues and clarify the strategic choices, implications and trade-offs involved.

Strategy translation and prioritisation
• Lead the translation of enterprise strategy into clear priorities, intended outcomes and enterprise-level choices.
• Lead the development of enterprise prioritisation principles and support the Leadership Team to make strategic choices and trade-offs across competing demands.

ESO leadership and strategic governance
• Lead the Enterprise Strategy Office and ensure strategy development, portfolio execution and project delivery operate as one connected system.
• Ensure visibility of overall execution through clear and transparent information on status, progress and escalation of required decisions and trade offs

• Significant experience leading enterprise strategy in a complex organisation, including advising executive leadership teams and Boards.
• Strong strategic judgement and the ability to integrate complex information into clear enterprise insights, choices and recommendations.
• Proven ability to frame ambiguous problems, develop credible options and support difficult trade-offs.
• Experience considering strategy across organisational capability, operating model, technology, people, risk and external positioning.
• Experience in a relevant long-term institutional, investment and/or public-sector context is desirable.
• Highly capable facilitator with excellent Board-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative, intellectually curious and able to lead and influence without relying on formal authority.
• High integrity, sound judgement and commitment to the Guardians’ values.

What we offer

• A dynamic, exciting place to work with a team united by our common purpose of sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders.
• Competitive remuneration package including base salary, discretionary bonus programme, and up to 8% KiwiSaver matching.
• World class professional development, career pathways and job rotation opportunities.
• Comprehensive leave and benefits programme including strong parental leave package and insurance cover.
• Flexible and accessible work environment that reflects our commitment to equity and an inclusive team.

How to apply:
We encourage and welcome your interest in joining the Guardians. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusiveness, recognising transferable skills, discussing flexible work options and/or specific disability needs at any stage of this recruitment or employment. As a proudly committed equal opportunity employer, we challenge discrimination and actively work to eliminate bias in our hiring practices. Diversity of experience and diversity of background help us to solve complex problems and deliver on our purpose.

We recognise the importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and invest in partnership with a range of Iwi/Māori organisations. We warmly welcome and value Mana Whenua who wish to work with us. We are committed to understanding Te Ao Māori and integrating it into our workplace culture, for the benefit of all future generations in Aotearoa.

This role is being recruited exclusively through our partner, Kerridge & Partners.

For any questions about the vacancy, please contact Matthew McGovern at [email protected]. The Kerridge & Partners team will review your application and be in touch with you directly.

Please note that the Guardians will not review applications submitted directly to us.