Kia ora, Innovate. Build. Reinvent. Make your tech skills count at PwC New Zealand. At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems. This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.
Ngā kōrero mo tēnei tūranga / About the role: Join our Customer Transformation team in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland or Pōneke/Wellington as an experienced Manager and help clients transform the way they work and engage with their customers. You’ll bring your leadership and transformation expertise to guide talented teams, connect strategy with technology, and drive innovation, productivity, and sustainable growth. This role focuses on management level opportunities within tech skills, Customer Transformation, and PwC New Zealand.
Your day-to-day could include: Lead the end-to-end testing strategy and delivery across complex programmes, ensuring alignment to client business outcomes, risk appetite and quality standards. Own and drive the test strategy, governance and operating model, including resourcing, environments, tooling and vendor coordination. Manage and mentor multi-disciplinary testing teams, fostering a high-performance culture and supporting career development. Oversee all phases of testing (SIT, UAT, regression, performance), ensuring timely execution, defect resolution and release readiness. Provide clear, data-driven reporting and insights to programme leadership, including quality metrics, risks, dependencies and mitigation strategies. Drive the adoption of automation and modern quality engineering practices, improving efficiency, coverage and speed to market. Lead defect management and triage processes, ensuring prioritisation aligns with business impact and delivery timelines.
Eligibility / Qualification Required:
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience across nCino and/or Salesforce, leading testing for large-scale transformation programmes (e.g. CRM, core system, digital platforms) ideally within the financial services sector.
- Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps and quality engineering practices, including automation strategies.
- Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders (business and technology).
- Experience managing teams, vendors and offshore/onshore delivery models.
- Commercial acumen, including budget management, forecasting and contributing to sales opportunities.
- Strong problem-solving capability with the ability to navigate complex, ambiguous environments.
- (Optional line): If you don’t meet every requirement, we still want to hear from you - your skills and potential may be a great fit.
General Conditions:
Ngā āhuatanga hirahira o te mahi ki PwC / Highlights of working at PwC NZ:
- Rewards: Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts & deals.
- Growth: Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways.
- Wellbeing: $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days’ paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies).
- Reputation: PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you’ll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
- Flexibility: Flexible working; supportive coaching culture.
- Time off: Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks’ annual leave.
- Whānau & community: Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave.
Ngā whakautu ki o pātai / Your questions answered:
- Motuhake / Independence: Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by any relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process.
- Nau mai ngā tono wawe / We encourage early applications: This role may close before the listed date if we identify a suitable candidate.
- Atamai hangahanga / A.I. usage: Please note that secure, A.I.-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people.
- Travel Requirements Not Specified.
- Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? Yes.
How to Apply:
- Hit Apply now.
- To learn how you can grow and shine in your career at PwC, visit our careers site at https://www.pwc.co.nz/careers.html.
- Please apply directly as we’re not currently partnering with recruitment agencies for this role. If you’d like to be considered, please apply directly.
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