- Work anywhere in New Zealand
- Permanent, Full-time
About the Role
The Senior Release Manager plays a vital role within the Digital Service team, responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing software releases to ensure seamless and efficient deployment. Working closely with Digital Applications & Products teams, the Manager DevOps, developers, and platform engineers, the role focuses on minimising risk and downtime during release cycles. Additionally, the Senior Release Manager drives continuous improvement by enhancing automation and refining release management practices to align closely with business objectives and operational requirements.
About the Team/Service/ Location
The Senior Release Manager reports into the Manager DevOps, which sits within the Digital Applications & Products function. The focus of this function is on reducing duplication and improving alignment across application and product teams, with a strong emphasis on maintaining stability, security, and reliability.
Teams are structured around the applications and products they support, enabling standardised processes and nationally consistent outcomes. Organised into service portfolios and domains, this structure ensures delivery is aligned to clinical and operational needs while advancing national standardisation efforts.
About you
You are a seasoned digital leader with a strong technical foundation and a passion for driving system reliability and performance. You bring a strategic mindset, a collaborative approach, and a commitment to equity and innovation in healthcare. As a leader, you inspire cross-functional teams to adopt observability best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement. You will also have the following skills and experience to support your success in the role:
- Minimum 5-7 years of release management experience, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
- Proven track record in managing the release of complex software applications and systems.
- Familiarity with release management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall, and experience using tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins.
- Experience working within large, complex organisations, with health sector experience highly desirable.
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
- We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on Tuesday 12th August. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Chloe-Mary Booth at chloemary.booth@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.
Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.