Worker Type:
Permanent
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Ko mātou tēnei | This is Us
The Business Lending domain within BNZ Customer, Products and Services (CP&S) is an exciting and driven work environment where you'll get to maintain and develop market leading products, services and customer propositions.
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
We are looking for a candidate with both specific expertise in Liquidity Management Products and with general leadership skills to lead a team of Senior Product Managers.
This role will have responsibility for formulating and delivering the strategic roadmap for BNZ’s Liquidity Management, Invoice Finance, Trade Finance and Merchant Cashflow Lending product suite. Liquidity Management is an area of focus for BNZ, so we are ideally looking for a candidate with experience in this area to fill a current skills gap.
We spoke with our Head of Product – Business Lending (who you'd report to), and he let us know the following about the tūranga (role):
What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?
- People leadership responsibilities for an experienced team of Senior Product Managers, with a mandate to foster a culture of collaboration, customer-centricity, growth and continuous improvement.
- Ensure the product suite is performing well from a customer experience, risk, regulatory, and financial perspective.
- Apply leading product management, design, and leadership skills to assist in the overall development and execution of BNZ strategy as it relates to products, automation and processes.
- Manage resources to ensure product initiatives, change programmes and transformation projects are delivered on-time, to a high-standard, ensuring great customer and colleague outcomes.
- Deliver key technology re-platforming initiatives on-time and at a standard where products perform as expected, and can be fulfilled and maintained digitally in a manner that is compliant by design.
What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role?
We're looking for an outstanding Product Portfolio Manager with broad financial services experience and a passion for delivering the best customer experience. You'll bring subject matter expertise in business lending product management, preferably with specific experience with liquidity management, trade or working capital products, and have thorough knowledge of the NZ regulatory requirements for the product set you lead.
You'll have demonstrated commercial acumen with a focus on results and a natural ability to communicate effectively, including proven influencing and negotiation skills across all levels. Strong experience in people leadership, coaching and motivating cross-functional teams will be an advantage.
What is your favourite thing about working for BNZ?
The people and culture, and the values that underpin that, which are demonstrated every day in the way we work together to support each other to be at our best.
Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand
This is an exciting opportunity to join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”
Closing Date: 16 June 2025
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