Principal Analyst Portfolio Performance and Insights

• Critical position where you can make your mark in Transport Services

• The role works across delivery governance and enabling teams to support effective portfolio management and decisionmaking.

TeWhiwhingamahi The Opportunity

As our Principal Analyst - Portfolio Performance & Insights (PPI) you will provide senior analytical leadership by delivering portfolio and programme level performance insight reporting and commentary that supports effective governance and informed executive decision making.

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy requiring sound judgement confidence working with ambiguity and the ability to determine where effort will add the most value.

You will bring together performance information across portfolios and programmes to provide a clear trusted view of delivery confidence and emerging issues across the lifecycle. A key part of the role is lifting reporting beyond status to clear strategic storytelling producing coherent performance narratives that support executive-level governance and leadership decision making as well as external reporting to central agencies and stakeholders.

You will design and deliver monitoring reporting and insights to support effective governance of transport infrastructure portfolios and programmes while providing leadership and coaching to advisors within the team.

What youll be doing

• Lead the development of focused internal governance and external reporting that is decision ready insight led and grounded in evidence.

• Apply strong analytical judgement and curious questioning to test assumptions identify gaps and ensure performance information stands up to scrutiny.

• Provide senior insight and advice on portfolio and programme performance identifying emerging themes and what they mean for delivery confidence and prioritisation.

• Significant experience leading reporting and insights products to support governance and management decision making in a large or complex organisation.

• Coach and mentor others uplifting analytical capability attention to detail peer review discipline and the overall quality of the teams performance story.

Ko koe tēnei About you

Youre a Principal Analyst who is comfortable working at portfolio scale and operating independently with the confidence to ask the right questions and challenge thinking when needed. You can cut through complexity balance pace with rigour and deliver clear decision focused insight without overengineering solutions.

Youll also bring:

• Experience operating at portfolio and programme level supporting governance and senior decision making.

• Ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear meaningful insights that inform senior decisionmaking investment prioritisation and performance conversations.

• Strong capability in working with enterprise systems (e.g. SAP reporting and analytics tools) including data integrity analysis and turning data into fitforpurpose performance reporting.

• Proven ability to influence at senior levels communicate insights clearly and partner effectively across the organisation to drive understanding alignment and performance improvement.

Why join us

• PPI exists to deliver trusted data driven portfolio and programme level reporting and insights that support both governance decision making and external accountability. Youll work on some of the most significant transport investments in the country with real influence over how performance is understood questioned and acted on.

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Kowaimātou About Us

At the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi it all starts with our people. The organisations performance and success depend on the people who choose to make thisa great placeto work and make a difference for Aotearoa. The Transport Agency has a strong future focus understanding thatnew technologiesand changing customer expectations mean the transport system we know today will not be the one we deliver in ten years time.

In addition to a competitiveremunerationfor the successful candidate Waka Kotahi offer a range of incrediblebenefitsfor our employees such as flexible working five weeks annual leave insurance benefits and access to the Marram Trust holiday homes.

Me pēhea te tuku tono How to apply:

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To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.