Head of Artificial Intelligence & Data Platforms
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 6, 2026. ANZ scores A on the Alion truth index.
Ko Mātou - About Us
Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
Mō te tūranga - About the role
As Head of Artificial Intelligence & Data Platforms, you’ll shape and lead the technology platforms that underpin our data and AI ambitions across ANZ New Zealand. You’ll own the strategy, delivery and operation of our enterprise data and AI platform ecosystem, creating secure, scalable and high-performing foundations that enable advanced analytics, AI innovation and trusted data use across the organisation.
This is a senior technology leadership role where you’ll balance innovation with enterprise reliability, bringing together platform strategy, modern engineering, risk and commercial thinking to make it easier for our teams to turn data and AI opportunities into meaningful outcomes.
Role Location: This role can be based in Wellington or Auckland. Let us know what works for you.
Role Type: Permanent
Hours: Standard 37.5 hours
Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like
You will be responsible for:
- Setting the strategy and roadmap for our enterprise data and AI platforms, aligned to our broader data, AI and technology ambitions
- Leading the delivery, operation and continuous improvement of scalable, secure and highly available platforms
- Enabling AI and Generative AI experimentation and production through fit-for-purpose enterprise platforms and MLOps capability
- Evolving our data platforms to make governed, high-quality data easier to access and use across analytics, reporting and AI
- Driving modern platform engineering practices, including cloud-native engineering, automation and infrastructure-as-code
- Ensuring security, privacy, resilience, risk and regulatory requirements are built into platform design and operation
- Managing platform investment, cost optimisation and strategic technology partnerships
- Leading and growing a high-performing engineering and operations function, creating a culture of innovation, reliability and continuous improvement
Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring:
- Significant technology leadership experience across enterprise data, AI, cloud or platform engineering
- Deep expertise in modern data and AI platforms, including the architecture and engineering practices needed to deliver secure, scalable enterprise capability
- Experience enabling AI/ML and Generative AI at enterprise scale, including taking capability from experimentation through to production
- Strong commercial and strategic judgement, with experience balancing innovation, reliability, scalability, investment and cost
- A strong understanding of security, privacy, governance and risk within a complex or regulated environment
- An inclusive and influential leadership style, with the ability to build high-performing technical teams and bring diverse stakeholders together around shared outcomes
You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.
He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.
Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 127718.
Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date
Wednesday 18 November at 11.59pm (New Zealand)