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Help shape the future of a growing government agency.\nThe Social Investment Agency (SIA) is looking for an experienced Delivery Lead to help deliver two important initiatives: strengthening our technology security foundations and progressing a new approach to data sharing.\nThis is an opportunity to lead and coordinate complex technology delivery, working closely with senior leaders, technical specialists and external partners.\nYou'll join us at an important stage of our development, as we strengthen and scale the technology and data systems that support better social investment decisions for New Zealanders\nAbout the role | Mō te tūnga\nAs our Delivery Lead, you'll bring structure, clarity and momentum to two priority areas of work.\nOur Security Uplift Project focuses on strengthening cybersecurity, resilience and governance across our growing technology environment, including identity management, security monitoring, observability and endpoint protection.\nOur Data Intermediary Project is exploring more scalable ways for service providers to contribute information to the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). 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