# Director Design

Lead high-performing design and operational policy teams Drive strategic design initiatives Supporting sector adoption of new policies and practice Wellington based - Permanent full time opportunity This is a unique opportunity to influence how services are designed and delivered, working closely with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and the disability community. About our team | Mō te tīma The Disability Support Services (DSS) Group is responsible for commissioning, funding, and stewarding high-quality services that support disabled people, their families, and whānau. We’re building leadership and management capacity across our teams to deliver both change and business-as-usual effectively. We work closely with providers, stakeholders, and communities to ensure services are fair, consistent, transparent and sustainable. With a strong focus on performance monitoring, data, and insights, we’re committed to continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making. It’s an exciting time to join DSS as we strengthen our systems and expand our capabilities. We’re looking for passionate people to help us achieve our goals and make a meaningful impact. About the role | Mō te tū

- **Id**: 4101954
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/msd-director-design>
- **Role**: Design
- **Role family**: Design
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wellington, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T21:55:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T17:15:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5882
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Disability Support Services

## Company

- **Id**: 1818035
- **Name**: MSD
- **Domain**: msd.govt.nz
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/msd-govt-nz>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 163429
- **Currency**: NZD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 90960

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T21:55:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: seen:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 90960
- **Is top pay**: no

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