Planning Support Manager

Nau mai, haere mai. We’re Chorus. You may have already heard about us and know we’re the team empowering the digital future of Aotearoa with our ultra-fast fibre. We’re a talented bunch who are passionate about our purpose: Unleashing potential through connectivity. Enabling better futures for Aotearoa.  

Te Momo Tūranga | Contract:  Permanent Full Time

Te Wāhi | Where:  Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch

Te Pūtake | Why we’re hiring: We’re stepping into our next chapter, aspiring toward 80% fibre uptake across the motu by 2030. With our new strategy providing the roadmap for what we’re working to achieve and how we’ll get there, opportunities are emerging as we seek to expand our capability and talent in new and different spaces.

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The Opportunity 

As Planning Support Manager, you’ll play a central role in driving meaningful change across our copper optimisation programme. You’ll be the go-to person for keeping our Optimisation Squad on track, facilitating planning, guiding delivery, and ensuring we’re set up to make the right things happen at the right time. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love connecting the dots, and have a knack for keeping teams focused and aligned, this role is made for you. 

Working at the heart of our Frontier team, Chorus’ engine for strategic change, you’ll help shape the journey towards a simplified, all-fibre future. You’ll manage the squad’s backlog and planning cycles, facilitate sprints and governance forums, and ensure our roadmap stays aligned to broader copper retirement goals. You’ll also play a key role in enabling the adoption of change across the business, bringing your coordination, communication, and planning skills together to help others successfully transition to new ways of working. 

In this role, you’ll collaborate across teams and functions, from finance to delivery to communications. You’ll track progress, surface risks, and keep momentum high, all while championing a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. If you’re ready to make a real impact by supporting complex change from the inside out, we’d love to have you on the team. 

Ō Wheako, ō Pūkenga | Your Experience 

To thrive in this role, you’ll need experience managing change or planning processes in complex environments, ideally in an agile or adaptive business setting. You’re someone who can keep things moving, even without formal authority, and you know how to bring people together to get things done. 

5+ years’ experience in change delivery or planning process management 
Comfortable facilitating squads, planning resourcing, and navigating agile environments 
Strong working knowledge of EPMO and other planning and delivery frameworks 
Confident managing multiple workstreams and stakeholders across functions 
Curious and solutions-focused, you’re not afraid to question how things are done 
Adaptable, proactive, and comfortable in fast-moving, changing environments 
Strong communicator and influencer, able to collaborate across diverse teams

Not sure that you meet all the requirements? If you still think you could be great for the role, we encourage you to apply! 

Mō mātou | About us 

We’re shaping a future where all New Zealanders are free to access opportunities that define their own lives, as we expand our network to help Aotearoa grow. 

With a new strategy in place and a powerful, inspiring purpose, Chorus is an exciting space right now. We’re on the path to moving from being the great network builder to being the great network operator. To do that, we embrace our mindsets: Be bold, ignite growth, Honour our past, reimagine our future, and Connect communities, empower people. We need people who not only embody these mindsets and the underpinning behaviours but who also inspire others to do the same. 

With our Chorus Care package benefits behind you, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow alongside a caring, open-minded team in an environment that embraces diversity, encourages innovation, redefines flexibility, and offers an enviable work life balance. 

Nōu te mana | Work your way 

We know how to do hybrid working well and have been doing it for years and encourage you to find ways to work flexibly.  If it suits your circumstances and delivers great outcomes for Chorus – that’s when you know you’ve found the Flex@Chorus Sweet Spot! 

He Wāhi Whakaōrite Whiwhinga Mahi

We have a fair, inclusive and equitable culture where our differences are our strengths, we connect on shared values, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive.  Please let us know of any accessibility requirements you would like us to consider supporting you with your application. We know women are underrepresented in senior roles, and we want to change that.  If you’re a woman looking for your next step, in a company that genuinely supports your growth, has a flexible work culture and visible female leaders we’d encourage you to apply.  

Come be part of a new era at Chorus, apply today. 

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