Investment Programmes Lead

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 or Wellington

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

You know how to take a strategic idea and turn it into a solid, actionable plan. As the Investment Programmes Lead, you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering property optimisation and investment initiatives, making sure they’re backed by robust business cases, clear timelines, and the right people to make them happen.

You’ll work closely with the Property Optimisation Lead and Network Delivery teams, coordinating multiple projects and ensuring each one aligns with broader business goals. From managing contracts to tracking performance, you’ll keep everything on course and moving forward. Your ability to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to complex programmes will be essential.

If you thrive on cross-functional collaboration, enjoy getting into the detail of programme delivery, and can juggle priorities while keeping the big picture in sight, this is your kind of role.

Ō Wheako, ō Pūkenga | Your Experience

You’ve worked across large, complex projects and know how to bring strategy to life through clear planning, delivery, and coordination. You’re skilled at developing business cases, managing contracts, and keeping multiple moving parts aligned with the big picture.

Here’s what you’ll need to bring:

• 7+ years in project management, programme delivery, or strategic planning, ideally in property or infrastructure

• A strong track record of translating strategy into action with clear, measurable results

• Hands-on experience managing contracts and delivering cross-functional programmes

• A degree in Business, Property, Finance, or a related field

• Sharp project management skills, you know how to manage timelines, budgets, and shifting priorities

• Skilled at building business cases and making the numbers stack up

• Comfortable collaborating across teams, from strategy through to operations

• Able to track performance, report progress, and keep delivery aligned to strategic goals

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 to support 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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