Job Description

Company Description

At Hamilton City Council, our people are united by a shared purpose: helping make Hamilton the best place to live, work, and play. As one of New Zealand's largest city councils, we're proud to serve a growing and vibrant community while delivering services and projects that improve the wellbeing of Hamiltonians every day.

You'll join a team that values collaboration, innovation, and community impact. Together, we're on track to being one of New Zealand's leading community-focused councils, where everyone matters and every contribution helps shape the future of our city.

If you're looking for meaningful work, a supportive team, and the opportunity to make a real difference in your community, you'll find it here.

Job Description

He angituutanga: The opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves turning complex data into meaningful insights and wants to influence how major investment decisions are made across the organisation. As our Product Owner and Reporting (LTP & Portfolio Office), you'll take ownership of Psoda, ensuring it is a trusted source of project and financial information that supports governance, strategic planning, and decision-making. Working closely with senior leaders, stakeholders, and vendors, you'll help shape the future of portfolio reporting, capital planning, and organisational performance.

This is more than a reporting role. You'll be a strategic partner, championing best practice portfolio management, driving data quality, and building reporting capability across the business. If you're passionate about data, thrive on influencing outcomes, and enjoy turning information into insights that guide investment decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the ongoing development of Psoda as HCC's portfolio management tool
• Develop and implement organisation-wide portfolio reporting strategies
• Deliver meaningful reporting and insights to support governance and decision-making
• Ensure financial, project, and portfolio data is accurate, reliable, and fit for purpose
• Support long-term planning and capital investment decision-making
• Drive enterprise reporting standards and earned value reporting practices
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors
• Mentor and grow capability across teams in portfolio reporting and analytics
• Establish and promote best practice P3M reporting and data management

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience working within a Portfolio Office (PMO/P3O) environment
• Strong data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding capability
• Experience translating complex data into clear business insights
• Knowledge of portfolio, programme, and project management frameworks
• Experience working with portfolio management systems, ideally Psoda or similar tools
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills with cross team collaboration experience
• Experience supporting governance and strategic investment decision-making
• A continuous improvement mindset and passion for data integrity and quality
• The ability to influence others, collaborate, and drive outcomes across the organisation

Qualifications

Oo puumanawa me oo wheako | Your skills and experience

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Management, business, software engineering or accounting.
• Proven ability to develop solutions for complex reporting scenarios by applying advanced analytical techniques with ambiguous data that typically require sustained effort over extended periods (e.g., beyond one-three months).
• Demonstrated ability to lead investigations into multifaceted data challenges that span several weeks or months requiring iterative analysis and refinement.
• Experience managing long-duration data and analytics projects, maintaining momentum and clarity of purpose.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to define problems and success criteria for complex and evolving data initiatives.
• Proven experience in identifying relevant data sources, synthesising findings, and translating insights into actionable recommendations within long-term programme and project contexts.
• 8-10 years’ experience including 5 years experience in product management and corporate planning or P3M environments including the design, implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise P3M toolsets.
• PRINCE2 or equivalent certification.
• recommendations within long-term programme and project contexts.
• Experience with system administration.
• Proven experience in a project management environment.
• Driven to achieve goals with passion and energy.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.”
• Experience in working with analysis tools such as Power BI.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly, Excel, Word, and Visio.
• Experience in training staff in the use of tools and frameworks.
• Self-motivated with a commitment to achieve.
• Displays accuracy and attention to detail.
• Displays personal maturity and integrity to make good judgements.
• Ability to work under pressure and to effectively prioritise tasks and meet task deadlines.
• Ability to apply initiative to problem solve.
• Flexibility and willingness to undertake a variety of tasks at short notice.

Preferred

• Local government experience.
• Financial management experience.
• Quality management experience.

Additional Information

He aha te wariu o te utu kaimahi? | What’s the salary?

Circa $120k dependent on skills and experience.

Ngaa waahi whakarato painga kei a maatou: What we offer

We invest in our people, their wellbeing, and their future. That's why we offer a range of benefits designed to support you both inside and outside of work, including:

• We support flexible ways of working that balance individual wellbeing, team and business needs. And great outcomes for our community.
• We support professional development and opportunities to grow your career.
• Two wellbeing days each year to focus on what matters most to you (after one year of service).
• Fully funded Unimed health insurance, including hospital and surgical cover, with discounted rates for family members.
• Free annual health checks and flu vaccinations.
• The option to purchase additional annual leave for greater flexibility.
• Eye care support, including reimbursement towards eye testing and prescription glasses.
• Access to a wide range of local discounts, including gyms, healthcare providers, retail stores, and more.

Me Tono Inaaianei!: Apply Now!

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Applications close on the: 27 October 2026

Note: We will be shortlisting as we receive applications.

Council is committed to honouring the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi through its relationship with Kiingitanga, Waikato Tainui, mana whenua and maataa waka within Hamilton Kirikiriroa.

All candidates will be notified of the outcome on their application via email. Short-listed candidates will be required to complete an interview process, reference checks and a criminal check. Further background checking will be required when relevant to the role. View more information about these checks, our commitment to the Privacy act and details for international applicants by clicking here

It is important to us that we support you throughout our selection process (interview and assessments). If you have any access needs during this process, let us know in advance so we can make sure these are met.

As a council, we believe in creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and belongs. We value inclusiveness (Kotahitanga) – we respect and value the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents that everyone brings.

This role is being sourced directly. If/where Hamilton City Council requires the support of a recruitment agency, we will seek this support from our panel of selected agencies. Hamilton City Council will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any commissions, fees or other payments related to unsolicited contact.