Chapter Lead - Engineering Practice (Development Chapter - Lend and Protect Tribe)

We deliver on our purpose by providing simple, meaningful ways to help Kiwis improve their financial wellbeing, today and tomorrow. We achieve this by doing what we do best, championing innovation and fresh thinking, so we can open new opportunities for more people to stay one step ahead.

We have an opportunity for an experienced Development Chapter Lead to join our Lend and Protect Tribe to work in the Insurance space.

About the role

The Chapter Lead should be passionate about Leadership, hands-on mentoring, knowledge transfer, training, implementing tools and guardrails, and staying close to the members of the Chapter to drive open communication.  

The Chapter Lead reports into a Domain Lead and collaborates with CXO's (Product Owners) and Tribe Tech Lead to drive strategic workforce planning and ensure chapter members are fit to deliver the current and future goals of the platform.

Having a technical background, the Chapter Lead has a foot in both people and tech camps, meaning you still spend time in tech delivery activities for your squad (design, build and run), driving innovation, uplifting tech capability, setting the guardrails and driving innovation for the Chapter.

What you will be responsible for

Team culture - fosters a continuous learning culture, encourages the teams to demonstrate PACE 'mindsets' and safely test and learn to create new and innovative solutions.
People leadership - happy, safe, and capable Chapters.
Technical leadership - leads exciting software engineering projects with ASB technical teams and external partners/vendors.
Ensure team members have career plans, performance, and development objectives.
Provide coaching and ongoing support to your team
Knowledge sharing and technical leadership - foster a continuous learning culture, create a drive for craftsmanship and inspire team members to knowledge share and upskill each other.
Workforce and capability planning - maintain visibility of work demands and providing suitable resource solutions.
Best fit guardrails and tools -creation, contribution, and adherence by all Chapter members.

What are we looking out for?

You will come from a technical background with proven experience as a people leader in a large organisation
Strong cloud experience (ideally Azure but experience with other cloud providers will be considered)
Passionate about learning new technologies and practices.
Experience working within Agile and DevOps frameworks
An agile mindset, with experience through multiple iterations of a product or service
A people centred approach with the ability to create a learning and growth orientated environment.
Continuous improvement lens using research and experimentation.
A talent for getting the best out of people through empowerment and recognition.
Collaborative leadership style and an ability to take stakeholders on the journey with me.
Empathy and understanding, able to flex your own approach to the needs of others.
Outcome orientated, persistence to challenge the status quo and deliver customer results.
Natural risk identification and mitigation lens that does not slow progress

Why join the team at ASB?

At ASB, we are dedicated to our purpose of accelerating financial progress for all New Zealanders. It's the 'why' behind everything we do. We are committed to supporting our customers, people and community as we continue to innovate, so more Kiwis can build the future they want.

You will also have access to

A competitive salary along with a market competitive Short Term Incentive bonus
A broad range of exclusive Staff Banking Benefits
Market leading wellbeing and benefit offering including health insurance
Strong professional development opportunities
Flexible working options with consideration to the role, along with joining a dynamic and diverse team

How to apply

Submit your application today using the Application link.

Development Chapter Lead - Lend and Protect Tribe

ASB Bank Limited

Development Chapter Lead - Lend and Protect Tribe

ASB Bank Limited

Auckland

ASB Bank Limited

Development Chapter Lead - Lend and Protect Tribe

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