Project Director – Teleco NZ NEW

At Ventia, we’re proud to play a vital role in connecting communities and powering the industries that keep New Zealand connected. Guided by our values of Integrity, Collaboration, Challenge and Ingenuity, we create an environment where people are empowered to drive meaningful outcomes, every day.

We’re seeking a Project Director – Wireless & Critical Infrastructure to join our New Zealand Telecommunications Senior Leadership Team. This is a senior leadership role with real breadth.

You will lead a national portfolio across Wireless and Critical Infrastructure with accountability for delivery performance, commercial outcomes and sustainable growth.

This is not a single-contract delivery role. You will operate across multiple clients, programmes, and delivery models, often with competing priorities and a high degree of complexity.

This role is about more than delivery, it’s about leadership, partnerships, and creating the conditions for teams to perform.

Success in this role depends on your ability to bring structure, commercial discipline, and consistency at a portfolio level, ensuring delivery performance is predictable, client relationships are strong, and a steady pipeline of future work is maintained.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the General Manager ANZ Wireless & NZ Telecommunications, you will lead a national portfolio spanning multiple clients, programmes and delivery models.

You will connect strong delivery performance with future work-winning opportunity, shaping both current outcomes and sustained growth across the portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a national portfolio and team of 90+ to deliver safe, reliable outcomes and strong client performance
• Owning commercial performance, including revenue, margin, cost control and driving sustainable growth across the portfolio
• Building and maintaining client and partner relationships, translating delivery performance into ongoing opportunity
• Driving a consistent pipeline of work across panel, quote-do, bid and tender environments
• Leading and empowering a large, diverse team and subcontractor network, while setting clear expectations, accountability, and capability to enable consistent, high-quality performance

About You

• You are a senior operational and commercial leader who brings people together and delivers results in complex environments.
• You bring structure to complexity and lead with confidence across multiple clients, programmes, and stakeholders.
• You balance delivery, client relationships, and commercial performance, and understand that sustainable growth is built through disciplined execution, clear decision-making, and trusted partnerships.
• You operate at a strategic level while staying close enough to delivery to drive performance and outcomes.

Your Experience

• Leadership experience in telecommunications and/or critical infrastructure, or a related field-based services environment
• Proven experience leading multi-client, multi-programme portfolios at scale
• Strong commercial acumen, including financial performance ownership, contract management, and margin control
• Experience operating in panel, quote-do, bid, tender, or pipeline-driven environments
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and subcontractor relationships
• Ability to contribute at senior leadership level beyond your portfolio

Your Strengths

• You build trust and credibility quickly, communicating with clarity and impact at all levels
• You bring structure to complexity, leading confidently across multiple clients and programmes
• You apply strong commercial judgement, making clear, well-balanced decisions
• You lead with authenticity and accountability, creating teams that are aligned, engaged, and perform consistently
• You know when to step into the detail and when to lead through others, systems, and governance

Why Join Ventia?

• Be part of work that supports essential infrastructure across New Zealand
• Join a collaborative leadership team that values diverse perspectives
• Work in an environment that supports flexibility, wellbeing, and work-life balance
• Access opportunities to grow your career within a global organisation
• Contribute to a culture that prioritises safety, inclusion, and long-term partnerships

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a meaningful difference while leading with purpose and empowering others, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of critical telco infrastructure in New Zealand.

Applications close on 10th July 2026 at 5 pm

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.  

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Māori and Pasifika peoples and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.

How to apply

Click the ‘Apply for job’ button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.

Position Reference Number: 167701