About the role

Why you’d like it:

• Board-backed transformation agenda
• Report directly into the CFO
• Shape the roadmap while staying close to hands-on delivery
• Build and mentor a small, capable team
• Auckland-based role with a global footprint

The opportunity:

This is a pivotal time to join and lead an organisation-wide technology uplift. With strong executive sponsorship, you’ll set and execute a pragmatic technology strategy while ensuring day-to-day reliability across infrastructure, cloud, and business systems. A key focus will be to assess the current ERP and data foundation, and deliver a clear transformation roadmap that enables smarter, scalable processes. You’ll modernise platforms, uplift cybersecurity, tighten governance, and position the business with the right digital foundations for growth. The remit blends strategic planning with operational delivery – ideal for a leader who can toggle between roadmap, architecture, and service excellence. Expect meaningful impact, visibility with senior stakeholders, and the chance to shape how technology underpins growth.

Company profile:

Ziwi is New Zealand’s leading pet food exporter and the global pioneer in air-dried nutrition. With award-winning PeakPrey™ recipes, they deliver uncompromising quality that helps pets thrive worldwide. Guided by values of kindness, ingenuity, and innovation, Ziwi is on a fast-growth journey – expanding global operations while staying true to our purpose: bringing joy and peace of mind to pets and their guardians.

The role:

• Define, socialise, and deliver the multi-year technology strategy and roadmap
• Run IT operations across apps, infrastructure, and cloud services with clear SLAs
• Assess and transform the ERP and data foundation to support future business needs
• Own the lifecycle of all the technology that sits between manufacturing systems and the business; drive adoption and value
• Uplift cybersecurity posture, policies, and risk management
• Oversee enterprise architecture, integration, and data governance
• Manage budgets, vendors, licensing, and contract performance
• Build, mentor, and develop a small internal team (1–2 directs) and partners
• Engage closely with executive, operations, and commercial stakeholders
• Establish metrics and continuous improvement across services and projects

Your fit:

• 10+ years in IT with 5+ in senior leadership roles
• Proven strategic planning and execution across enterprise technology
• Depth in infrastructure, cloud (ideally Azure), and Microsoft 365 & PowerApps
• Proven experience leading ERP and data platform transformation
• Strong cybersecurity, governance, and risk management capability
• Enterprise architecture and change leadership experience
• Confident stakeholder management, vendor leadership, and budgeting
• T-shaped leader: strategic, hands-on, and delivery-focused

If this sounds like you, don’t miss the opportunity to get involved with an amazing NZ brand exporting goods globally.