Scrum Lead
Date: 1 Nov 2026
Location: Wellington, NZ
Company: Ministry of Social Development
- Fixed Term/Secondment Approx. 2 Years
- Wellington based
About the role | Mō te tūnga
Ready to lead delivery that makes a real difference?
DMaID is looking for an experienced Scrum Lead, to be our Delivery Enablement Leader. This means empowering teams, strengthening agile practices, and driving the successful delivery of data and information initiatives that create value for the organisation.
Working across technical specialists, product owners, and senior business stakeholders, you'll help teams navigate complexity, remove barriers, and build momentum. You'll play a key role in maturing agile delivery practices across emerging teams and evolving platforms, while fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.
What you bring | Ōu pūmanawatanga
We're looking for someone who:
- Brings extensive experience supporting teams through organisational and technology transformation
- Has demonstrated success working across technical specialists, product owners, and senior business stakeholders
- Excels at facilitation, coaching, and enabling high-performing teams
- Can navigate ambiguity, build alignment, and maintain a strong focus on outcomes
- Knows the Scaled Agile framework and principles
It would be an advantage if you:
- Have knowledge of data engineering, data analytics, or Snowflake-based cloud data platforms
- Understand the Software Development Life Cycle
- Have worked within a DevOps or DataOps environment
This fixed-term opportunity (covering an internal secondment) offers the chance to shape delivery practices, influence meaningful change, and work alongside a passionate team dedicated to turning data into insight and delivery into impact.
If you're passionate about enabling teams to do their best work and delivering outcomes that matter, we'd love to hear from you.
Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tūnga
Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $119,586.00 - $145,235.00
Applications close | Ka kati ngā tono hei te: Sunday 15th November 2026.
About us | Mō mātou
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.
We provide social policy advice to government, and assistance including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.
As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
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Joining us | Ko te hono mai
Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.
We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our values here.
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