Health Technology Prioritisation Lead - Planning, Funding and Outcomes

• Auckland or Wellington location preferred | Permanent Full-time with a hybrid model
• Steer health technology investment decisions that shape care across Aotearoa
• Auckland or Wellington preferred, with flexibility for other locations – work alongside clinical, finance and planning leaders nationwide

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

As our Health Technology Prioritisation Lead, you will play a pivotal role in turning evidence into investment. You will steward recommendations from the Health Technology Evaluation Pathway (HTEP) – Health NZ's clinically led process for assessing non-pharmaceutical health technologies – through to consideration by the relevant Investment Committee. Working closely with the Manager Prioritisation & Investment and the HTEP Clinical Lead, you will identify the right pathway for each recommendation, and where no pathway exists, help design a new one.

No two days will look the same. One day you might be bringing together Clinical Service Planning, Finance and National Clinical Networks to agree who needs to do what. The next, you could be drafting an investment case or budget submission for senior leaders or building and maintaining a pipeline of health technology investments ready for upcoming budget rounds. You will make sure clear accountabilities and benefits realisation plans are in place when investments go ahead, raise awareness of HTEP across the organisation, and support Ministerial advice, Parliamentary Questions and OIAs. This is a rare chance to connect clinical evidence, planning and funding so that better technologies reach the patients and whānau who need them.

About the Team and Location

You will join the Funding, Hospitals team within Planning, Funding & Outcomes (PFO), reporting to the Manager Prioritisation & Investment. You will collaborate widely across the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer, Hospital teams, Executive Regional Directors, Group Directors Operations and Clinical Networks, as well as partner agencies such as the Ministry of Health, Pharmac, Te Aho o Te Kahu and NZ Blood Service. We would prefer this role to be based in Auckland or Wellington, but we are open to other locations across Aotearoa.

About you

You are confident in championing investment options with a strong understanding of healthcare, budgets or capital planning, and a talent for bringing people together around a shared outcome. You are detail-focused, comfortable working through complex dependencies, and able to turn technical and clinical information into clear, compelling investment advice. You will bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in business, financial management or project/programme management
• At least 3 years' operational, clinical or administrative experience in a healthcare setting working with clinicians, or at least 3 years' experience with budgets or complex, multi-million-dollar capital planning portfolios
• Proven experience managing multiple initiatives at once within a programme of work or operational, clinical or administrative setting within health.
• Experience developing business cases and tracking benefits
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build trusted relationships
• Clear communication that adapts to different audiences, from clinicians to senior leaders
• Sound judgement, a keen eye for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement
• Familiarity with health technologies, service planning, investment planning or commissioning processes is highly desirable

Working at Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.   

How to Apply 

To apply, please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 11:59PM Tuesday 24 November 2026. For further information, please contact Jenita Spencer on Jenita.Spencer@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

The full position description is available on the Health New Zealand Careers site.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.