Performance Team Leader

If this sounds like you, High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) would like to learn more about you. HPSNZ’s vision is to Inspire Performance Every Day. We aim to enable and empower world class sporting performances that inspire New Zealanders, within environments that value wellbeing.

The Performance Partnerships team are looking for a Performance Team Leader (PTL) to join the organisation. The PTL role is responsible for managing HPSNZ's relationship with NSOs and providing them with strategic support, investment, and advice to achieve agreed performance outcomes.

At a high level, apart from your track record of creating success in the high performance arena, to be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate other key competencies:

Experience from within a NSO high performance sport environment.

Strong capabilities across strategic thinking and innovative problem solving in complex environments.

A solid record of building, influencing, and managing constructive relationships across all stakeholders within a high performance environment.

Proven contributions towards creating a positive high-performance culture, with wellbeing a main consideration in your approach.

Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance all facets of sporting performance.

In addition, we are looking for someone who conducts themselves professionally and can develop relationships based on trust; who has exceptional communication skills with an engaging style; who can influence and impact change whilst leading themselves with decisiveness, confidence, and emotional stability.

For further details regarding the requirements and expectations of the role, please refer to the Job Description. This role is Cambridge based to optimise partnership with key NSO partners Rowing NZ, Cycling NZ, and Equestrian NZ. Knowledge of these sports and their high performance programme context would be advantageous.

High Performance Sport New Zealand leads the high performance system in New Zealand. HPSNZ works in partnership with national sport organisations, allocates resources to national sports organisations, and delivers world-leading support to impact positively on both performance and wellbeing.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of our team as we partner with sports to prepare for pinnacle events over multiple horizons.

Applications Close: 5pm, Friday 3 July 2026.

Job Details

Reference # 32576

Closes on 03 Jul 2026 17:00

Location (s) Cambridge

Expertise Partnerships and Performance

Job level (s) Consultant

Work type (s) Permanent full-time

Organisation High Performance Sport New Zealand