AI Enablement Lead
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Advancing together into a brighter future
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLEMENT LEAD
Kaiarataki Atamai Hangahanga
Fixed-Term Opportunity | Porirua
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way organisations work, make decisions, and deliver services. For Ngāti Toa, the opportunity is significant and so is the responsibility.
We're looking for an experienced and pragmatic AI Enablement Lead to help Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira navigate this emerging space with confidence, discipline, and purpose, in a way that upholds rangatiratanga over our own information, mātauranga, and future direction. This is not a technology implementation role, this is an opportunity to influence how AI is adopted across an iwi organisation committed to protecting its people, data, culture, and future aspirations. You'll work directly with Executive Leadership to identify where AI can genuinely add value, help leaders build confidence and literacy with new tools, and ensure adoption happens in a way that reflects tikanga, sound judgement, and our obligations to uri who come after us.
Data sovereignty is central to this role. As AI tools increasingly draw on data, including te reo Māori, whakapapa, and mātauranga, to train and operate, safeguarding how our information is used isn't a side consideration. It's core to the mahi. We expect this role to be grounded in Māori Data Sovereignty principles (Te Mana Raraunga) and/or the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, ensuring decisions about AI adoption always sit within a framework of iwi authority and control.
If you're excited by translating AI potential into real-world outcomes, and equally passionate about managing the risks, this is an opportunity to help shape how AI is adopted in a values-led organisation.
MŌ TE RŪNANGA | ABOUT TE RŪNANGA O TOA RANGATIRA
Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira exists to serve Ngāti Toa Rangatira and advance the long-term wellbeing, prosperity, and rangatiratanga of our iwi.
We are a values-driven organisation delivering services and initiatives across a diverse range of kaupapa. Our work spans social, cultural, environmental, educational, and commercial activities, all connected by a shared commitment to creating positive outcomes for current and future generations.
As AI continues to evolve, we have a unique opportunity to harness its benefits while ensuring our approach reflects our values, responsibilities, and obligations to our people.
ĀU MAHI | WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
Lead AI Enablement Across the Organisation
Work directly with ELT to build AI literacy and practical application.
Help leaders integrate AI into real workflows and decision-making.
Provide trusted advice on opportunities, risks, trends, and emerging capabilities.
Establish practical guidance on where AI should, can, and should not be used.
Turn Opportunity into Action
Identify and prioritise AI opportunities across business units.
Facilitate discovery sessions and structured use-case assessment.
Build and maintain an AI opportunity pipeline.
Sponsor and coordinate pilot initiatives that demonstrate measurable value.
Embed Governance and Guardrails
Operationalise the Rūnanga AI Policy.
Ensure AI use aligns with tikanga, Māori data sovereignty principles, and organisational expectations.
Create practical controls, decision criteria, and oversight mechanisms.
Support governance forums with clear recommendations and evidence-based decision making.
Connect AI Ambition to Digital Readiness
Assess whether foundational systems, information, security, and governance settings are ready to support AI adoption.
Help leaders understand dependencies, risks, and constraints.
Ensure AI initiatives are progressed responsibly and sustainably.
MŌU | ABOUT YOU
You may come from a digital transformation, technology, innovation, change leadership, consulting, or product background.
What matters most is your ability to bridge strategy and execution, helping people understand AI, make informed decisions, and turn possibilities into practical outcomes.
You’ll bring:
Strong knowledge of AI tools, platforms, and emerging capabilities.
Experience helping organisations adopt new technologies or ways of working.
Confidence working with senior leaders and influencing without formal authority.
The ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity with sound judgement.
Experience balancing innovation with governance, risk, and accountability.
Exceptional communication and facilitation skills.
A pragmatic approach that focuses on outcomes over hype. Ideally, you'll also bring:
Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365, Azure, or related ecosystems.
Knowledge of AI governance, data management, privacy, and responsible AI practices.
Experience working within iwi, Māori, public sector, or highly regulated environments.
An understanding of Māori data sovereignty principles and tikanga-informed decision making.
INTERESTED?
If you're ready to help lead the next chapter of AI enablement at Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, we'd love to hear from you.
Applications close 5pm on 24 July 2026