Anti-Doping Manager

Mā te tika, mā te pono me te aroha. With truth, honesty, and compassion.

Te whiwhinga mahi - The opportunity:

The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui is responsible for leading and promoting integrity across all levels of sport and recreation. We set standards, build sector capability, investigate serious integrity concerns, and work alongside participants and organisations to prevent harm. Our work is grounded in te Tiriti o Waitangi and public service values.

We are looking for an experienced and highly capable Anti-Doping Manager to lead the controlled, compliant, and efficient delivery of our anti-doping testing, Whereabouts, and therapeutic use exemption (TUE) administration functions.

This is an opportunity to lead a critical national regulatory function that helps protect the fairness and integrity of sport in Aotearoa New Zealand. You will ensure our testing and related services are carefully planned, authorised, documented, monitored and reviewed, with clear accountability, effective controls and timely escalation of risks, incidents, and non-compliance.

As the leader of our Anti-Doping team, you will balance strict procedural compliance and operational efficiency with a fair, respectful, and athlete-centered experience. You will lead a team of specialist employees and oversee a wider network of sample collection personnel delivering anti-doping services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mō te tūranga - About this role:

Every athlete deserves the opportunity to compete on a fair and level playing field. As our Anti-Doping Manager, you will lead New Zealand’s national anti-doping testing programme and oversee the operational systems, processes, controls, and quality assurance arrangements that support testing, Whereabouts, and Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) administration.

You will ensure these functions consistently meet the World Anti-Doping Code, relevant International Standards, the Sports Anti-Doping Rules, legislative requirements, and the Commission’s own policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the planning, delivery, and evaluation of a compliant, risk-based national anti-doping testing programme.
• Overseeing test distribution planning and ensuring testing priorities are translated into controlled and achievable operational plans.
• Leading and supporting the Anti-Doping team, setting clear expectations for quality, timeliness, accountability, and professional conduct.
• Overseeing a responsive and well-coordinated field-testing network delivering compliant and high-quality sample collection services.
• Owning and maintaining the operational control framework for testing, Whereabouts, and Therapeutic Use Exemption administration.
• Ensuring anti-doping operations remain audit-ready, with complete and accurate records and clear evidence that required controls have been performed.
• Monitoring compliance, service standards, operational risks, exceptions, incidents, and data quality.
• Promptly identifying, investigating, and escalating non-compliance, control failures, process deviations, and operational risks.
• Leading preparations for World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) and other internal or external audits and ensuring corrective actions are completed and sustained.
• Ensuring employees and contracted personnel are appropriately trained, authorised and assessed as competent before undertaking regulated or high-risk activities.
• Monitoring operational performance and using testing, compliance, and service information to improve planning, resourcing, and delivery.
• Building and maintaining constructive relationships with national sport organisations, athlete bodies, international federations, testing agencies, and other anti-doping partners.
• Ensuring sensitive athlete, medical and testing information is managed with appropriate confidentiality, privacy, and information handling controls.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced operational leader who wants to make a meaningful contribution to the fairness and credibility of sport in Aotearoa New Zealand. While compliance and quality are essential, this role is ultimately about people. You'll help ensure athletes experience anti-doping processes that are fair, respectful, professional, and consistent, while maintaining the integrity of the system that underpins clean sport.

He kōrero mōu – About you:

You are an experienced operational leader who has managed complex, regulated, or compliance-critical services where accuracy, timeliness, documentation, and procedural discipline are essential.

You can lead and develop a capable team, maintain oversight across multiple workflows, and ensure people follow clearly defined standards and controls. You are comfortable working under regulatory scrutiny and have the judgement and confidence to identify problems, investigate failures, make defensible decisions, and escalate material concerns promptly.

You combine strong attention to detail with the ability to see the wider operational picture. You can improve efficiency and service delivery without compromising compliance, quality, or procedural fairness.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience managing regulated, compliance-critical, or quality-assured operations, preferably within anti-doping, sport, health, laboratory, regulatory or public-sector environments.
• Proven people leadership experience, including setting clear expectations, monitoring delivery, and supporting employees to perform at their best.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining operational controls, standard operating procedures, quality checks, and assurance processes.
• Strong risk judgement and experience identifying exceptions, investigating failures, and managing operational or compliance concerns.
• Experience preparing audits, responding to findings, managing non-conformances, and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to maintain control across complex workflows, competing priorities, and time-critical activity.
• Excellent written communication and record-keeping skills, including the ability to produce clear procedures, reports, decisions, and audit evidence.
• Strong analytical capability and confidence using operational, compliance, and performance data to inform decisions.
• Experience managing suppliers, contracted providers or distributed workforces against defined service and compliance expectations.
• High personal integrity, professional resilience, and confidence operating under scrutiny.
• Cultural intelligence and a demonstrated commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi, fairness, and athlete-centered service delivery.
• A genuine commitment to clean, safe, and fair sport and recreation.

We're looking for someone who combines high standards with humility, collaboration, and care. Someone who can build trust, support their team to succeed, and navigate complex decisions with integrity.

Strong working knowledge of the World Anti-Doping Code, relevant International Standards and the Sports Anti-Doping Rules would be an advantage. We will also consider candidates who can demonstrate an ability to rapidly master a comparable regulatory framework. A relevant tertiary qualification in sport, health science, law, public administration, quality, risk, operations, or a related field is preferred.

Some national travel and occasional after-hours work are required.

A full driver's licence is essential, and police vetting or other safety checks may be required.

Ngā painga - What we offer:

Every day, our people contribute to something bigger than themselves. We work to protect the integrity of sport and recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand, helping create environments where athletes, participants and communities can have confidence in fair and safe competition.

You'll join a passionate and purpose-driven organisation where your expertise will have a direct impact on athletes, sporting organisations and the future of clean sport in New Zealand.

We also offer:

An annual wellbeing contribution to support your health and wellness.

Convenient access to public transport, with a train station close by, easy motorway connections and onsite parking.

This position is based in our Ellerslie, Auckland office. A work location surrounded by great eateries, coffee shops, and a gym within the business park, ensuring you can easily access everything you need.

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply:

Submit your application, including your CV and cover letter, via SEEK by close of business 16th October 2026.

In your cover letter, tell us how your experience leading regulated, compliance-critical, or quality-assured operations would enable you to succeed in this role.

If you have questions about the role, you are welcome to contact us for more information at [email protected]

Applications sent via email will not be accepted.

Employer questions:

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand?
• What’s your expected annual base salary?
• How many years’ experience do you have managing regulated, compliance-critical, or quality-assured operations?
• How many years’ people leadership experience do you have?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?
• Do you hold a current full New Zealand driver licence?