Chief Technology Officer

Enabling preventative healthcare through technology

Orion Health is a global healthcare technology company on a mission to enable healthier lives through better data, insights, and care coordination. We work with governments, health systems, and clinicians around the world to deliver population-scale health platforms that matter.

Orion Health is part of HEALWELL AI, a Canadian-based healthcare AI company with world-leading capabilities in artificial intelligence and data science. Together, we are accelerating the adoption of intelligent healthcare solutions globally.

We are now seeking an experienced Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Orion Health to lead our technology organisation into its next phase of modernisation, innovation, and AI-enabled growth; exclusively accountable for technology strategy and execution.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of healthcare technology from New Zealand, while operating at global scale.

The opportunity

As CTO of Orion Health, you will be a visible ambassador for our technology vision, strengthening our reputation as a challenger with something important to say.

You will be accountable for our end-to-end technology strategy and execution, leading our large, highly capable engineering function and playing a critical role in modernising our platforms, accelerating AI adoption, and ensuring our technology roadmap is tightly aligned with product outcomes and customer value.

You will also work closely with technology and AI leaders within our parent company, HEALWELL AI, including Canadian-based teams, to leverage advanced AI capabilities and integrate them into Orion Health’s platforms where appropriate.

Success will require a strong product mindset — partnering deeply with Product, Clinical, and Commercial leaders to ensure technology investments directly enable market-leading healthcare solutions.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Technology vision & strategy. Define and execute a clear, future-focused technology strategy for Orion Health, aligned to its product roadmap and commercial objectives.
• Platform modernisation. Lead the evolution of Orion Health’s platforms towards modern cloud-native, API-driven, and data-centric architectures, balancing innovation with operational resilience.
• AI integration & innovation. Drive responsible AI adoption within Orion Health’s products, collaborating with HEALWELL AI’s Canadian teams where strategically beneficial, while maintaining architectural and operational ownership locally.
• Product-aligned engineering. Ensure engineering teams are outcome-oriented, customer-focused, and tightly integrated with product management and design.
• Technology leadership in New Zealand. Lead and scale high-performing engineering teams primarily based in New Zealand, strengthening local capability, culture, and execution excellence.
• Security, privacy & compliance. Uphold the highest standards of security, privacy, and regulatory compliance across Orion Health’s technology platforms.
• Executive leadership. Act as a core member of the Orion Health executive team, contributing to company-wide strategy and representing technology at board level.
• Thought leadership. Represent the company on the world stage, engaging with senior stakeholders across governments, health systems, and industry forums to influence the future direction of healthcare technology.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or senior technology leader in complex, enterprise-grade software environments.
• Strong background in modern software engineering, cloud platforms, data architectures, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success leading significant technology modernisation initiatives.
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production software platforms.
• A product-led mindset
• Experience operating in regulated or mission-critical domains.
• Ability to lead, inspire, and scale senior technical teams.
• Auckland-based, or willing to relocate, with a genuine commitment to building and leading teams locally.

Why Orion Health?

• Shape healthcare at population scale. Lead technology for platforms that underpin national health systems and directly impact millions of lives globally.
• A uniquely New Zealand-based global mandate. Operate at a true international scale while building and leading world-class engineering capability from New Zealand.
• Influence at the highest levels. Engage with Boards, government leaders, and global health executives on the future of data-driven, preventative care.
• Access to advanced AI capability. Work within the HEALWELL AI group, leveraging leading AI and data science expertise to accelerate innovation while retaining clear ownership of Orion Health’s technical direction.
• A platform for transformation. Lead a significant phase of platform evolution and organisational uplift within an established, globally-recognised organisation.

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