Product Owner - 1 year fixed term

Mō te tūranga | About the Role

The Product Owner is the owner/operator running a ‘business’ that is accountable for delivering a product/service on a day-to-day and sprint-to-sprint basis, working with an agile development team.

As Product Owner, you will work closely with internal and external customers to understand their needs and pain points. You will use data driven decisioning to power the product/service forward. Your primary role will be to maximise the value of this product/service and to represent the customer in the team, thus bridging the gap between product strategy and development.

You will help lead an agile development team. You will be accountable for managing scope and generally arranging and leading agile ceremonies, helping to define and size stories and prioritising team backlog. You will help streamline execution, and promote continuous delivery, while maintaining the technical integrity of the product/service.

We value and prioritise curious Product people.
This is an autonomous role, that collaborates with Senior Leadership, SME’s, their team, other POs, and Product Managers to ensure alignment and strategic direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with internal & external customers to understand their needs and pain points and use 
• data driven decisioning to power the product/service forward 
• Accountable for managing scope, prioritisation and ensuring good quality agile ceremonies. Help 
• streamline execution, and promote continuous delivery, while maintaining the technical integrity of the 
• product/service 
• Manages supplier, business partner and third-party relationships where necessary 
• Owns the build, run, enhance and retire lifecycle of the product/service 
• Leads the Quarterly Planning Process (QPP) with the team, providing a high level, sized view of 
• deliverables for the coming period with confidence levels. 
• Responsible for planning to squad financials, quantifying effort required and value delivered 
• Perform related duties as assigned, within the scope of role and as required by senior leadership. 

Outcomes / Deliverables 

• Define the vision, own the roadmap and backlog, effectively managing trade-off decisions, whilst managing dependencies and any unplanned work. 
• Collaborates with Senior Leadership, SME’s, their team, other POs, and Product Managers to ensure alignment and strategic direction 
• Managing and tracking the delivery progress against agreed roadmap and ensure contribution is aligned to the objectives of the organisation 

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

• Extensive experience with the Agile product owner craft and best practices 
• Ability to understand complex challenges/concepts and articulate these in a simplified, easy to understand manner 
• Experience with iterative, continuous delivery and visualisation methods for communicating roadmaps 
• Experience with managing scope and prioritisation, making data-based decisions. 

Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation
At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together.

What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you!

Tono mai ināianei! | Apply Now!

Apply today with your CV and Cover Letter. 

The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. 

Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater

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