Product Owner - Gov Project - Contract

PERSOLKELLY brings together the legacy and experience of four organizations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOLKELLY, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Product Owner

The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring the capability developed in a multidisciplinary agile development team achieves value for business areas and end users. The Product Owner will work closely with business SMEs, service designers, BA, delivery managers and other product management staff to ensure best practice design and development standards are applied and that solutions for modernised products and services meet standards of quality.

The Product Owner will be a key member of the Product Management Centre of Excellence (CoE), which includes other Product Owners, Product Mangers, and other product staff responsible for assurance and solution management. The Product Owner will be responsible for coaching and mentoring product staff seconded from business areas in the discipline of product management, and providing expertise on best practice product management to the broader CoE.

The Product Owner will bring proven expertise in managing a bespoke product throughout the product development lifecycle. In particular, the Product Owner will be experienced in service and solution design in the early phases of product development and able to lead a design process.

The role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Product Owner for one or multiple bespoke products, following product management best practice to prioritise work in order to deliver maximum value


• Working with a delivery manager, lead a multi-disciplinary agile team through the design, build, test and release of bespoke products


• Become a subject matter expert on the product and be an ambassador for the product to the rest of the program and agency


• Develop and coach other product staff seconded from internal business areas


• Provide expertise and advice to the Product Management Centre of Excellence (CoE)


• Design the solution components in line with scope and associated parameters ensuring the design is fit for purpose at each stageLia


• ise with internal program stakeholders including design leads, technical leads, solution architects, enterprise architects as part of developing the overall design, development, and implantation of products


• Facilitate internal AEC stakeholder engagement related to design of system components


• Identify of risks and issues providing support for mitigation where needed


• Provide input to the overall program schedule identifying key milestones and resource requirements related to product design execution


• Work closely with the Delivery Manager and Product Manager to ensure on time and efficient delivery

Conditions of Participation and Mandatory:

Security Requirements:

• Applicants will be required to obtain a Police Check and have the ability to obtain and maintain minimum Baseline AGSVA Clearance.

Key Personnel Expertise

Mandatory

• Significant experience in product development in supervisory capacity in a Product Owner or Product Manager position, including coaching and development of less experienced product staff


• Significant experience in the solution design of bespoke solutions, with an ability to refine scope based on user insights, business need and technical complexity


• Strong networking skills and an ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders


• Proven ability to become a subject matter expert in a new field


• Proven ability to communicate effectively whilst responding to stakeholder needs and expectations across a geographically dispersed network


• Analytical abilities with the ability to obtain accurate conclusions and apply innovative initiatives while contributing to strategic objectives


• Ability to manage business expectations while achieving outcomes


• Demonstrated personal integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and policy parameters.

Desirable

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a related field


• Experience in electoral event planning and/or delivery

Work, Health and Safety

• Applicants will be required to comply with the WHS policies and standards including the COVID Vaccination policy.

If you meet these requirements, please apply now or for a confidential discussion please call Athena Yung on 0491 451 213 or reach out at Athena.Yung@persolkelly.com.au

PERSOLKELLY strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

Who are we

At PERSOLKELLY, our passion is - and always has been - putting you first.

We propel our people forward by supporting their careers in fresh ways, backed by our expertise and capability.

We're committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experience and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, please APPLY now.

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