Product Manager, Skills Information Systems and Stewardship

The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR) is focused on growing Victoria’s prosperity, building the productive capacity of our economy and increasing participation – by creating more opportunities for people through skills and jobs; helping businesses and industries to thrive; and building vibrant communities and regions. For more information, see the DJSIR Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

Established on 1 January 2023, our work spans numerous portfolios, supporting departmental ministers and operating across metropolitan, regional and international offices. We oversee various public entities, including public corporations, regulatory authorities and specialist boards.

Our values are accountability, integrity and respect, and underpin everything we do. For more information about the department, please visit our website: www.DJSIR.vic.gov.au.

Product Manager, Skills Information Systems and Stewardship

- Salary: $138,631 - $185,518 (Plus Superannuation)

- Ongoing position

- Usual hours of work: Full time (flexibility may be available)

- Usual work location: Ballarat GovHub (300-304 Mair Street, Ballarat VIC 3350)

The Role

As a Product Manager, Skills Information Systems and Stewardship, you play a key leadership role in shaping the future of Skills and TAFEs data analysis, reporting and business intelligence (BI) systems. You will guide the product roadmap and lead a high‑performing team to deliver innovative, user‑centred solutions and appropriate data stewardship to support strategic decision‑making across the Skills and TAFE system.

Your leadership as part of the VET Systems Management and Reform team will drive continuous improvement through collaboration, innovation, and evidence‑based insights. By fostering strong stakeholder relationships and empowering your team, you will help ensure our products are reliable, secure, relevant, and aligned with organisational goals, ultimately supporting better outcomes for Victoria's learners and training providers.

Key accountabilities include:

- Participates in strategic planning and contributes to strategic decision‑making process.

- Prepares technical reports at an authoritative level.

- Explains highly complex concepts, ideas and issues to an executive (i.e. non‑expert) audience.

- Focuses on understanding stakeholder issues and influencing their views.

- High level expertise in the field or discipline.

- Subject matter expert that conceptualises, initiates, implements, promotes and evaluates complex and innovative technical programmes.

The Team

The position of Product Manager, Skills Information Systems and Stewardship will work within Training Operations and Assurance branch, which sits within Skills and TAFE group.

Skills and TAFE (S&T) focuses on enabling Victorians to access the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to participate in today's workforce, prepare for future jobs, and achieve their educational aspirations.

Working in close partnership with the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA), S&T provides leadership and stewardship of a responsive, high‑quality vocational education and training (VET) system. This includes oversight of the Victorian TAFE Network, led by the Office of TAFE Coordination and Delivery (OTCD), and the apprenticeships system, with a strong focus on aligning training with industry needs and strengthening pathways into the workforce.

S&T supports lifelong learning and inclusive education through Adult, Community and Further Education (ACFE) and the Learn Local network, helping adult learners progress into further study or work. S&T collaborates across government, industry, education providers and communities to deliver skills‑focused solutions that improve workforce outcomes and enable businesses to access a skilled workforce.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:

- Flexibility and Adaptability: Works to find new ways to deliver outcomes. Recognises the merits of different options and acts accordingly. Builds commitment of others to adopt new strategies to deliver against outcomes.

- Strategic Planning: Ensures that overall strategic plan cascades to operational and team planning processes and performance plans; Provides subject matter expertise and building capability of others.

- Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Establishes metrics that evaluate quality and effectiveness of work delivered; Models and encourages new and different approaches, ways of working and solutions that deliver outcomes beyond stakeholder expectations.

- Systems Thinking: Establishes an integrated perspective of the organisation's systems and identifies the leverage points where intervention will add value.

- Digital and Technological Literacy: As a technical architect: possesses deep expertise in a specialised area, modifies and/or sets up a product in line with specifications defined.

- Data Literacy: Has deep expertise in formulating complex data models or algorithms using advanced statistical techniques.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact John Waddington, Director, VET Systems Management and Reform via email john.waddington@ecodev.vic.gov.au

The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child‑safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email atrecruitment@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right‑hand menu.

How to Apply

Please click the 'Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your Resume and respond to the Key Selection Criteria as outlined in the position description.

Applications close at 23:59pm on Monday, 17 November 2025.

Applications close Monday 17 November 2025 at 11.59pm

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