Product Manager, Data Partnerships

Product Manager, Data Partnerships (PropTrack)

We're REA

REA Group is one of the great Australian start-up success stories. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business specialising in property.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We take care of each other, and we invest in our culture. At REA, you’ll find the space to create and the people to inspire - all driven by a strong desire to make a difference and change the way the world experiences property.

We help people at every stage of their property journey by offering the richest content, data and insights, property valuation estimates and home financing solutions. We are proud to say we help millions of people find and finance their next home, every day.

We're proud to have been named one of Australia's Best Workplaces as well as one of Australia's Best Workplace for Women. This recognition is a great proof point of our unique and special culture. A culture that is driven by our people, our values, and our commitment to making a difference in the community.

Where the PropTrack team fits in

REA is evolving how it leverages data and technology to deliver benefits for customers. After the acquisition of PropTrack in May 2018, and following large growth in recent years, we are now looking for an experienced Senior Client Director to increase the PropTrack customer base and market share as it continues to grow as a part of the REA family.

PropTrack provides property data, insights and technical platform solutions to customers in financial, government, and other key industries. The Commercial Team within PropTrack works together to sell innovative and tailored solutions to meet our customer’s needs.

It is the core knowledge centre for identifying and developing solutions to meet customer strategic objectives and thus drive the priorities of the entire PropTrack business.

What the role is all about

The Product Manager, Data Partnerships role entails overseeing data acquisition activities, managing third-party relationships and contracts, and ensuring compliance with data usage terms and licensing agreements. The role also involves establishing frameworks for data governance, identifying and mitigating data risks, and maintaining key data registers and assessments.

The responsibilities of the role include:

- Assess complimentary data sets and accountable for data acquisition activities
- Manage 3rd party supplier / vendor contracts and relationships
- Be the SME on each data asset’s terms of use
- Establish frameworks and processes to ensure compliance to licence agreements
- Assist in identifying, defining and categorising data risks and their mitigations
- Lead, own and co-ordinate each annual compliance audit
- Responsible for maintaining the Critical Data Register and Data Valuation Assessments
- Working with data teams across REA Group, contributing to and championing data governance, ensuring appropriate data frameworks are adopted
- Build strong working relationships and be the trusted partner across REA Group Product, Risk & Compliance and Tech & Engineering teams, as well as PropTrack Product, Commercial and Engineering teams
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure data ingestion, provision and consumption complies with all licensing requirements
- Manage business relationships and engagement with existing partners and third parties
- Have strong awareness of data governance, risk, compliance and security landscape and engage with these stakeholders to ensure we are meeting all requirements

Who we’re looking for
- An experienced professional with a passion for data, you would ideally have 7+ years experience working in a commercial data environment
- Demonstrated experience managing large complex data sets
- Demonstrated experience commercialising data
- Demonstrated experience implementing and operationalising processes
- Excellent communication, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate effectively with business and technical stakeholders
- Understanding and implementation of data governance frameworks (e.g. DMBoK)
- Ability to analyse, understand and extract value from data assets
- Property domain knowledge is highly desirable

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

- A hybrid and flexible approach to working - Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
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