Product Owner

Product Owner - Platform

**About us**:
At iSelect, we're passionate about making Australians' lives easier by saving them time, money, and effort. When it comes to big things, like health cover, car insurance or energy providers, we take on the hard work to make it easier - giving our customers back precious time so they can do more of what they love. With over 20 years' experience, we are a one-stop destination for comparison and purchasing across insurance, utilities and personal finance products. We compare a wide range of brands and our trained comparison experts help customers to compare, select and save more, putting them in control.

We operate in a growth-orientated, agile, and progressive environment that fosters innovation and rewards success. Our team members have high levels of empowerment and accountability, which are underpinned by a pragmatic, down-to-earth and relatable approach.

**What you do**:
Our Platform and DevOps team is a key enabler for our engineering and wider technology group to implement aligned development, deployment and operational practices and increase velocity and confidence for software delivery. As a Product Owner for the team, you will be accountable for setting the vision and strategy for our development experience and integration/delivery platforms to support multiple technology teams.

Working with internal and external technology and business stakeholders, you will develop clear platform product roadmaps that contribute to and is aligned with the iSelect strategy.

By leading and collaborating with delivery partners, you will be responsible for ensuring the right initiatives are delivered at the right time to realise maximum value for technology teams, the company and partners. You will have a key focus on promoting the internal value of your team, being a genuine advocate of your products and managing their respective lifecycle.

**What you need**:

- Extensive commercial experience as a technical product owner, driving the strategy and vision for Integration, Developer Experience, CI/CD or similar platforms.
- Background either in development, moving into a product owner role or a seasoned product owner with exceptional record of delivering new or enhanced features in the above-mentioned areas.
- Successfully developed product vision, goals and roadmaps, represented the true ownership of designated product(s) in an organisation.
- Strong understanding of and appreciation for industry-accepted security practices in software development, delivery and operations.
- Experienced in Scrum agile and understand the importance of your role within the scrum team.
- Proven capability in customer journey & user story mapping and grooming backlogs of work with the scrum team to define a meaningful path forward for them.
- Strong stakeholder management skills - building relationships with stakeholders to successfully manage expectations from business - keeping communication easy and transparent regarding product outcomes.

**What's in it for you**:

- **Hybrid & Flexible Working - **3 days in our CBD office - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
- **Professional Development -** We encourage ongoing learning and development with free access to the full Linkedin Learning Library, our own in-house learning Academy and regularly run initiatives such as our relationship with 'Juno Adaptive Leaders Program' which enable you to continually upskill
- **Recharge Days -** For the times when you just need to take a break, we offer three extra days to use at your discretion (yes, in addition to your 20 days Annual Leave
- **Referral Bonus -** Earn yourself an extra $1500 by referring another superstar to join our team
- **Salary packaging** - we can help you to maximise your salary with options such as novated leasing.
- **Paid Parental Leave** (for both primary & secondary caregiver) and a Return to Work Bonus for when you're ready to come back.
- **Income Protection Insurance** - a monthly income replacement benefit (after a waiting period) if you are medically certified as unable to work due to an injury or illness that is not work related.
- **Wellbeing Centre -** Our online platform which provides education, support and tools to help you live a healthier and happier life - find online yoga, cardio & boxing classes, healthy recipes and meditation & mindfulness tools.
- **Employee Assistance Program -** Free access to qualified psychologists and coaches who can assist you with the demands of work and home life.
- **Rewards Platform -** A simple way of saving money for you and your family by offering you instant discounts and cashback at hundreds of retailers. Earn and redeem points while you spend
- **Annual iStar trip -** We love to reward and recognize our employees, whether you've gone above and beyond or consistently upheld our Values of 'Being Brave', 'Keeping it real', 'Celebrate' and 'Have Heart'.

**What's next**:

- We can be flexible with interview times, and these will be conduc