Product Development Manager

• Drive our renewable energy strategy and create new and exciting products for our customers
• Support the growth of community batteries and play a key role in the energy transition.
• Permanent Position | Melbourne or Sydney based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful
At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it's how we approach work every day. As a collective, we're a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia's energy transition. If you're driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we'd love to have you on the journey.

About The Role
An exciting opportunity to join our passionate Community Battery team, as the Product Development Manager, is now available.

Reporting to the Head of Network and Community batteries, the focus for this role will be to manage the design, development, deployment, and operation of new and existing customer propositions. Supporting the growth of community batteries is a key element of Origin's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and transition towards a renewable focused energy market.

As a key source of growth of our VPP capacity, Origin is working to develop new capabilities, business models and customer propositions relating to community batteries, which are large energy storage assets located in public spaces with the purpose of creating value for customers, networks and energy providers.

Key responsibilities;

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle — from discovery and MVP through launch, operation, and iteration.
• Define and deliver the 6–24-month product roadmap in partnership with strategy, digital and technology teams.
• Drive a customer-centric approach, validating problem/solution fit and ensuring strong product-market fit.
• Lead and align a small cross-functional team to execute against the roadmap and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Develop and execute the go-to-market and marketing strategy with Customer Growth, Marketing, Brand and Retail.
• Ensure commercial viability, including product performance, pricing, planning, reporting and market trend monitoring.

About You
You have deep experience in product management and development - both digital and on-the-ground - with a passion for solving complex problems and delivering meaningful customer outcomes. You're driven by curiosity, creativity, and commercial thinking, and you thrive at the intersection of product, marketing, and design.

You're an organised self-starter who builds strong relationships and brings people together to get things done. You balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and can facilitate alignment across teams in a pragmatic, fact-based way. You're comfortable challenging the status quo and energising others around new ideas.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in product management and/or design, with proven success in new product development and innovation.
• Experience in marketing strategy and customer acquisition.
• End-to-end product development, including non-digital delivery and operational growth activities.
• Strong commercial acumen and a track record in building and scaling new propositions.
• Experience leading or mentoring teams.
• Deep understanding of human-centred design and lean, iterative approaches to solution development.
• Agile delivery experience, including defining and delivering MVPs and iterating based on customer and commercial insights.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and align cross-functional teams.
• High levels of organisation and facilitation skill to drive action and accountability.

Desirable

• Deep experience in commercial, operations, technology, or product roles.
• Industry experience in utilities, clean technology, or related sectors (e.g. energy, telco, sustainability).
• A keen interest in developing solutions that contribute to the energy industry's transition to renewables and Net Zero pathways.

So why join us?

• 20 weeks of paid leave for primary carers with flexible return options.
• Thrive in a culture of personal and professional growth
• Enjoy a central CBD location with access public transport.
• Purchase up to four additional weeks of leave annually.
• Engage in opportunities through the Origin Foundation to support your community.
• Powering your career with unbeatable perks - Get discounted electricity, gas, and internet as an Origin employee
• Explore unique and cost-effective employee EV Car subscriptions.

Origin - Where good change happens
At Origin, we're powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we'd love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us:
Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.
Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
Function: Senior Management