Product Owner

Position Number: JR-002080

Location: Parkville

Role type: Full-time; Continuing

Faculty: Enterprise Technology

Department/School: Business Services

Salary: UOM 9 - $143,185 - $148,972 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

• Lead product strategy / Shape university-wide digital solutions / Enhance stakeholder experiences.
• Apply now to spearhead digital product innovation and transform educational experiences at a world-class University.
• Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

The University of Melbourne

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Your next career opportunity

As a Product Owner in the Digital Products team at the University of Melbourne, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the institution's digital landscape. You'll build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the university, translating their needs into innovative digital solutions. This role offers you the opportunity to drive product strategy, lead agile development teams, and directly impact the experiences of students, staff, and researchers at a leading global university.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with diverse university stakeholders to capture strategic and operational needs.
• Product Strategy: Develop and manage product roadmaps, aligning digital solutions with university strategy and stakeholder requirements.
• Agile Leadership: Facilitate the prioritisation and delivery of high-value features, maximising the impact of development teams.
• Innovation: Identify opportunities for platform improvements and innovations based on user feedback, behaviour, and market trends.

You may be a great fit if:

You are an experienced Product Owner with a strong background in delivering Salesforce software solutions in complex organisations, possessing excellent stakeholder management skills and a passion for driving innovation through digital products.

You may also:

• Hold a relevant postgraduate qualification or have equivalent significant experience in product management.
• Demonstrate extensive experience in developing product roadmaps and managing backlogs in agile environments.
• Have outstanding communication and presentation skills, with experience managing diverse stakeholder groups at all levels.
• Show a track record of using customer-centric approaches to design and build innovative products.
• Possess experience with Salesforce, CRM systems, and other marketing technologies.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

What we offer you

We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:

• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive career development and training, plus a 25% discount on UniMelb graduate courses for your immediate family members

Your new team – Enterprise Technology

The Enterprise Services domain team, part of Enterprise Technology, is responsible for planning and delivering a wide range of initiatives. These include IT enablement for new campus buildings and facilities, smart campus projects IT infrastructure upgrades, and integration, identity management, and security solutions. The team also drives application and digital projects across core enterprise functions such as finance, HR, procurement, service management, space management, and other back-office capabilities.

Be Yourself

The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our Indigenous strategy please visit -

Working at the University – what you need to know

This role requires the successful candidate to maintain a Working with Children Check The successful candidate can apply for the WWCC as part of the onboarding process. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Join Us and unlock your career potential

Is this the perfect opportunity for you? Apply today Including the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
• The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the )

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Mick Powar via email at hr-, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the .

Applications close: Sunday 21st September Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) / Melbourne time zone.

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