Data Product Manager

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

We are on a mission to transform how data is governed, managed, and leveraged across the enterprise. As the Data Product Manager of Data Quality, you'll be at the heart of this transformation, driving scalable data quality strategies that support innovation, reduce risk, and deliver value across all Optus brands and channels.

This role sits within the Data Transformation Tribe, a fast-paced agile environment focused on enabling next-generation data capabilities. You'll work closely with senior leaders including the AD, Enterprise Data Management contributing to the development of frameworks, tools, and processes that elevate Optus' data maturity.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide data quality standards and controls.
• Facilitate workshops and engage stakeholders to translate complex requirements into actionable initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of Optus' Information Asset Register and Data Best Practice Register.
• Support roadmap alignment across squads and teams including Digital & Data, Enterprise Business, Finance, IT, Privacy, Regulatory, and Customer Engagement.
• Collaborate with the Data Governance & Strategy team to ensure delivery capacity and alignment.
• Monitor and refine data quality controls to continuously improve Optus' data risk profile.
• Contribute to business cases and prioritisation of high-impact data initiatives.

What you'll bring

• Hands-on experience with Azure, Databricks, and SQL.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to lead workshops and influence across teams.
• Proven ability to deliver data quality initiatives in complex, regulated environments.
• Strategic mindset with a focus on customer value, commercial outcomes, and operational excellence.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive measurable outcomes.
• Comfortable working in agile environments and contributing to cross-functional squads.
• A collaborative, solution-oriented approach with a continuous improvement mindset.

The good stuff …

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected' days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever's important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U's industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying 'yes' to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email or call We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

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