Senior Technology Product Owner

Senior Technical Product Owner – Product Discovery and Experimentation  

• You bring technical depth and product craft to discovery, transforming uncertainty into prototypes, pilots, and platform capabilities. 

• We thrive on curiosity and continuous discovery, staying ahead of trends to drive outcomes that matter for customers and the business. 

• Together we will shape bold ideas, turning complex opportunities into clear strategies and actionable roadmaps. 

Do work that matters 

The CIO for Technology team ensures that CommBank is at the forefront of technology, using innovative and emerging technology to help our customer and support our Group Strategy.  

We work hard to ensure that best practice, whether inside CommBank or outside in the broader technology ecosystem, is discovered, sheltered, nurtured, and spread to wherever else it can drive the most benefit for the Group and our customers. 

See yourself in our team 

The Technical Product Owner will define the vision and roadmap for initiatives within the Product Discovery & Experimentation team, utilizing technical expertise in highly complex system technologies and platforms to inform technical strategy and deliver customer and business value. 
 
Working in a triad with Engineering and Design, you will shape opportunities, translate ambiguous problems into clear priorities, and guide delivery of prototypes, pilots, and platform capabilities. This role is central to how the team helps the organisation innovate faster while also shaping tools and technologies that accelerate discovery and testing. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Define and own the product vision and roadmap for discovery and experimentation initiatives. 

• Use technical expertise in highly complex system technologies and platforms to inform technical strategy in order to achieve customer and business value

• Apply product and engineering expertise to balance backlog of work and platform health against future flow of work

• Apply modern product principles to discovery and delivery, ensuring teams are empowered and outcome-focused. 

• Shape strategy for tools and capabilities that enable faster, scalable experimentation. 

• Translate technical concepts into simple, compelling narratives for executives and non-technical stakeholders. 

We are interested in people who: 

• Posses a strong knowledge of software engineering methodology

• Are naturally curious and creative, comfortable working in ambiguity, and thrive in shaping solutions as well as testing feasibility. 

• Keep their finger on the pulse of innovation and emerging technologies and can translate those into practical opportunities. 

• Have excellent communication skills, able to bridge the gap between technical detail and clear, simple messages for executives and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Are outcome-focused, ensuring that solutions and prototypes generate measurable customer and business value. 

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and business partners, aligning priorities and expectations. 

• Foster a culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement within a small, high-impact team. 

Technical Skills & Experience 
 We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don't expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team;

• Technical knowledge and aptitude across AI powered engineering, DevOps delivery, Software design and Architecture

• Extensive experience in product ownership or product management

• Strong understanding of modern product practices and demonstrated application of continuous discovery. 

• Proven experience in defining product vision, roadmaps, and backlogs in complex technical environments. 

• Strong technical literacy in modern system architectures (cloud, APIs, data, AI/ML awareness). 

• Experienced in agile product development and lean experimentation practices. 

Working with us

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in the office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.

Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

If this sounds like you, apply now

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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