Manager, Digital Products

The role

The Manager, Digital Products leads a team of digital product specialists, business analysts and engineers to shape, deliver and support integrated digital solutions that enable business strategies and measurable outcomes. This role is pivotal in translating organisational objectives into opportunities that leverage modern digital technologies and reimage the way we work, enabling seamless and holistic human-centred digital solutions. As a strong people leader, you will inspire and develop a high-performing team, influence senior leaders and executives across the organisation and drive the adoption of existing and emerging digital technologies and capabilities. This role will also inspire innovation and facilitate the creation of integrated digital strategies to support evolving business needs and accelerate APRA's digital transformation.

The team

APRA's Technology team delivers, maintains, and enhances essential information technology services that support the organisation's productivity, strategic objectives, and business unit priorities.

Technology partner with stakeholders to design, implement and maintain IT solutions that meet the needs of the organisation and ensuring these are secure and aligned with APRA's technology architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the digital portfolio of initiatives from ideation through delivery, facilitating the prioritisation of the digital product backlog, and sequencing efforts to maximise impact and value.

• Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into actionable plans and initiatives.

• Identify and deliver continuous improvement opportunities, optimising digital products and solutions, driving adoption across the organisation.

• Create and maintain comprehensive product roadmaps aligned with business strategy and priorities.

• Lead the product lifecycle – discovery, delivery, maintenance, adoption and continuous improvement.

• Measure outcomes and success, ensuring products and initiatives deliver tangible benefits.

• Champion innovation and experimentation, bringing fresh ideas and new digital capabilities into the organisation.

• Maintain awareness of digital trends, emerging technologies and industry best practices to inform product decisions and innovation opportunities

About you

• Proven experience managing holistic digital product roadmaps and delivering end-to-end initiatives within an agile environment.

• Demonstrated experience in portfolio or program management, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, delivering measurable business outcomes.

• Proven experience delivering initiatives across multiple digital domains, such as web platforms, workflow, automation and enterprise business products.

• Experience facilitating user research, journey mapping and human-centred design.

• Solid understanding of end-to-end product lifecycle, digital architecture, agile methodologies and IT service delivery best practices.

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business problems into opportunities for digitalisation and automation, leveraging existing or emerging digital technologies.

• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, driving outcomes in an agile, business focused, collaborative environment.

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence senior and executive leaders across all divisions.

• Demonstrates strategic thinking, adaptability, and APRA-wide mindset, especially in navigating uncertainty and change.

• Excellent communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

To work with us, you must be an Australian citizen with eligibility to gain a NV1 clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency.

About APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) was established in 1998 as an independent statutory authority that supervises almost 1,200 financial institutions that manage $8.6 trillion in assets for Australians across the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors.

In overseeing the safety, competitiveness and stability of the financial system, we seek to recruit, develop and retain highly skilled professionals, who want to help shape financial services and protect the financial wellbeing of the Australian community. Our employee base of almost 900 come predominantly from the commercial financial services industry or other government agencies; as such, we have the feel of a small corporate organisation that can work flexibly and with agility.

Why Work for APRA

We recognise the skills, experience and commitment that our staff bring to their professional lives, and we seek to reward them accordingly. We also recognise that for our staff to be able to perform at their best, we need to ensure that they are able to bring their best selves to work. Our commitment to wellbeing is having engaged people supported by resilient leaders within a values-aligned culture.

At APRA, we're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs, feels valued and respected. We aspire to attract and foster diversity of background, thought, and experience, recognising that a broad range of perspectives, approaches and ideas makes us stronger, and better enables us to meet our obligation to protect the financial wellbeing of the Australian community. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please inform at application stage so we can do our best to accommodate your requirements.