Product Owner

**15th October, 2024**:
**Who are we?**

Standards Australia (SA) is the peak standards development organisation in Australia, with a rich history that dates back to 1922. Currently, we are undergoing a significant transformation and growth phase. In recent years, our workforce has doubled, and we now proudly employ over 300 professionals dedicated to helping shape Australia's future and fulfilling our mission of empowering communities.

Our organisation brings experts together to create national and international standards that serve as essential guidelines for products and services, ultimately benefiting the Australian community. Our vision is to be a global leader in providing trusted solutions that improve life today and tomorrow.

**About the role**

The Product Owner will manage product development and deliver roadmap initiatives that will bring products all the way from concept to launch and into lifecycle management. This role will play an integral part in the organisation to manage and maintain overall user experience using applied design thinking, agile and lean practices.

**What you'll do**
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team, including Business Owners, Business Analysts (BA), Developers, and other stakeholders, to understand and address key challenges
- Take ownership of delivering the strategic product direction, supported by clear rationale and robust insights
- Lead the creation and presentation of key artefacts, including product strategy
- Work closely with user experience specialists, visual designers, and editors
- Understand system and platform capabilities, and effectively communicate this information to others
- Manage communication during solution releases, ensuring stakeholder alignment on development progress, scope, and any obstacles
- Take ownership of features by embracing the Product Owner role as defined in Standards Australia's agile methodology
- Be familiar with agile delivery and provide vision and direction to the development team and other stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle

**About you**
- Minimum two years of experience managing digital products
- Experience working with Project Managers, Business Analysts and Developers
- Experience working in agile delivery in a Product role
- Technically fluent skills in digital: social, web, mobile, apps etc
- A demonstrated track record of working with engineering and UX/UI teams to deliver software
- Proven experience in scoping and planning projects.
- Demonstrated stakeholder and relationship management
- Preferably experienced in Organisation Change Management
- Display an understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Strong presentation skills and experience creating features/epics in Jira
- Strong competency with Roadmap development

**Culture & Benefits**

Standards Australia is proud to have been awarded the prestigious Employer of Choice Award for two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024. This recognition highlights our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace and fostering a culture of excellence. Our iCARE values form the basis of all we do - Integrity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.

Standards Australia offers many benefits such as flexibility with working from home, regular team events, additional personal/carer's leave, regular awards, and on-going training. Our award-winning People Perks program includes the following great benefits:

- Nine-day fortnight - enjoy every second Friday off
- Parental and secondary carer leave benefits - supporting you and your growing family
- Workiversary rewards - your commitment and loyalty won't go unrecognised
- Global working - do you have working rights in another country? Enjoy a few weeks of international working every year
- Early access to long service leave - why wait 10 years for long service leave? 5 years sounds a lot better

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