Product Owner

  • Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

The client
Our client is a unique government agency which works closely with a range of national and international partners to create connections and gather information to protect Australia from serious threats. They deliver information-sharing solutions at the state, territory and federal levels to ensure that essential information is available to all law enforcement agencies across Australia

The role
Product Owners work closely with User Researchers and the rest of the delivery team to create and improve a product or service, ensuring it meets user needs. They are responsible for prioritising product component delivery, according to greatest user needs.

Job duties and responsibilities:

  • Accountable for providing leadership and direction to ensure a high-level of integration and consistency in the management of projects and products within the agency’s Capability Programs.
  • Accountable for managing and leading a team, including providing clear and consistent communication, setting clear performance and behavioural standards, managing performance, delegating responsibility and guiding and developing people.
  • Accountable for planning and managing allocated resources, setting program priorities, workflows, work area strategies and evaluating business outcomes.
  • Accountable for the development, implementation and monitoring of program strategies, plans and risks, enabling delivery and reporting on the requirements and expectations of the management of the Clients assets.
  • Provide strategic direction and clearly articulate goals to achieve program, project and product objectives in accordance with the clients’ policies and procedures.
  • Engage, negotiate and sustain working relationships on very complex issues to understand and influence the stakeholder requirements.
  • Analyse and implement program management options that achieve optimal use of the Australian Signals Directorate assets.
  • Drive change management strategies and provide clear direction to manage performance and meet program delivery schedules.

Technical Skills
Formal qualifications in Project Management, Business Management or related field
Project Methodology certification. E.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe
Proficiency in Atlassian suite of products, including JIRA, R4J, Xray and Confluence.

Application
To apply for this opportunity, hit “APPLY”. For more information, please reach out to Emma at emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com

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