Senior Product Owner - Trade Me Jobs/Property - Christchurch

Trade Me is one of New Zealand's most popular websites with over four million members and more than 650,000 Kiwis visiting our site every day.

We're looking for two Senior Product Owners; one for Trade Me Property based in either Auckland or Wellington and one for Trade Me Jobs based in Christchurch, Auckland or Wellington.

To achieve this, you will work closely with teams to prioritise and refine the roadmap and backlog, identify and manage dependencies and maintain the user experience of your product portfolio.

Here's what you can expect from the roles:

• Strike the balance between value, viability, feasibility and usability and be accountable for the short-term roadmap and committed outcomes of the product’s delivery
• Work with product management and technical leadership teams to identify the most valuable pieces of work, prioritise them and slice them to optimise for the first customer feedback loop
• Lead the effort to define quarterly story-maps and OKRs to build alignment between high-level strategy and day-to-day engineering teams
• Create, refine and maintain a robust, adequately-resourced backlog
• Lead release change management, including customer adoption/rollout planning and both internal and external engagement and communication around the change
• Build a strong understanding of our customers’ experience using our services day to day, and bring the voice of the customer to prioritisation decisions
• Work with Engineering managers and technical leaders to strike the right balance between product delivery and platform maintenance

What you will bring to our team:

• 5+ years experience leading Product Engineering teams to deliver great outcomes, good understanding of product, design & engineering practices
• Experienced working in an Agile development environment
• A proven track record of successfully developing flexible value-driven product roadmaps to clarify where we are going, taking ownership of outcomes, defining opportunities and delivering measurable results
• Experienced in using outcome-based metrics to measure the impact of change

Critical Competencies:

• Results-oriented with demonstrated ability to deliver great outcomes in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage complexity, deal with a high level of uncertainty, and make decisions with information at hand
• A great team player and collaborator, able to form strong relationships and get the best out of people
• An outstanding communicator - able to explain ideas simply & clearly, listen carefully to others, and proactively improve team communication
• Highly organised, with great planning and facilitation skills
• Energy, drive and enthusiasm for excellent results and a genuine desire to help engage and motivate other team/squad members
• Exceptional proficiency in risk management and robust decision-making based on risk assessment
• Advanced analytical, technical and creative reasoning and an extensive toolkit of problem solving techniques
• Mentors and guides others in product ownership tools and practices

You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:

#Flexible - Flexible working is the new normal. We have our company connection day on Monday and there is another team connection day as well. We support you with a home office setup and a utilities allowance to ensure you can work comfortably

#Learning - Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow with us from Day 1

We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you’re excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you. Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.