Product Owner

Were on the hunt for a sharp strategic and collaborative Product Owner to join our dynamic team and take charge of shaping the future of our innovative software products. If youre someone who thrives on turning big ideas into realworld solutionsand loves working at the intersection of customer needs business strategy and product deliverythis could be the perfect opportunity for you.

In this role youll own the product vision roadmap and for highimpact software initiatives. Youll lead the charge in defining and prioritising product requirements managing a healthy backlog and ensuring development efforts stay aligned with our strategic goals.

Youll be the glue between developers designers stakeholders and end usersfacilitating agile ceremonies refining requirements and driving delivery that exceeds expectations. From sprint planning and standups to retrospectives your leadership will keep the team focused adaptive and continuously improving.

Your daytoday will involve leading scoping requirements definition and prioritisation for large and often complex initiatives ensuring that product requirements are clearly defined and managed throughout the development lifecycle. Youll act as the voice of the customer bringing insights from feedback usage data and market research into every stage of the product journey. Working across internal and external teams youll plan and maintain a product roadmap that is tightly aligned with strategic business goals.

Qualifications :

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role with a strong understanding of agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with crossfunctional teams.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities capable of translating complex requirements into actionable user stories.
• Technical understanding of the product domain and effective communication with development teams.
• Experience managing the product development life cycle from ideation to launch and ongoing maintenance.
• Proficiency in using product management tools such as Jira Trello or similar platforms.
• Agile certifications (e.g. Certified Scrum Product Owner Certified Product Owner) are preferred but not mandatory.
• Previous experience working in federal government

Additional Information :

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave initiatives focused on your wellbeing and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint industry and partner training programs special interest groups and an AIdriven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equalopportunity employer and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

Weve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process including probity and police checks

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime