Primary Details

• Location: Auckland

• Type: Permanent full time

• Hybrid role Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Product Owner to work with our Process Excellence Squad with a view to simplifying processes to save time and enhance the customer experience. Youll lead cross-functional agile teams in translating business goals and customer needs into user-focused digital solutions. The squad will also deliver other business initiatives outside of process improvements.

Your new role

Reporting to the General Manager Operations & Risk youll collaborate with key stakeholders including Heads of Delivery Testing and Platforms. While this role has no direct reports youll lead through influence driving execution via agile teams and ensuring quality from development through go-live. What youll do:

• Define the value stream vision and requirements based on customer needs and business objectives.

• Own the product roadmap prioritise backlog items and lead agile delivery teams to achieve strategic outcomes.

• Manage implementation plans including resource capacity and budget.

• Maintain and improve understanding of user needs motivations and behaviours to influence rewarding customer experiences.

• Communicate progress through showcases stand-ups and visual boards.

About you

Youre an experienced leader with a track record of delivering projects and guiding agile teams. You bring:

• Expertise in technology systems and process change.

• Hands-on experience with agile practices (SAFe preferred).

• Familiarity with tools like Jira Confluence and Azure DevOps.

• Proven ability to create and execute business plans and roadmaps.

• Strong background in business process optimisation.

About QBE

We can never really predict whats around the corner but at QBE were asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their an international insurer thats building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. Were proud to work together and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers our environment our economies and our communities. With more than 13000 people working across 26 countries were big enough to make a real impact but small enough to provide a friendly workplace where people are down-to-earth passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment what if it was yours too Your career at QBE lets make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• Hybrid Working a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave supporting the life events we all experience leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching nutritional confidential counselling financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products car hire hotels goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employees experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at theAustralian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and lets make it happen!

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.