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Technical Product Owner

This is a critical leadership role being a key customer and product advocate in a Platforms Engineering team. By taking strong ownership of the outcome, you'll ensure teams are working on the right thing, leading key trade-off decisions based on value and impact and are accountable for delivering the outcomes and shifting the metrics we care about most. To achieve this, you will work closely with teams to prioritise and refine the roadmap and backlog, identify and manage dependencies and maintain the robust health, resilience and stability of our systems. As a Technical Product Owner in our Platforms space, you work closely with our Principal Software Engineers and other Product Owners to formulate the long-term strategy. You will align our product strategy with our platform strategy and translate it into initiatives to be delivered by your team in the short to medium term. From a strategic perspective, you will play a key role in communicating with stakeholders, including other product and engineering leaders, to diagnose problems and identify opportunities for improvement. You enable our team to gain business agility by improving our underlying platforms. From a tactical perspective, you collaborate with your lead engineers and team to articulate maintenance and improvement initiatives, ensuring our platforms are maintained and operating within our service level objectives. You and your team are well-positioned to demonstrate a customer-centric mindset and deliver both strategic initiatives and continuous improvements. **Here is what you can expect from this role:** * Facilitate and bring a product mindset to the definition of the platform goal and strategy including guiding principles, outcomes and opportunities * Build, maintain and own a value-driven, flexible product roadmap to achieve the platform strategy, managing complex dependencies and competing priorities * Be the central point of contact between the business and the squads and decide how they maximise value and mitigate risk * 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 * Monitor, measure and evaluate the health, performance and user experience for your products, supporting and prioritising continuous improvements **What you will bring to our team:** * 5+ years experience leading (Product) Engineering teams in an agile development environment to deliver great outcomes, with a good understanding of product, design & engineering practices * 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 * Software development or testing background with knowledge of the platforms we are reliant on to deliver customer value (e.g. web & mobile technologies, communication platforms, cloud platforms, developer experience platforms) - preferred * Results-oriented with demonstrated ability to deliver great outcomes in a fast-paced environment * An outstanding communicator - able to explain ideas simply & clearly, listen carefully to others, and proactively improve team communication **You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:** **#Flexibility:** Flexibility means different things to different people and we support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance. We value team connection and come together in person on Monday and at least one other day a week. **#Leave:** We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1. **#Social:** Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more. **#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 so please send us your resume and a short cover note outlining the "Why". Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.

Wellington, New Zealand