Product Owner - (12 month maximum term contract)

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Product Owner

This role will play a crucial part of the UNITE team. UNITE is our business-led, tech-enabled transformation, and a key priority for the Group. UNITE is about delivering 'one best way' to make our processes, systems and tech simpler so we can deliver a better experience for our customers and make things easier for our people.

• Location: Adelaide/Sydney
• On-site Requirement: 3-4 days in the office per week
• Why On-site? This is a highly collaborative position involving regular face-to-face workshops and close team interaction, making in-office presence essential

What’s the role?

An exciting opportunity is available for a Product Owner to join our Chief Transformation Office.

As the Product Owner you will be responsible for maximising the value and readiness of the Mortgages Future State by shaping, defining, and governing the target-state operating model. It ensures clear alignment between Mortgages Technology delivery, operational change initiatives, and business adoption activities to enable effective implementation.

You will play a key part in supporting successful customer and colleague transition outcomes, ensuring that change is embedded smoothly and sustainably across the organisation.

What do I need?

• Demonstrated experience within the financial services industry, including operating in an Agile environment in the capacity of a Product Owner. 
• Proven expertise in business readiness, adoption, and go-to-market planning. 
• Strong capability in transition planning and end-to-end delivery. 
• Demonstrated experience in data management, reporting, and benefits tracking. 
• Ability to work effectively across Business, Technology, and Change teams, and collaboratively across squads, to ensure aligned delivery, migration readiness, and successful employee adoption. 
• Highly engaging interpersonal skills and able to build credible working relationships with peers and stakeholders at all levels of business.
• SAFe Product Manager or Product Owner certification, or a recognised product management qualification, is highly regarded.

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave. 
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank. 
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

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We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website.

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