Applications Specialist

Ambition; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition is seeking a Technical Product Owner to own client-facing applications within a mature infrastructure environment, working directly with senior stakeholders to shape the roadmap and backlog for key platforms.

The role focuses on governance, automation, and API integrations, balancing stability with continuous improvement while coordinating with vendors to minimise business disruption.

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning business-critical applications.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration with senior leadership.
• Hands-on with automation and integration tools (Power Automate, Logic Apps, SQL, APIs).

Responsibilities

• Own the technical performance, stability and integrity of client-facing applications and portals.
• Define roadmaps and backlogs for key business applications.
• Partner with business stakeholders to align system capability with priorities.
• Lead automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency.
• Oversee integrations and APIs between core systems.
• Assess the current environment to determine what needs to be built or changed, and deliver it.
• Manage databases and SQL to support reporting and data integrity.
• Ensure governance, security and audit compliance for applications.
• Coordinate with vendors and delivery partners on changes with minimal disruption.
• Provide direction and prioritisation across initiatives to maximise business value and adoption.

Skills

Technical ownership

Stakeholder mgmt

Power Automate

Logic Apps

SQL

APIs

Scripting

Governance

Compliance

Vendor mgmt

Backlog prioritization

Executive comms

Job description

Sydney - Work from home options available

Tired of being stuck fixing tickets on systems you have no real say over? This role hands you genuine ownership technical and strategic of the applications that keep a professional services organisation running, working directly with senior stakeholders, to shape how the business operates.

Our client is a well-established organisation with a strong reputation in its field. Sitting within the infrastructure team, this role takes end-to-end ownership of client-facing applications and portals, acting as the technical product owner for these platforms - balancing stability and governance with a clear roadmap for improvement and automation.

Responsibilities include:

• Owning the technical performance, stability and integrity of client-facing applications and portals, acting as the primary escalation point for system issues
• Operating as technical product owner for key business applications - defining roadmaps, prioritising enhancements, and translating business needs into delivery backlogs
• Partnering closely with business stakeholders, to align system capability with operational priorities
• Identifying and leading business process automation initiatives, using tools such as Power Automate and Logic Apps to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency
• Overseeing integrations and APIs between core systems, linking between legacy and modern platforms
• Assessing the current environment to determine what needs to be built, changed or implemented, and leading that work through to delivery
• Managing databases and SQL to support reliable reporting and data integrity across systems
• Ensuring applications operate within the organisation's governance, security and audit requirements
• Coordinating with vendors and delivery partners on system changes, upgrades and enhancements with minimal business disruption
• Providing direction and prioritisation across initiatives, influencing stakeholders and delivery teams toward outcomes that maximise business value and adoption

Experience needed:

• Proven experience owning business-critical applications in a technical product owner or similar capacity
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working closely with senior leadership
• Hands-on experience with Power Automate, Logic Apps, SQL, APIs and integration/middleware concepts
• Scripting ability to support automation and system enhancements
• Experience balancing governance, risk and compliance requirements with delivery of system improvements
• Vendor management experience, including coordinating delivery partners on upgrades and enhancements
• A track record of translating business process into scalable, technology-enabled solutions
• Strong communication and influencing skills, comfortable operating at a senior stakeholder level