Engineering – Product Manager

Salt; Sydney; Remote; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a hands-on Product Manager to join a small, collaborative tech team on a contract basis. You’ll balance product management with stakeholder engagement and day-to-day Agile delivery, translating business needs into actionable development tasks.

Working closely with engineers, you’ll manage backlogs, roadmaps and sprint priorities while ensuring momentum and clear documentation. The role suits someone with a solid software product background and the ability to work autonomously,

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Manager/Technical Product Manager in a software development environment.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum with practical ceremony facilitation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable development tasks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog with clearly defined tickets and requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into functional tasks.
• Maintain product roadmaps, delivery schedules and sprint priorities.
• Identify risks, dependencies and blockers to maintain momentum.
• Work with developers to understand technical trade-offs and feasibility.
• Gather user feedback and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Maintain documentation and support user training and adoption.
• Act as a point of contact for feature requests and product support.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Backlog management

Stakeholder mgmt

Technical collaboration

Documentation

Remote collaboration

Gaming/VFX exposure

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Global streaming platform looking for a hands‑on Product Manager to join a small, collaborative technology team on a contract basis. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with developers, translating business needs into practical solutions and keeping software development projects moving. The role will suit someone with a solid software product background who is comfortable balancing product management, stakeholder engagement and the day-to-day running of an Agile development process.

Role & Responsibilities

The role Working closely with the Product Owner and development team, you'll help manage the delivery and ongoing development of a suite of internal software platforms. Your responsibilities will include:

• Facilitating Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Managing and prioritising the product backlog, ensuring tickets and requirements are clearly defined.
• Working with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate these into functional requirements.
• Maintaining product roadmaps, delivery schedules and sprint priorities.
• Identifying risks, dependencies and blockers, helping the team maintain momentum.
• Working closely with developers to understand technical considerations and delivery trade-offs.
• Gathering user feedback and identifying opportunities for product improvements.
• Maintaining clear product documentation and supporting user training and adoption.
• Acting as a key point of contact for feature requests, issues and ongoing product support.

About you

• Previous experience as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, Product Owner or similar within a software development environment.
• A strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with practical experience facilitating ceremonies and managing backlogs.
• Experience working closely with software engineers and translating business requirements into actionable development tasks.
• The ability to understand technical concepts and have informed conversations around software development and technical trade-offs.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including working with geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience with product roadmaps, sprint planning, requirements gathering and documentation.
• A proactive, organised approach and the ability to work autonomously.
• Nice to have: Experience within gaming, animation, VFX or other creative production environments.
• Exposure to internal production systems, workflow tools or project tracking platforms.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• An interest in emerging AI tools and their application within software development.

Contract: Initial contract through to July 2027, covering a period of leave.

Fully remote opportunity but must be Sydney based with full Australian work rights.

Work with a small, collaborative development team and international stakeholders.

Opportunity to contribute to the development of specialist software platforms in an interesting creative technology environment.

Immediate start, with some flexibility around onboarding.

If you're a hands‑on Product Manager who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, product and delivery, I'd love to hear from you.