Principal Data Platform Product Manager (Hybrid)

REA; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible leave options

Volunteer leave program

Hackdays

Job summary

REA Group in Australia is seeking a Principal Product Manager (Data Platform) to lead the evolution of a scalable data platform built on Google Cloud. You will shape vision, translate strategy into outcomes, and align data governance with business needs.

Based in Melbourne or Sydney, this 12-month fixed-term role sits within Launchpad and collaborates with engineering, data and product teams to drive data mesh adoption, self-service capabilities and high-quality data products across the company.

Qualifications

• Senior product leadership in complex data environments.
• Experience evolving data or developer platforms.
• Strong understanding of data products, governance and cloud tech.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate a compelling data platform vision and roadmap.
• Translate priorities into measurable product outcomes and investments.
• Lead platform direction with a focus on scalability, security and governance.
• Drive adoption of data mesh and self-service capabilities across the business.

Skills

Data platforms

Data mesh

Product leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile delivery

Cloud technologies

Communication

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Cloud Storage

Atlan

Airflow

Apache Kafka

Soda

Tableau

Job description

REA Group in Australia is seeking a Principal Product Manager (Data Platform) to lead the evolution of a scalable data platform built on Google Cloud. You will shape vision, translate strategy into outcomes, and align data governance with business needs.

Based in Melbourne or Sydney, this 12-month fixed-term role sits within Launchpad and collaborates with engineering, data and product teams to drive data mesh adoption, self-service capabilities and high-quality data products across the company.