Product Lead - Vendor Apps & Partnerships

Product and Technology; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work Australia

Learning & Development programs

LinkedIn Learning access

Staff travel discounts

Global conference opportunities (e.g.,

Bangkok 2026 conference

Employee health benefits via BUPA

Exclusive staff discounts

Job summary

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking a Product Lead (Vendor Applications) in Brisbane to drive vision, roadmap and value delivery for vendor-delivered platforms. You will partner with vendors, engineering, and business stakeholders to inform decisions, deliver innovative solutions and align products with our long-term strategy.

You will lead day-to-day product management, build evidence-based business cases, monitor delivery performance, and oversee cost control and risk management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience managing digital agile product development and delivery
• Experience working with vendor-delivered platforms and influencing roadmaps without direct code delivery
• Demonstrated experience partnering with vendors, engineering teams and business stakeholders
• Strong understanding of agile product management practices and delivery frameworks
• Commercial awareness with experience managing costs, value delivery and vendor relationships
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations and interconnected technology ecosystems
• Practical experience using AI tools within product management environments, with sound judgment of quality and risk

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day product management and strategic direction of assigned vendor-delivered applications
• Contribute product evidence, requirements and recommendations informing build, buy and investment decisions
• Lead relationships with vendor partners, including roadmap planning, governance forums, release planning and escalation management
• Build evidence-based business cases using volume, revenue impact, incident trends and operational insights to influence roadmap priorities
• Monitor and communicate vendor delivery performance, progress and risks to stakeholders and leadership
• Oversee cost control activities for assigned applications, including vendor invoice review where applicable
• Define and track outcome measures with data partners to ensure value is delivered against business objectives
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Engineering teams to challenge vendor solution designs and align non-functional requirements
• Partner with support and reliability teams to ensure incidents, problems and support trends inform product priorities and backlog management
• Identify opportunities to improve application accessibility, integration and automation through vendors, APIs and AI-enabled capabilities
• Lead, coach and develop Business Analysts, supporting growth in discovery, requirements gathering and stakeholder management

Skills

Digital product management

Vendor relationships

Agile delivery

APIs & integrations

AI in product management

Job description

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking a Product Lead (Vendor Applications) in Brisbane to drive vision, roadmap and value delivery for vendor-delivered platforms. You will partner with vendors, engineering, and business stakeholders to inform decisions, deliver innovative solutions and align products with our long-term strategy.

You will lead day-to-day product management, build evidence-based business cases, monitor delivery performance, and oversee cost control and risk management.