Product Owner: AI-Driven First-Party Lending

St George Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage rate discounts

Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave

Learning & development opportunities

Volunteer/community programs

Job summary

Westpac in Sydney seeks a Product Owner for AI Enabled First Party Lending to drive vision, business cases and delivery for AI-driven lending capabilities. You’ll shape roadmaps, align squads and collaborate with engineers, data scientists and risk partners to realise straight‑through processing and faster decisions.

You’ll manage risks, privacy and governance while translating lender and customer needs into prioritized work streams, ensuring regulatory and design compliance at every step.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI or data-driven products in financial services.
• Proven product owner experience in an Agile environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Understanding of model risk, privacy and responsible AI governance.

Responsibilities

• Own vision, business cases and delivery plans for AI-enabled lending.
• Set squad goals, guardrails and roadmap aligned to commitments.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists and risk teams to ensure compliant delivery.
• Turn business requirements into clear priorities using data and feedback.

Skills

Product management

Agile / Scrum

AI / data-driven products

Lending / banking domain

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk & governance awareness

Communication / influence

Job description

Westpac in Sydney seeks a Product Owner for AI Enabled First Party Lending to drive vision, business cases and delivery for AI-driven lending capabilities. You’ll shape roadmaps, align squads and collaborate with engineers, data scientists and risk partners to realise straight‑through processing and faster decisions.

You’ll manage risks, privacy and governance while translating lender and customer needs into prioritized work streams, ensuring regulatory and design compliance at every step.