Product Owner - CAD / Design

JENNIFER L. MENNICKE ANDERSON; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Competitive salary

Wellbeing support

Sandvik backing

Job summary

Deswik is seeking a Product Owner for Deswik.CAD to join a multidisciplinary team in Brisbane or Perth. You will directly influence the CAD design and mining workflow improvements, translating practical site insights into actionable software requirements and roadmaps.

You will bridge Product Management, Mining Consultants and Software Engineers, ensuring clear requirements, prioritised backlogs and pragmatic decisions to advance a complex product used by thousands of mining professionals

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency with Deswik.CAD or similar CAD tools.
• Genuine passion for CAD products and mining professionals who rely on them.
• BE/BSc degree or relevant technical qualification.

Responsibilities

• Own tactical roadmap planning and break priorities into clear, deliverable work.
• Be the voice of the mining engineer, translating operations into product decisions.
• Write detailed requirements and acceptance criteria for engineering clarity.
• Prioritize backlog across defects, bugs and features balancing customer impact.
• Define test boundaries and expected outcomes for new features and defects.
• Collaborate with software teams, mining consultants and customers to validate ideas before build.

Skills

Deswik.CAD experience

Education

BE/BSc or technical qualification

Tools

Deswik.CAD

Job description

Product Owner, Deswik.CAD

Location | Brisbane or Perth

Department | Product Management

Deeper mines. Tougher problems. Greater impact.

Join the team behind one of mining’s most trusted design and planning platforms. Collaborate with world‑class operators, solve complex challenges and help shape the future of mining technology.

Deswik.CAD sits at the heart of our software portfolio and supports more than 25,000 users worldwide. We are looking for a Product Owner who combines hands‑on mining expertise with strong CAD knowledge and a passion for building better software. This is a rare opportunity to turn the practical insights you have gained on site into product improvements that make a meaningful difference to mining professionals every day.

You will connect Product Management, Mining Consultants and Software Engineers, translating the roadmap and mining workflows into clear requirements, priorities and outcomes. This hands‑on role involves triaging defects, balancing enhancements and fixes, and working with experts and customers to make pragmatic decisions for a complex product.

What You Will Do

• Own tactical roadmap planning and break priorities into clear, well‑defined and deliverable work
• Be the voice of the mining engineer, bringing operational context to product and software decisions
• Write detailed requirements and acceptance criteria that give engineering teams clarity and reduce ambiguity
• Prioritise the backlog across defects, bug fixes and feature enhancements, balancing customer impact and delivery needs
• Define test boundaries and expected outcomes for new features, changes and defect resolution
• Collaborate with software teams, Mining Consultants, subject‑matter experts and customers to validate ideas before they are built

What You Will Bring

• Advanced user‑level experience with Deswik.CAD or comparable mine planning and CAD software or similar products is key
• A genuine passion for CAD products and the mining professionals who rely on them
• BE/BSc degree or relevant technical qualification
• A strong mining engineering background, ideally including underground mining and exposure to varied mining methods
• The ability to translate complex mining workflows and technical concepts for software teams and non‑mining stakeholders
• Strong communication and influencing skills, including the confidence to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations without relying on formal authority
• Comfort working through ambiguity, with sound judgement, effective time management, bias for action and excellent communication.

You will report to the Product Line Manager and join a small, growing Product Line team working collectively to deliver the strategic roadmap. As the team grows, there is scope to broaden into a more commercial and externally facing role, help steward a mature product and contribute to how we use AI for research, prioritisation, data analysis and smarter ways of working.

Join a team where your work matters, your ideas count and your impact is felt around the world.

Why Deswik?

• Global products. Real‑world impact.
• Smart people. Zero egos.
• Innovation over bureaucracy.
• Hybrid flexibility.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Wellbeing support.
• Competitive salary.
• Backed by Sandvik.

We are the brains behind the mine.

Deswik develops world‑class technology used by mining companies around the world to make smarter decisions and unlock greater value from their operations. With a global footprint, a strong culture of innovation and the backing of Sandvik, we are helping build the future of mining technology.

Ready to join us?

Come build something meaningful with us.