Product Owner, Channel & Partner Expansion

Smartgroup Corporation; Australia; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart Leave (extra week of leave)

Free lunch

Paid Parental Leave (up to 20 weeks)

Make a Difference Days

Salary packaging & novated leasing

Free flu vaccinations

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Smartgroup Corporation is seeking a Digital Product Owner, Channel & Product Expansion to drive new access channels and partner ecosystems. You’ll lead channel initiatives, work with technology on integrations, and build reusable capabilities for scalable partner solutions.

You will test ideas early, balance customer and partner value, and influence strategic product decisions with senior Technology teams. This role focuses on delivering measurable business impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong product experience with third-party or B2B integrations where the customer proposition depends on external organisations, platforms or systems.
• Strong technical and architecture fluency, enabling confident discussions on APIs, integration patterns, data movement and platform capabilities.
• Ability to work with senior Technology and Engineering stakeholders, challenging decisions from a product/value perspective.
• Strong test-and-learn mindset, validating assumptions quickly before major investment.
• Confidence operating in ambiguous environments where the proposition/partner model may not yet be defined.
• Strong commercial and product judgement across customer value, partner value, adoption and scalability.
• Experience in loyalty, embedded products, fintech, HR or payroll tech, marketplaces or partner APIs is valued but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Discover and shape new channel opportunities with third-party partners, identifying where integrations create value.
• Lead product thinking across complex integrations with Technology and Engineering.
• Develop reusable capabilities to support multiple partners and channels.
• Test and validate opportunities early to prove customer or partner value.
• Translate between commercial, product and technical perspectives to align outcomes.
• Prioritize investment based on evidence, balancing feasibility with adoption and scalability.

Skills

Channel & B2B integrations

API & integration patterns

Stakeholder collaboration

Test-and-learn mindset

Ambiguity handling (zero-to-one)

Commercial & product judgement

B2B2C payroll/HR fintech familiarity

Job description

Smartgroup Corporation is seeking a Digital Product Owner, Channel & Product Expansion to drive new access channels and partner ecosystems. You’ll lead channel initiatives, work with technology on integrations, and build reusable capabilities for scalable partner solutions.

You will test ideas early, balance customer and partner value, and influence strategic product decisions with senior Technology teams. This role focuses on delivering measurable business impact in a dynamic environment.