Product Practice Leader: Elevate Strategy & Impact

Toyota Group; Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Career Development

Paid parental leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Toyota Finance Australia is seeking a seasoned Product Practice Lead to embed and mature product management capability across the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Lean Agile Centre of Excellence, you’ll coach, mentor and guide practitioners, establish frameworks and drive maturity.

You’ll lead product strategy, roadmaps, discovery, prioritisation and value measurement while aligning with executive needs and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Product Management, Product Leadership, Product Coaching or Product Operations.
• Proven ability to build or improve product practices, frameworks and operating models.
• Strong coaching and mentoring capability with influence across teams.
• Experience in Agile or Scaled Agile environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement from delivery teams to executives.
• Strong facilitation, communication and change leadership skills.
• Deep understanding of product discovery, customer-centric design and outcome measurement.
• SAFe certifications or relevant Product qualifications highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve Toyota Finance Australia’s Product Practice capability and strategy.
• Champion modern product management approaches and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Develop and embed frameworks covering product strategy, roadmaps, discovery, prioritisation, backlogs and value measurement.
• Coach and mentor Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts and Domain stakeholders.
• Establish Communities of Practice that encourage collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leaders to align product thinking with strategic business outcomes.
• Assess and uplift organisational product maturity through governance and capability initiatives.
• Promote customer-centricity and outcome-based delivery across teams and domains.

Skills

Product Management

Product Leadership

Coaching

Agile

Stakeholder Engagement

Facilitation

Change Management

SAFe

Education

SAFe certifications

Job description

Toyota Finance Australia is seeking a seasoned Product Practice Lead to embed and mature product management capability across the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Lean Agile Centre of Excellence, you’ll coach, mentor and guide practitioners, establish frameworks and drive maturity.

You’ll lead product strategy, roadmaps, discovery, prioritisation and value measurement while aligning with executive needs and business outcomes.