Salesforce Product Owner - Lead Platform (3-year FTC)

Waverley Council; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3-year fixed term contract

9 days work, 10th day off every FortnI

Discounted gym memberships

Bondi Junction office near train

Job summary

Waverley Council is seeking an exceptional Salesforce Product Owner to shape and own a major Salesforce platform from discovery through go-live and into business-as-usual operations. You will set product vision, manage the roadmap and collaborate with IT, partners and business leaders to drive measurable improvements.

You will translate complex service needs into a cohesive Salesforce solution, challenge design decisions and guide migration from legacy systems while maintaining focus on outcomes

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in Salesforce product ownership, business analysis or functional consulting.
• Hands-on Salesforce experience across business process analysis, configuration, solution design and platform optimisation.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data models, automation, workflows, security, reporting, integrations and UX design.
• Experience leading or contributing to a large Salesforce implementation, transformation or migration.
• Practical Agile delivery capability, including backlog management, user stories, sprint planning and prioritisation.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, facilitation and communication across business, executive and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Salesforce product vision, roadmap and implementation priorities from discovery through to BAU operations.
• Own and prioritise the product backlog, translate business problems into clear user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with business units to design service processes, automate workflows and reduce manual effort.
• Act as Waverley’s counterpart to the implementation partner, reviewing solutions for quality, value and strategic fit.
• Guide planning, backlog refinement, testing, demonstrations, release decisions and benefits tracking.

Skills

Salesforce product ownership

Business analysis

Functional consulting

Salesforce data models

Automation workflows

Integrations (APIs)

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Salesforce APIs

Integration architecture

Data migration

Salesforce AI capabilities

Job description

Waverley Council is seeking an exceptional Salesforce Product Owner to shape and own a major Salesforce platform from discovery through go-live and into business-as-usual operations. You will set product vision, manage the roadmap and collaborate with IT, partners and business leaders to drive measurable improvements.

You will translate complex service needs into a cohesive Salesforce solution, challenge design decisions and guide migration from legacy systems while maintaining focus on outcomes