Senior Product Manager, Transactions & Card Product

Westpac Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Learning and development opportunities

Employee mortgage offers

Community volunteering

Job summary

Westpac Bank in Sydney is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Transactions & Cards. This full-time role will shape product strategy, manage the roadmap, and partner with cross-functional teams and external partners to strengthen our competitive edge.

The position requires strong strategic thinking, data-driven decision making, and exceptional executive communication to drive impact across the Everyday Banking portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy development and execution within large organisations or consulting.
• Strong ability to turn data into clear, actionable insights.
• Excellent executive-level communication and presentation skills.
• Strong commercial acumen; banking/financial services experience preferred.
• Proven ability to influence decision-making and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Transaction and Cards strategy across the business units to implement the multi-year roadmap.
• Leverage research and data to solve complex problems.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Product Lead and other Senior Product Managers on planning cycles and prioritisation decisions.
• Develop business cases for new opportunities and manage them through prioritisation and approvals.
• Support end-to-end governance of the portfolio.

Skills

Strategy development

Executive communications

Financial modelling

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Business case development

Presentation skills

Job description

Senior Product Manager, Transactions & Card Product

As Senior Product Manager, Transactions and Card Products, you'll be at the heart of managing and shaping the Westpac Group's Everyday Banking ('EDB') Transaction and cards portfolio. Based in Sydney, this full-time role is all about driving planning, Product road map, and product strategy with a keen understanding of competitive and business dynamics, and bold ideas. You'll collaborate across teams and with external partners to strengthen our competitive edge and make a real impact.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive delivery of the Transaction and Cards strategy, collaborating across the business to ensure the multi-year roadmap and objectives are implemented and outcomes are planned as achieved.
• Leverage deep strategic thinking and use of research and data to solve complex problems.
• Work with the Commercial Product Lead and other Senior Product Managers to drive the teams planning cycles and prioritisation decisions, and facilitate key trade-off decisions.
• Develop business cases for new opportunities and manage them through the prioritisation and approval process
• Support end to end governance of the portfolio.

What do I need?

We're looking for someone with strong foundations and a strategic mindset—someone who can think big, distil complexity, and deliver with precision.

Here's what will help you succeed:

• Strong experience in strategy development and execution within a large complex organisation or consulting, with a skillset focused on developing high quality presentations, financial models, and Executive-level communications.
• Strong judgement, decision-making skills, planning and written & verbal communication—you know how to simplify the complex and influence with clarity.
• Proven ability to turn data into clear, actionable insights, and a proactive, structured and solutions-focused approach to complex challenges.
• Strong commercial acumen— Industry experience in banking or financial services is preferred, but not essential.
• Proven ability to guide and influence decision making and leadership capability to drive outcomes with varied stakeholder groups.

We're obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to 'give back' to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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