Technical Product Owner - Sum Insured

Land Services SA; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working policy

Central offices

Job summary

Land Services SA seeks a commercially minded Product Owner to own the Sum Insured product backlog and shape the roadmap. You will work with customers, partners and development teams to translate ideas into clear requirements, prioritised work and valuable outcomes.

You will write user stories, manage backlogs and collaborate across dispersed teams, balancing customer value with technical feasibility. Insurance/insurtech experience is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in a product development environment.
• Strong capability in writing user stories, managing backlogs and prioritising requirements.
• Sound technical acumen, including an understanding of systems, data and integrations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to bring people together.
• Confidence working with developers to explore options, trade-offs and practical solutions.
• Experience in agile and/or DevOps environments.
• A curious, proactive mindset and the confidence to challenge how things are done.
• Experience in insurance, insurtech or a related sector will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with insurance and insurtech customers and partners to understand needs and define product requirements.
• Own, prioritise and manage the product development backlog for data products and services.
• Write clear user stories and support effective planning and delivery across releases.
• Work with geographically dispersed product and technology teams to bring ideas to life.
• Use product metrics, customer feedback and data requirements to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Balance customer outcomes, commercial value and technical feasibility throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Product Owner

User stories & backlog

Technical acumen

Communication & collaboration

Agile/DevOps

Curious mindset

Insurance/Insurtech experience

Job description

Synopsis

Are you a commercially minded Product Owner who enjoys turning customer needs, data opportunities and product ideas into practical solutions?

About Sum Insured

Sum Insured provides calculators and data solutions to many of Australia and New Zealand’s leading home and contents insurers. Our products support insurers to deliver reliable, data-informed outcomes for their customers.

About The Role

Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, Insurance & Banking, you will take ownership of the Sum Insured product backlog and help deliver the product roadmap. You will work with customers, partners, stakeholders and development teams to turn ideas into clear requirements, prioritised work and valuable product outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with insurance and insurtech customers and partners to understand needs and define product requirements.


• Own, prioritise and manage the product development backlog for data products and services.


• Write clear user stories and support effective planning and delivery across releases.


• Work with geographically dispersed product and technology teams to bring ideas to life.


• Use product metrics, customer feedback and data requirements to identify opportunities for improvement.


• Balance customer outcomes, commercial value and technical feasibility throughout the product lifecycle.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in a product development environment.


• Strong capability in writing user stories, managing backlogs and prioritising requirements.


• Sound technical acumen, including an understanding of systems, data and integrations.


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to bring people together.


• Confidence working with developers to explore options, trade-offs and practical solutions.


• Experience in agile and/or DevOps environments.


• A curious, proactive mindset and the confidence to challenge how things are done.


• Experience in insurance, insurtech or a related sector will be highly regarded.

Why You’ll Enjoy This Role

• You’ll work on products that make a real impact across the insurance industry.


• You’ll have ownership of a meaningful product backlog and roadmap.


• You’ll collaborate with customers, stakeholders and technology teams to solve interesting problems.


• You’ll be part of a team that values curiosity, continuous improvement and practical delivery.

What can we offer you?

We have a friendly, welcoming and collaborative team, who work together in a collegiate nature to deliver great outcomes. We're proud of our culture, and we think that the tenure of our staff speaks volumes for how great we are to work with.

We have state-of-the-art offices which promote collaborative and relaxed working environments, complete with breakout spaces, snacks, and outstanding coffee. All offices are centrally located, near parking, public transport, and amenities.

We understand that our teammates are people first, and colleagues second.

Our Flexible Working Policy gives staff the flexibility to customise their working hours and environment, in consultation with their team.

About Us

Land Services SA are leading property experts in South Australia, offering a range of property transaction and valuation services, property information products, custom data sets and reliable market insights.

As a trusted partner of the State, Land Services SA deliver highly valued, trusted services to the community, being recognised for creating innovative solutions. Recent acquisitions have expanded our capability to provide a comprehensive technology consulting, application development and managed service offering. We leverage a broad range of contemporary technologies, providing intuitive and functional solutions to our clients.

Applications close on 15th September 2026 but applications will be shortlisted and progressed prior to the closing date.

Land Services SA specifically encourages applications from under-represented groups in order to increase their participation in the workplace and support their careers. If you are a person with a disability, a refugee and/or you are a person identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and you meet the inherent requirements of any of our roles you are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to enable us to make necessary adjustments.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a National Crime History check prior to commencement. All enquiries will be handled in confidence.