Senior Manager Product Discovery & Insights

Tabcorp; Sydney; On-site; CAD 91,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Senior Manager Product Discovery to lead product ideation and innovation strategies. The ideal candidate will have expertise in human-centered design, a strong commercial and analytical mindset, and experience in agile methods. The role focuses on crafting business cases, leading a small agile team, and validating product concepts to ensure alignment with customer needs. Join a dynamic team in an inclusive culture.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Inclusive workplace

Dynamic team environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading product ideation and innovation strategy focused on business value.
• Expertise in design thinking and customer research to shape product opportunities.
• Experience with Agile Lean Startup and iterative prototyping methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team in identifying unmet customer needs and validating product concepts.
• Craft business cases that articulate benefits and risks to stakeholders.
• Influence business networks to embed insight-led decision making.

Skills

Strategic Discovery Leadership

Human-Centered Design & Research

Commercial & Analytical Mindset

Innovation Culture Champion

Agile & Early-Stage Development

Tools

Visio

UML

Job description

Were on a journey to put customers at the heart of everything we do. For our Product Teams that means making an impact shaping our industry for the better and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

We work on future-focused nation-wide initiatives. Youll love moving at pace asking what if and turning great ideas into new realities. Our people are talented passionate and thrive in dynamic environments. Were not just looking for experts were looking for boundary pushers problem solvers and innovators who want to lead the market and make dreams come true for everyday Australians. Game to join us

As Senior Manager Product Discovery this is a high-impact visionary role for someone who blends commercial strategy with human-centered designwho asks why before how and thrives in ambiguity.

What youll do

Youll sit at the front end of innovationenvisioning defining and validating the future of wagering products. This is a strategic discovery-focused role where youll explore new opportunities craft business cases and bring clarity to the why before delivery begins. With a customer-first mindset and a strong commercial lens youll lead design-led innovation from idea to validated conceptthen hand over to execution teams to scale.

Rally the team in identifying unmet customer needs scoping early-stage product opportunities and validating new concepts before they enter development. Leading a small agile team youll influence a wide network across the business to embed a culture of innovation and insight-led decision making.

What youll bring

• Strategic Discovery Leadership : Proven experience leading product ideation and innovation strategy with a strong focus on business value customer needs and commercial outcomes.
• Human-Centered Design & Research : Deep expertise in applying design thinking customer research and systems thinking to uncover insights and shape compelling product opportunities.
• Commercial & Analytical Mindset : Skilled in balancing value vs cost vs feasibilitycrafting business cases and articulating benefits timelines and risks to senior stakeholders.
• Innovation Culture Champion : Track record of embedding discovery practices leading cross-functional collaboration and influencing teams to think differently and experiment early.
• Agile & Early-Stage Development : Experience working with Agile Lean Startup and iterative prototyping methods to test learn and de-risk new ideas before scaling.

About Us

Tabcorp is Australias leading gambling entertainment company. Our 2200 team is as diverse as Australia itself. Our people drive the iconic homegrown world-class brands TAB Sky Racing and MAX. As an ASX-listed company were proud to shape our industry for the better.

Apply Now

Now is the time to join Tabcorp! The start of a new exciting chapter in our long history. We have a dynamic new CEO in Gillon McLachlan and were building a winning culture by bringing our office-based teams together onsite every day. We value flexibility - like adjusting start or finish times however we believe being together is key to our success.

Were committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued for their contribution and has a sense of belongingand is treated with respect. As a Tabcorp employee you will :

• foster a respectful and inclusive working environment within your team;
• support and contribute to initiatives aimed at managing the risk of gender inequality sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviour in our workplaces.

We welcome applications from candidates with visible and non-visible disability or with any workplace accessibility requirements. Please reach out via should you require any accommodations or adjustments to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.

Tabcorp is a Circle Back Initiative employer we commit to respond to every applicant.

Required Experience :

Senior Manager

Key Skills

Time Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1