Digital & Technology Senior Product Lead

Kiwibank; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Banking benefits

Health insurance

Flexible working options

Job summary

Kiwibank is seeking a strategist in its Cloud Foundations team within the Platform Hub, with hybrid work options across Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch. You will translate strategic direction and customer needs into clear, achievable platform outcomes in collaboration with the Product Manager and stakeholders.

Day to day, you’ll prioritise work, shape roadmaps, maintain a quality backlog, and define success metrics.

Qualifications

• Ability to think long term and near term at a detailed level to cope with business and technology complexity.
• Ability to communicate with engineers and architects to allow for effective creation of feature delivery and associated success criteria.
• Ability to think on your feet and react in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Strong stakeholder management at all levels of the Digital and Technology team.
• Solid understanding and experience working in agile environment.
• Experience in leading and facilitating technology teams across Cloud-based infrastructure platform offerings such as AWS and Azure would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Clearly communicating the 'why' of prioritised work, and how this will achieve measurable progress towards objectives.
• Translating feature requirements into platform offerings.
• Maintaining a high-quality backlog, working with Product Management to develop and define roadmaps, and defining metrics to support decision making.
• Facilitating agile ceremonies that produce solid deliverables and outcomes.
• Clearing roadblocks to success, and celebrating successes.
• Developing enduring relationships with stakeholders, deepening everyone’s understanding of needs in both directions.
• Building solid rapport with your squad including a comprehensive understanding of their skill set and remit.
• Providing transparent reporting on progress and knowing when to escape effectively.

Skills

Long-term and near-term planning

Engineer/architect communication

Adaptability

Stakeholder management

Agile experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

• Banking benefits, health insurance, flexible working options and more!
• 12-months fixed term contract opportunity in Kiwibank’s Product team
• Based in Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch with hybrid work arrangements

Kō tātou tēnei. Hei kawe i ngā mahi kia tutuki | This is us. Where making an impact matters.

We’re on a mission to transform and modernise our digital capabilities. In this role, you’ll join Kiwibank’s Cloud Foundations team, working within the Hybrid Infrastructure and Observability space in our Platform Hub.

Our Platform Hub provides Kiwibank’s engineering teams with safe and sustainable technology platforms to build on top of, enabling them to create great outcomes for our customers. You’ll work closely with your squad, Product Manager, and stakeholders to connect the "why" to the "how", translating strategic direction and customer and stakeholder needs into clear, achievable outcomes.

Day to day, this could include:

• Clearly communicating the 'why' of prioritised work, and how this will achieve measurable progress towards objectives
• Translating feature requirements into platform offerings
• Maintaining a high-quality backlog, working with Product Management to develop and define roadmaps, and defining metrics to support decision making
• Facilitating agile ceremonies that produce solid deliverables and outcomes
• Clearing roadblocks to success, and celebrating successes
• Developing enduring relationships with stakeholders, deepening everyone’s understanding of needs in both directions
• Building solid rapport with your squad including a comprehensive understanding of their skill set and remit
• Providing transparent reporting on progress and knowing when to escape effectively

Ko tātou tēnei. Kia hāpai i ō pūkenga | This is us. Where your expertise matters.

At Kiwibank, we will help you build on your strengths and develop new skills, but in the meantime, we would love to hear from you if you have some of the following skill and experience:

• Ability to think long term and near term at a detailed level to cope with business and technology complexity
• Ability to communicate with engineers and architects to allow for effective creation of feature delivery and associated success criteria
• Ability to think on your feet and react in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Strong stakeholder management at all levels of the Digital and Technology team
• Solid understanding and experience working in agile environment
• Experience in leading and facilitating technology teams across Cloud-based infrastructure platform offerings such as AWS and Azurewould be beneficial

You do not need to tick every box here to be considered! Above all we are looking for someone who embodies Kiwibank’s purpose and values, (Ngā Kauwaka), and someone who thrives in a vibrant and inclusive work environment.

Applications close on Tuesday 17 November. We will be reviewing resumes throughout the advertising period and may withdraw the ad at any time.

Ko tātou tēnei - Hei hāpai ake i a koe | This is us. Where you matter.

Making a difference for all Kiwi starts with making a difference for our people. Flexibility, growth, challenging and rewarding work - this is Kiwibank. A place where you can belong and thrive – we are as ambitious as we are caring. We have big ideas and big plans. For you, for Kiwibank and for all Kiwi.