Product Lead: Drive Strategy to Delivery (2 Roles)

Kiwibank; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiwibank is seeking an experienced Product Lead to translate strategy into value for squads across Digital & Technology. Two fixed-term roles available through to June 2028, based in Auckland or Wellington.

You’ll facilitate agile ceremonies, maintain backlogs and roadmaps, and ensure clear delivery milestones and outcomes. Working with Product, Delivery and Engineering, you’ll turn requirements into actionable user stories, manage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement to deliver real

Qualifications

• Experience contributing to complex, business-critical initiatives.
• Strong experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience turning requirements into user stories and actionable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset and the confidence to challenge ‘business as usual’.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies and help the squad understand and deliver on its commitments.
• Maintaining a high-quality backlog, working with Product Management, Architecture and Engineering to develop and define roadmaps, and defining metrics to support decision making.
• Keep stakeholders informed on delivery progress, milestones, risks and outcomes.
• Help solve problems across your squad or Hub and drive continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships and create alignment across squads and stakeholders.
• Refine user stories, develop story maps and break work into smaller increments that unlock value early.

Skills

Agile experience

Backlog management

Roadmapping

Stakeholder management

User stories

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in business, information systems or technology

Job description

Kiwibank is seeking an experienced Product Lead to translate strategy into value for squads across Digital & Technology. Two fixed-term roles available through to June 2028, based in Auckland or Wellington.

You’ll facilitate agile ceremonies, maintain backlogs and roadmaps, and ensure clear delivery milestones and outcomes. Working with Product, Delivery and Engineering, you’ll turn requirements into actionable user stories, manage stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement to deliver real