Product Manager

Hutt City Council; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hutt City Council recrute un Product Manager pour diriger la stratégie et la performance des systèmes d'entreprise. Vous travaillerez en collaboration avec des parties prenantes et des équipes Agile tout en assumant un rôle clé dans notre transformation numérique. Rejoignez-nous pour faire une différence dans notre communauté.

Benefits

Paid birthday leave

Wellbeing leave

Flexible working options

Paid volunteer leave

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 ans d'expérience en gestion de produit, idéalement sur des plateformes d'entreprise.
• Compétences en communication et gestion du changement fortes.
• Expérience Agile, y compris la gestion du backlog et facilitation des cérémonies.

Responsibilities

• Définir et livrer des stratégies et des feuilles de route produit.
• Engager les parties prenantes et les fournisseurs pour comprendre les besoins.
• Diriger la livraison du produit en utilisant des pratiques Agile.

Skills

Communication

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Practices

Education

Tertiary Qualification in a relevant field

Job description

• Lead enterprise product strategy - help shape smarter systems across Council
• Work with great people - collaborate with engaged stakeholders and expert delivery teams
• Great benefits - wellbeing leave, birthday leave, flexible work options and more
  
  

About The Role

We're on a digital transformation journey - and our enterprise systems are at the heart of it. As our Product Manager - Enterprise Systems, you'll take the lead in managing the strategy, roadmap and performance of platforms that support finance, customer experience, and work management across Hutt City Council. You'll work with internal stakeholders, vendors and agile delivery teams to ensure our systems are fit-for-purpose, future-ready, and genuinely customer-centric.

You Will

• Define and deliver product strategies and roadmaps that align with our organisation's priorities
• Engage stakeholders and vendors to understand business needs and manage expectations
• Champion user adoption by supporting change, training and continuous improvement
• Lead product delivery using Agile practices to deliver timely, effective solutions
• Foster a positive team culture where wellbeing, collaboration and impact are at the forefront
  
  

About You

You'll be a systems thinker who can translate vision into value — with strong delivery skills, stakeholder confidence, and a customer-first mindset. You bring the confidence to lead, the curiosity to improve, and the practical experience to get things done. You will have:

• 5+ years of experience in product management, ideally with enterprise platforms (ERP, CRM, Asset or Work Management)
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation
• Strong communication and change management skills, with a knack for bringing people on the journey
• Agile experience, including backlog management, user story definition and facilitation of Agile ceremonies
• A relevant tertiary qualification and/or experience in local government (desirable)
  
  

About Us

At Hutt City Council our vision is to build a connected, resilient and inclusive city where all our people thrive. Kia noho mai tēnei tāone hei pou herenga waka, hei pou herenga kaupapa, hei wāhi whai hua ki hōna iwi.

Our people are 'proud to be part of it' - working here is truly rewarding knowing together we're making a genuine difference to Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt and its people, both now and into the future. Tūhono mai. Come join us!

Some Of Our Great Benefits Include

• Paid birthday leave! Take a day off to celebrate YOU
• Wellbeing leave, plus additional wellbeing perks
• Flexible working options
• One paid volunteer leave day each year
  
  

Applications close at 11.55pm on 3 July 2025. Please note that we may review applications before the closing date and encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to withdraw the job advertisement at any time.