Product Manager

Product Manager
- Play a pivotal role in leading the Stack Stars team and helping us enable REA to deliver world-class personalisation for our end consumers
- We are looking for a tech savvy Product Manager who has a real knack for strategic thinking and joining the dots cross functionally
- Build consumer experiences that solve genuine problems for millions of Australians
We're REA
REA Group (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-rea-group/) is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne's east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to be named in Australia's "Top 5" Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
This role sits within the Personalisation and Privacy tribe, one of the Tribes that sit within the Consumer Group of the business lead by Melina Cruickshank, our Chief Product & Audience Officer. Consumer Group's mandate is to be the number one destination for Australian property and real estate through having the most engaging and best real estate and property experience.
The Stack Stars squad has end to end responsibility for managing the Personalisation Stack. This includes enabling sending personalised marketing communications via Braze and Tealium. It also includes enabling in product personalisation by building a personalisation platform that allows product teams to tailor a consumer's experience based on their unique property journey, helping make REA's personalisation dreams come true.
What the role is all about
- Deliver our Personalisation roadmap to enhance personalised experience across REA.
- Maintain knowledge of key personalisation trends to support hyper personalised experiences.
- Maintain the squad roadmap as your primary tool to execute the Product strategy.
- Build close partnerships with our key internal stakeholder groups
- Manage external relationships with technology partners and industry experts
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing & audience teams across the business to support ongoing and new personalisation initiatives.
- Participate as part of a thriving Product community at REA, with many opportunities to network and learn from experienced Product professionals at the top of their field
- Maintain product documentation and support channels
Who we're looking for
- Strong personalisation/ martech experience
- Experience with relevant marketing technology platforms such as Tealium and Braze.
- Someone with a few runs on the board - experience in Product Management / Product Development or equivalent experience
- Business, Commerce or Technical degree, or equivalent industry experience
- Comfortable playing a leading role in technology focused initiatives with broad business impact
- Demonstrated experience navigating complex stakeholder environments.
- Comfortable managing large, complex programs of work.
- Strong analytical skills, including ability to interpret complex business needs and translate into product requirements for technical solutions
- Demonstrated ability to manage product or project roadmaps with trade-offs and dependencies
- Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with business and technical stakeholders
- Solid prioritisation and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage the competing demands of multiple projects in a timely manner
The REA experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We're committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.
We offer:
- A hybrid and flexible approach to working
- Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more e?ective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
If you like the sound of us, then we think you should apply today. We're proud to be Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. While we're looking at your application, and preparing to come back to you with an update, why not get to know us a bit more through our various social channels?