Product Owner

The Highlights

• Excellent career opportunity to apply your strong product development and user engagement skills and make a real difference
• Join an innovative, established team
• Generous conditions of employment including 12% superannuation

About Us

Our Community is a well-established, world-leading, award-winning social enterprise that provides advice, connections, training and easy-to-use tech tools for people and organisations working to build stronger communities. 

Our partners in that work are not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises; government, philanthropic and corporate grantmakers; donors and volunteers; enlightened businesses; and other community builders. 

We have an ambitious agenda; we’re not constrained by bureaucracy or boundaries; we’re not interested in internal politics or egos, just in contributing something useful to society. We don't have layers of management, and we don't want someone to be a cog in the wheel of a corporate system. We want you to have plenty of opportunity to make Our Community platforms your own, and for you to be as excited about their potential as we are. 

We want to help make it easy for people to join in, learn, celebrate, worship, plant trees, play a game, entertain and be entertained, care and be cared for, support others and be supported, advocate for rights and celebrate diversity. To get involved. To be valued.

Our vision centres on social inclusion and social equity. Our dream is that every Australian should be able to go out their front door and stroll or wheel to a community group that suits their interests, passions and needs - or log on and do the same. 

GiveNow facilitates payments for not-for-profits through a cost-effective and intuitive fundraising application. We ensure that the transaction process for donations, membership payments and event ticket purchases are completed efficiently, securely and logically. Our digital fundraising platform increases revenue to community causes, helping people become better supporters and providing a payment solutions hub for all not-for-profits.

About the Opportunity – Product Owner

We are seeking a skilled, personable, enthusiastic and energetic professional to join our busy team to help us to identify and create new product opportunities that will drive growth and deliver great fundraising features for our clients. 

In joining GiveNow, you will be working as part of a small team of people who are passionate about supporting Australian community organisations improve their digital fundraising opportunities and skills. We aim to unburden the time-poor and increase the capacity of even the smallest incorporated Australian not-for-profits to raise funds easily. 

You will be the critical team member who develops and implements the planned features and needed functionality for the development team. You will be a key contributor to building the product roadmap, as you work collaboratively with the Executive Director of GiveNow

We have an ambitious agenda for 2024, which includes extending the current features and services offered by GiveNow. You will be passionate about enhancing the user experience, for both the organisations who are fundraising, as well as individuals who are donating and supporting their community. 

To achieve this, you will work with the Executive Director and customer service team to identify needs and then apply an analytical approach to develop and produce solutions for the technical team to implement. You will be an integral leader of the technical team, providing oversight throughout the product development lifecycle.

This is a great place to work – we have a community minded agenda; we’re not constrained by bureaucracy or boundaries; we’re not interested in internal politics or egos, just in contributing something useful to society. Notably, with the small team does come an assumption that we do all have to take on tasks outside our direct responsibilities at times. It is a position that will require you to be involved in varied areas of the business; sometimes simple administrative tasks, sometimes reviewing marketing materials and more! 

About You

You bring with you about 5 years’ experience working in a SaaS product development lifecycle. Throughout your work experience your skills and enthusiasm for identifying and creating new features has set you apart from others.

You are keenly interested in payment technology and developing new solutions in the dynamic digital fundraising market. You’re a natural problem solver with initiative and ambition and a deep appreciation for customer-centric solutions - Your goal is to deliver an experience that GiveNow customers will love!

You have experience working in an agile environment and together with your ability to lead and inspire the development team all the while promoting their growth and development.

Of course, you have strong analytical and lateral thinking skills that enable you to deliver the best solution in the best time frame. You’re highly organised and would be described as resourceful and a self-starter, yet you’re a great team player, who will promote our ethos of innovation, creativity and inclusion. 

If this sounds like you and you’re excited about the opportunity, apply using the link below. We are looking for a personality with the ability and enthusiasm to not only lead but be part of our great team. 

Other relevant information:

Please refer to the full position description for further details: GiveNow Product Owner.

The nature of this role is quite varied. We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people, so we want people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply.

The Product Owner role is full-time and reports to Executive Director, GiveNow. Currently most of our team are working in a hybrid way, between the office and home.

Our organisation is one that is as supportive and socially conscious as it is agile and explorative. Our DNA of commercial mind and social heart captures who we are at our core. We have a great working atmosphere with an inclusive, fun work culture. Our team is full of highly collaborative, diverse people with awesome skills.

To create a better work-life balance, the Our Community Team works a 4-day week (pay for 5 days). We deliver 100% of the work in 80% of the time for 100% of the pay. We have high productivity, reduced stress levels, improved mental health and great team cohesion.

Our office is located on Wurundjeri Country at 552 Victoria Street (corner of Curzon Street and Victoria Street), North Melbourne. We work in a modern, bright, art-filled, open plan office and operate in a fairly informal manner. 

The successful candidate

• Must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.
• Will be required to undertake a police check.
• Will be subject to a probationary period of three (3) months.

How to apply:

Please apply at https://ourcommunity.smartygrants.com.au/productowner2024. This application is similar to a cover letter, it will enable you to include all the information you would usually include in a cover letter. You will also be able to upload your CV onto the system (applications received by other means will not be considered)

Applications close at 5pm Sunday 17 March 2024, however, we will be reviewing and organizing interviews throughout the application process.