Product Owner Specialty Data

Product Owner, Specialty Data

• Sydney location
• You will be a key contributor to managing our product portfolio in line with our customer needs as well as policy, compliance, risk and technology requirements
• Together we can help more Australians to realise their home ownership and investment dreams

About your business

Retail Banking Services (RBS) is the public face of CommBank, delivering a seamless banking experience for the future, to our 10 million + personal and small business customers. We offer market-leading products and services, supported by some of the world's best systems and processes.

This role sits within Home Buying line of business, whose purpose is to guide and support our lending network to be the home lender of choice for all Australians.

See yourself in our team

The Home Buying Specialty Product and Platforms Crew has end to end responsibility for the Commonwealth Bank's Specialty home loans, features, pathways as well as core platforms and the white label businesses. We support the proprietary and third-party sales and service teams to meet our customers' needs for home finance.

Key responsibilities of the Crew include:

• Managing a suite of specialised home loan product and features, including Green Loan, Construction, Bridging, Government Schemes and Guarantors
• Managing Home Buying's Climate Risk glide path, mortgage insurance solutions and the transformation agenda
• Ensure a safe, sound and secure core platform and managing the end-to-end white label business
• Product simplification, including the management and migration of quarantined products
• Ensuring the best possible customer experience, channel support, portfolio management and risk management

Do work that matters

You will report to Crew Lead, Specialty Product and Platforms Crew. As a Product Owner, Specialty Data squad, you will come with proven expertise in data engineering, architecture and design, as well as team leadership skills, working within largely complex product teams. You will hold a passion for providing data engineering solutions, contributing to a major set of technical decisions and build, while constantly defining the technical roadmaps in line with business's strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the squad product vision, goals and roadmap aligned with the Home Buying Speciality Product and Platforms Crew objectives and purpose to deliver market leading products and features resulting in an outstanding customer experience.
• Developing and designing data engineering solutions for products and platforms to address identified needs or opportunities and build and prioritise the Squad backlog in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a squad of team members including data engineers, solution designers, quality engineers and BAs, creating a psychologically safe, inclusive, accountable and high-performance culture.
• Identify risk, dependencies and issues for the squad in line with excellent management of operational risk and compliance outcomes.
• Stay abreast of external market trends (from regulatory, economics to innovation)
• Build and foster strong relationships across the product value chain, including Chief data office, Retail Technology, Compliance, and Finance, leading virtual teams to ensure efficient delivery of strategic initiatives and resolution of issues.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

• Are passionate about building industry leading group data products from scratch using sophisticated data platforms and technical products
• Are ready to execute state-of-the-art coding practices, driving high quality outcomes to solve core business and delivery objectives and minimise risks
• Are capable of creating both technology blueprints and engineering roadmaps, for a multi- year data transformational journey, with a proven track record of delivering at pace with high quality
• Are constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex data problems with an Agility focused mindset

Technical and Functional skills:

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner with a data engineering background.

Experience with the following will help you succeed in the role:

• Adept at defining and driving technology roadmaps and execute relevant strategies within the domain or reference architecture and help foster an excellent engineering culture that is open, safe, productive and fun for everyone!
• Advanced commercial acumen and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Advanced communication and Influencing skills.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability with Advanced delivery skills.
• Exposure to Ab Initio, Alation, Omnia and Teradata

Apply today!

We operate in a hybrid working environment, meaning a blend between being in the office and working remotely. Please feel free to discuss your individual situation and needs with us!

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. One where we're driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges, and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

We're determined to make a real difference for Australia's first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.