Senior Product Manager, Data Platform & AI

• Drive valuable outcomes for some of our major Data Platform products, leveraging AI

• Permanent role based in Melbourne

We're REA 
  
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is 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 have been 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 

The Senior Product Manager, Data Platform & AI sits within Global Technology as part of Launchpad. The mission of the ‘Data Intelligence’ pillar is to make it easy to understand, protect & leverage REA data. 

What the role is all about 

• Lead product discovery and analysis on evolving our platform capabilities

• Work with technical counterparts to articulate the Data Intelligence pillars vision and develop an enterprise-wide perspective to support REA as a data-driven organisation

• Make build vs. buy recommendations for software development using relevant industry knowledge and research.  

• Identify technology & AI trends and predict their impact on the market

• Partner with our key internal stakeholder groups, understand their businesses, their customers’ needs, their environmental constraints, their tactical and strategic objectives

• Initiate engagement forums and creating a cadence to continuously capture feedback and requirements to drive product improvements.

• Review the existing product portfolio by analysing data, collecting stakeholder feedback, analysing industry & market trends to find new opportunities  

• Drive complex product platform roll outs, and taking into consideration the technical system impacts, experience changes and user journeys across multiple touch points  

• Build the roadmap for your team/s to deliver on the highest value initiatives 

• Contribute to the overarching Data Intelligence pillars strategy and articulating this to the wider business, emphasising the relevant value proposition to each line of business

Who we’re looking for 

• Someone with a few runs on the board: 5+ years Product Management/Product Development experience  

• You've developed products/features that leveraged AI and have worked with data and/or AI in a Product management capacity

• Demonstrated experience making data driven decisions, and in communicating concepts effectively using data and visualisation 

• Comfortable managing large, complex programs of work  

• You can analyse and synthesise information on the market and connect the dots to determine an appropriate strategic approach whilst taking a whole business perspective

• You can talk shop with the developers, chat with customers and pitch a business case to executives  

• You're comfrtoable being close to users, understanding their challenges and both their known and unarticulated needs  

• Strong analytical skills, including ability to interpret complex business needs and translate into product requirements for technical solutions

• Familiarity with Data Governance, Privacy and Security concepts and policies well regarded

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.  

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:  

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working 

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave 

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity 

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life   

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 effective and fuel disruptive thinking. 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. 

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Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!  

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