Data Product Manager

We don’t sit back and wait for the future to happen, we are out there crafting our own path through new technology, innovation, and investment. We are truly a challenger brand, with challenger spirit.
We are seeking a Data Product Manager will be developing and driving Optus’ data management strategy enterprise wide working closely with the Director – Data Lifecycle Management. Central to this role is your ability to contribute to innovative ways to build scalable data management patterns which meet both our business needs and improve our data risk management.

The Data Product Manager is responsible for designing and maintaining the product management and business processes necessary to identify, articulate, deliver, and sustain a market leading capability for Optus in the data management domain. This includes, but is not limited to industry research, technical understanding, process mapping and delivery to ensure market leading understanding and delivery of efficient well managed data. The requirements span the brands, segments, and channels of the Optus group.

Ready to reimagine your career at Optus?

• Contribute to innovative and scalable and data management patterns of operation, which implement and embed data controls.
• Translate requirements of large-scale transformation initiatives into smaller actionable items.
• Assist with leadership of data transformation initiatives with a focus on rapid implementation and execution of multiple initiatives in parallel.
• Continuously identify opportunities and benefits to form and refine Optus’ processes, and opportunities to improve our data risk management.
• Refinement, implementation, and monitoring of data management controls.
• Contribution to business cases and prioritisation assessment for new initiatives, ensuring continued focus on most high impact data management initiatives.

It starts with you!

• Data, Engineering, Science, or IT degree.
• Proven experience working in data, IT, digital, or customer experience working in a similar industry (i.e. telecommunications or information technology) underpinned with exposure to Agile environment.
• Prior experience in data management, data analytics or digital data related fields.
• Confirmed experience balancing multiple stakeholders and priorities.
• Strong customer focus and passionate about customer experience.

The good stuff …

• 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
• Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver
• All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’
• Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via Optus U (University)
• Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans and Yarn Network
• Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!

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At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email Accessible Recruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch.


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