Product Lead - Transport

Product Lead - Transport

• Great opportunity to showcase your Product Ownership experience

• Support the realisation of Woolworths aspirations in the area of Transport

• Sydney, Norwest based with flexible working arrangements available - 3 days at the office

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.
If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

What you'll do

The Product Lead - Transport works with various key stakeholders to provide, and deliver to, a Product Roadmap and prioritised Product Backlog, that supports and achieves the business goals in the Transport domain.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Close collaboration with relevant stakeholders to understand and anticipate business objectives, along with management and prioritisation of the product backlog, and active participation in the planning, execution, and review of each sprint.

• Definition of the Product Roadmap: elaboration of user stories, identification of Themes and Epics, definition of sprint objectives, acceptance criteria.

• Provision of technical leadership and decision-making, ensuring clarity of goals and objectives, through thorough understanding of the business processes and the Transport Systems.

• Undertake capacity planning ahead of any increased demand growth and ensure it is in place so the application meets its Service Level Agreement.

• Engagement and communication with various levels of stakeholders into the release priorities, and expected delivery timeframes.

What you'll bring

To be successful in this position, you'll need to demonstrate:

• Product Owner experience and with deep understanding of IT processes, within a supply chain domain, preferably within the Transport environment.

• Proven exposure to Transport technologies, preferably in Transport Management Systems such as Blue Yonder TMS.

• Sound IT Service Management experience across the end to end service lifecycle, most importantly strategy, design and build, along with Agile and DevOps Toolchain.

• Relevant experience in executive relationship management, negotiation and influencing, and proven commercial experience with vendors and contracts.

• Demonstrated technical and management knowledge and/or formal qualifications to the Masters tertiary level.

What you’ll experience

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.

• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

• Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary. Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group

We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’

Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.