Product Owner

About us:  

Making a meaningful difference with mission-critical software that empowers communities to thrive.

ReadyTech is more than just a one-trick pony playing in one market with one product, or one customer. We re-imagine, design, develop and deliver technology to solve our customer’s diverse problems – supporting multiple businesses across a variety of markets to be ready for anything. 

We’re an ASX-listed company which means we are stable, have a strong track record of sustainable growth and have a significant number of long-term customers.  So, what does this mean for you? It means we can offer you an experience that will push you to be your best, provide career-building challenges, and that will offer you numerous growth opportunities that can’t be found in any other company.

It’s an inclusive environment where there is no place for politics, where we get our heads together to solve the problems that really matter to our customers, and where we always stay focused on our north star – the communities we serve, and society at large.

The key accountabilities of the role:

• Quality of backlog items
• Sprin delivery and release
• Assistance with documentation

The key responsibilities of the role:

• Develop product backlog items with detailed feature specifications and clear
• acceptance criteria, ensuring they are understood by the Engineering and QA teams
• Actively clear roadblocks impacting successful team completion of release/sprint
• goals
• Work with the Project Manager to prioritise and maintain the sprint backlog
• Facilitate Sprint planning and grooming sessions and participate in scrum ceremonies

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven excellent product management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks with efficiency
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage, influence and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• Superior time management and organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise projects
• Proactive, self-starter and results-driven with can-do attitude
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Able to effectively manage conflicting stakeholder needs
• Proficiency with Atlassian Jira software
• In depth knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies
• 5+ years' experience in SaaS product development

Why you should become a ReadyTecher:  

 

• A day off for your birthday- hip hip hooray!
• Additional 4 days of leave each year
• ReadyTecher Awards each quarter with the chance to win flights and accommodation to Hamilton Island
• Hybrid work, with in-house baristas in Australia via the Ready Beans team
• Access to Sonder- a technology-driven platform supported by safety, medical and mental health experts - available 24/7
• Paid parental leave
• Additional paid leave for miscarriage, endometriosis and menopause
• Volunteer leave
• Flu vaccinations
• And plenty of ReadyTech merch drops along the way!

ReadyTech is committed to seeing things through each other's eyes. We invest deeply in relationships by offering positivity, fairness and empathy in every interaction and love that everyone is different. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates our diversity of race, beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, age, disability status, marital status and more - so that every single one of us can feel like we belong.

 

As part of our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure working environment for all employees and in compliance with Australian regulations, please note that if selected for this role, you will be required to complete a comprehensive police check and an Australian working rights check. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding these requirements, please feel free to contact us.

So, if you are ready for anything, please apply today. Please note that if your application is progressed to the next stage, we will send you some testing to complete as part of your application as we have found this helps us to quickly identify potential ReadyTechers!