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About the Role
This senior product management expert role is responsible for driving increased data literacy, a data-as-product mindset, and adoption of our data mesh operating model and platforms across REA. You will champion REA’s Data Platform and lead its evolution into a scalable, reusable, and market-leading platform, operating at the intersection of technology, data, product, design, and business.
Responsibilities
- Define and communicate a compelling vision and roadmap for REA’s Data Platform, aligned to company strategy, data strategy and business needs.
- Translate priorities into clear product outcomes, investment choices and build, buy or partner recommendations.
- Lead the product direction for REA’s data platform, predominantly built on Google Cloud Platform using technologies including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Atlan, Airflow, Apache Kafka, Soda and Tableau.
- Shape capabilities that improve scalability, reliability, quality, security, governance, discoverability, ease of use and developer and data experience.
- Continue the evolution of REA’s data mesh vision and self-service capabilities, driving adoption of platform capabilities that improve the quality, access and usage of data across REA.
- Identify, prioritise and sequence the most valuable platform opportunities, partnering with engineering, architecture, data and product teams to deliver measurable improvements for the enterprise.
- Assess and synthesise stakeholder needs, feedback and customer insights to identify the most important problems to solve.
- Build partnerships across the business and with the Head of Data to align data needs, go-to-market activity, operating-model evolution, capabilities and roadmaps.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, using technical fluency, customer insight and commercial acumen to shape strategic decisions.
Requirements
- Significant experience in senior product management, product leadership or a comparable strategic product role, ideally in complex technology or data environments.
- Deep understanding of how platforms create scalability, leverage and improved experiences for a digital business.
- Demonstrated experience leading the evolution of an established data, technology or developer platform.
- Strong understanding of data products, data platforms, data mesh, self-service, governance and modern cloud technologies.
- Experience working effectively with engineering, architecture, design, data and business stakeholders in an agile delivery environment.
- A track record of identifying and solving complex, unstructured and ambiguous problems.
- Strong strategic thinking and systems-level perspective, with the ability to connect long-term vision to practical delivery decisions.
- Ability to drive adoption of new platform capabilities and demonstrate measurable business and user outcomes.
- Strong analytical, commercial and decision-making skills, including the ability to evaluate build, buy and partner options.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex domains for a wide range of stakeholders.
- Passion for data, technology, product craft and improving the experiences of the people who use platforms.
- Experience in a Data Mesh-inspired operating model will be highly regarded.
Skills
- Google Cloud Platform
- BigQuery
- Cloud Storage
- Atlan
- Airflow
- Apache Kafka
- Soda
- Tableau
- Data Mesh
- Self-service
- Governance
- Agile delivery
Location
- Melbourne
- Sydney
Work Type
- Fixed term
- 12-months
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- 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
- Volunteering leave
- Community grants
- Matched payroll giving
- Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity
- Hackdays
About the Company
- REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property.
- 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.
- Proud to have been named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces four times since 2021 — including third place in 2025 — plus Best Workplace for Women in 2023 and Best Workplace in Technology in 2024 and 2025.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.