Product Owner - Talent Marketplace

Employment Hero is on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone. Our Employment Operating System brings hiring, HR, payroll and benefits into an all-in-one solution. 

Since our inception in 2014, we’ve scaled to a $2 billion valuation and gained a presence in 6 countries globally - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK and Canada. We now service over 300,000 businesses and more than 2 million employees. 

The EH Way

At Employment Hero, we’re proud of our unique DNA, which we call The EH Way.  

1. We are Mission First - everything we do (from what we work on, to how we allocate capital and where we focus) is driven by our Mission
2. We are Remote First - we champion a remote environment with a preference for asynchronous communication and a high degree of autonomy 
3. We are AI First - we are committed to using AI to accelerate our mission; AI is not just a tool, it’s a fundamental part of how we operate, innovate, and scale
4. We are Apolitical - we do not take a position on political or social topics, unless it relates to our Mission
5. We Live by Our Values - we role model our values 100% of the time

We Expect High Performance - we set a high standard and we’re not satisfied with being average

This role

As a Product Owner,, you’ll work within our Talent Marketplace team and help revolutionise the recruitment industry!

In this role , you’ll be:

• Product Vision & Delivery: Responsible for delivering the product vision, driving discovery, and translating vision to delivery and continuous improvement.
• Adaptability: Monitor and adjust the product vision and roadmap while adhering to the core vision amidst constraints.
• Backlog Management: Strategically prioritise and maintain a user story backlog, balancing business goals, stakeholder expectations, and feasibility.
• Customer Representation: Represent customer and business interests in prioritisation and planning, and address customer feedback.
• Collaboration: Work with designers, architects, developers, sales, and support teams to ensure feasible, viable, and well-planned product development and rollout.
• Team Management: Manage product squads, focusing them on achieving business objectives.
• Communication: Clearly convey ideas, issues, and project status to stakeholders and ensure transparent communication of product requirements.

Who you are 

To thrive at Employment Hero, you’ll need to embody The EH Way - operating with focus, agility, and an obsession with impact. For this role, you’ll also bring: 

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in product ownership or management
• Proven success working with development teams using agile (Scrum preferred)
• Able to write well-defined specifications to clearly communicate expected product outcomes
• Track record of being able to critically analyse data samples (both qualitative and quantitative) and produce sensible insights to fuel product initiatives
• Able to challenge expectations and question the status quo on a day-to-day basis
• Hungry, creative, enthusiastic, and data-driven with a diverse skill set
• Experience validating ideas and generating user feedback through different customer research methodologies
• Proven commercial acumen with the ability to build financial models and execute on business drivers
• For bonus points (this isn’t a requirement!) - you’ve worked in SaaS on products involving 2-sided marketplaces or within the HR and Recruitment space.

What we can offer

At Employment Hero, we don’t just talk about a better way to work - we live it. Joining Employment Hero means:

• You will work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impact
• You will access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputs 
• You’ll surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your life
• You’ll own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies 
• You’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits that includes: a very generous paternity leave policy, subsidised egg freezing (so you can make the choice that’s right for you, on your terms), a WFH office expense budget, and outstanding learning & development opportunities 

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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.