We are currently seeking an experienced, AI-native Product Strategist to join our growing team. Are you tired of working on software that never sees production or adds no tangible value for users? Here at Propellerhead we focus on delivering software into production that adds value for our clients. We use AI throughout to get there faster.
Propellerhead operates a hybrid working model (work from our office and from your own home). While you must be Auckland based, we warmly welcome applications from Product Strategists across New Zealand and internationally who are planning to relocate to Auckland (please specify relocation plans in your application).
As a Product Strategist at Propellerhead, your primary purpose will be working with clients to find the value, frame the problem worth solving, and define the success measures that prove it.. You are agentic-first, and very comfortable using AI to rapidly prototype and test ideas early. This is a client-facing role with focus and importance on maintaining long-term relationships with our customers through continuous and meaningful delivery. You will be adept at defining problems, finding value, and articulating that value for the client.
Key Accountabilities:
Value & Problem Framing: Articulate client value and frame the problem worth solving - what outcome the client is actually buying.
Communication: Clearly communicate the problem, hypotheses and success measures.
Delivery Constraints: Ensure delivery teams work solely on funded backlog items, constraining product delivery as necessary.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal and client stakeholders to ensure both functional and commercial objectives are met.
Scope Management: Lead discovery and manage scope - including using AI to rapidly prototype and test ideas - to deliver maximum value, while ensuring efficient use of resources.
Success Measures: Define the hypotheses and measurable success criteria that define what good looks like.
Team Coordination: Keep product delivery teams informed of upcoming work and broadly communicate relevant context and problems faced to build a shared understanding of the product direction.
Agentic-first: very comfortable using AI to rapidly prototype, test hypotheses, and accelerate discovery.
Proven experience as a Product Strategist or similar role in a software development environment. This is not a traditional Product Owner role. Transferable skills will be beneficial, although a natural curiosity and willingness to adapt to a new and exciting way of working will be key to succeed in this role.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience working with stakeholders to define problems and the measurable outcomes that matter.
Familiarity with product management tools and software.
How We Build Software:
We build software by structuring solutions in a product-centric manner and focusing on continuously delivering measurable outcomes into production. Our work starts from real stakeholder needs and the value they unlock, with an AI-assisted pipeline now generating much of the code.As a result, our digital platforms are a mixture of custom components and external services which produce a powerful and engaging experience when combined.
Be part of an innovative team, with a culture of learning and collaboration.
Contribute to interesting, diverse, and commercially minded work for well-respected clients.
Opportunity for professional growth and development.
Fortnightly knowledge sharing sessions, with lunch.
Competitive salary. Employee Share Purchase Scheme offering.
This role is Auckland based, regular in-office attendance is required. Work within our beautifully designed office and from home (hybrid working model).
Propellerhead is an equal opportunity workplace which is free from discrimination.
*Please note - only applications with a cover letter will be reviewed, please do not use AI to write this.
It's very important to us that you include a cover letter with your application - it's your chance to tell us more about who you are and what you value.
At Propellerhead, we use AI thoughtfully as part of our delivery practices - considered integration helps us stay at the forefront of technology and create innovative, valuable solutions for our clients. In recruitment, however, AI isn’t used to assess skills, experience or suitability for a role. Every application is reviewed by a real person to ensure a fair, engaged and thoughtfully human process. Therefore we kindly ask that you refrain from using it in your application. We're excited to learn about your unique experiences and ideas, and want to work with you, so please apply as your authentic self!
Candidates that progress may be asked to agree to a police background check, credit history check, other assessments and provide evidence of qualifications.
Learn more about our company here.
Skills Required
- Agentic-first; very comfortable using AI to rapidly prototype and test ideas
- Proven experience as a Product Strategist or similar role in a software development environment
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience working with stakeholders to define problems and measurable outcomes
- Familiarity with product management tools and software
- Must be Auckland based; regular in-office attendance required (relocation candidates must specify plans)
- Cover letter required (applicants asked not to use AI to write it)
What We Do
In 2002, we founded Propellerhead with a mission to revolutionise software services in New Zealand. Today, we proudly collaborate with some of the nation's largest organisations, crafting innovative and complex technologies that enhance the lives of millions of New Zealanders every single day. For each client, we are a technology partner. We believe continuous advances in technology allow us to utilise newer and better ways of solving problems for our clients and their users. Our guiding principles of anti-fragile design, verifiable information, and user sovereignty inform every layer of our software development process. We build robust applications and platforms that enhance how users interact with technology, secure in the knowledge that their digital experiences are safe, reliable, and empowering. CULTURE & APPROACH: Our company is home to world-class software developers, problem solvers and thinkers. Our work reflects rapid advancements in technology and as a collective we’re drawn to the promise of decentralisation to make the world a better place. We believe the more minds working together, the more innovative the solutions can be and we adopt a pilot-led approach with a focus on creativity and ideas to ensure the solution is fit for future. Our teams are made up of craftspeople, driven to discover the right combination of methodology, architecture, technology, and thinking and our company approach is designed to produce maximum value by stepping out of the way and clearing roadblocks for our people. We take influence from Holacracy, Agile, Lean Startup, and Design Thinking principles to operate, and we deliver solutions in a series of small increments, each iteration providing insights and clarity on user needs. Coding, creativity and thinking operating at the intersection of where philosophy and technology meet.
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