Position: Senior Product Manager (Technology Consulting, Business Analysis)
Location: Sydney, Australia
WorkStyle: Sydney Hybrid based
Simple Machines. Data Engineered to Life™

Simple Machines is a leading independent boutique technology firm with a global presence, including teams in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and New Zealand. We specialise in creating technology solutions at the intersection of data, AI, machine learning, data engineering, and software engineering. Our mission is to help enterprises, technology companies, and governments better connect with and understand their organisations, their people, their customers, and citizens. We are a team of creative engineers and technologists dedicated to unleashing the potential of data in new and impactful ways. We design and build bespoke data platforms and unique software products, create and deploy intelligent systems, and bring engineering expertise to life by transforming data into actionable insights and tangible outcomes.

About You

We are looking for a consultant-minded individual who is passionate about working closely with clients to solve complex problems and lead them on a journey from discovery to technical implementation. You have a knack for understanding client needs and delivering market-leading solutions and have worked in Technology Consulting | Business Analysis | Software Development

You will love and excel in this role if you:

• Have a strong background in Technology Consulting, played a Senior Manager role within a top-tier consulting company.
• Have a refined understanding of how modern software is built and delivered (tools, methodologies, roles, common challenges etc.)
• A demonstrated knowledge of different methods and tools that help you to perform analysis, testing, product management and delivery in a range of environment
• Know how to effectively communicate information between people at all levels of the business, in written and verbal form
• Have a passion for accruing knowledge, and using that knowledge to continuously improve yourself and the team’s performance
• Personal interest in best practice and trends of the technology industry, with the ability to apply these to your day-to-day work
• A relationship builder by nature, and someone who can thrive in new teams and new situations
• A proactive person who knows what needs to be done, how to approach it, and how to influence others to move things forward
• An ambitious person who is excited about the prospect of joining a small, close-knit ANZ team of experts and helping it to grow

The Exciting Part

Simple Machines is not your average consultancy or software engineering firm. Our team is comprised of inspiring industry leaders in Consulting, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. Our projects, for a global client base, are data-focused and drive real change.

About the Role

We are looking for someone to join our close-knit team of experts to help deliver our client engagements as we scale our ANZ business. If you excel in client facing roles, have a deep understanding of how modern software is built and delivered, and have a passion for technology then we’d love to hear from you.

Here’s a brief overview of the role’s responsibilities:

Drive the engagement

• Understand each clients’ unique business needs, the ‘why’ behind each project and develop solutions that will fulfil each clients’ success criteria
• Act as a translator between business teams and technology delivery
• Develop domain expertise unique to each engagement

Feed the engineering team

• Provide high quality written requirements, acceptance criteria, feature overviews, test cases and other artefacts for the team to work from
• Run effective meetings with team and stakeholders

Drive the team’s direction

• Clearly articulate the business needs and work with the tech team to translate these into technical requirements
• Persuade the client and the SM team on what should be done and why

Increase the team’s speed

• Understand and anticipate dependencies in software delivery
• Enable decision making through excellent communication

Assure the team’s focus

• Protect the engineering team from day to day ‘noise’
• Embed and optimise processes to handle our scope of work and new demand

Assure SM’s position with the client

• Build and nurture relationships with clients at all levels
• Help to manage SM’s delivery risk

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Business Analyst to join our team and play a pivotal role in building the origination experience across our platforms. As a Business Analyst you will work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, and stakeholders to drive product and customer initiatives within our Originations tribe. This role will allow you to use your problem solving and analytical skills to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

• Lead discovery sessions with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria. 
• Evaluate existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement to increase efficiency and productivity. 
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform decision-making processes. 
• Create clear and comprehensive business and functional requirement documents, process flows, and user stories. 
• Collaborate closely with scrum teams to ensure seamless delivery of initiatives, using agile practices to prioritise, build, release and iterate on product features.  
• Analyse and document existing customer experiences, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements. 
• Work collaboratively with the broader product delivery teams to shape and implement product releases. 
• Investigate issues and effectively communicate the resolution to stakeholders. 
• Conduct testing and validate platform features to ensure they meet technical and business requirements. 
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for end-users when required. 
• Support the Product Manager to manage the backlog to ensure it follows the product roadmap and strategy. 

A bit about the role:

The role is based in our Sydney office, but you will also work closely with the Regional APAC and Global Wise Platform teams based in our offices around the world. You will work closely with other functions, including product management, compliance & legal, implementation and engineering. As the Senior Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for independently sourcing and winning high impact deals with a focus on large banks and enterprises.

Your mission: 

• Work with the Wise Platform team to build, close and grow a strong pipeline of financial institutions and enterprises across our target verticals in ANZ, driving revenue and volume growth for Wise.

• Be the business counterpart for product teams to unlock new verticals and flows in ANZ through understanding painpoints, sizing opportunity and understanding regulatory / compliance nuances.  

• Work on projects and initiatives to improve our sales processes and approaches both within the APAC region and globally, such as helping iterate our pitches and messaging, our pricing strategies, go to market efforts - or anything else that helps drive growth.