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

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Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

What you will be doing:

• Manages activities of an entire product line through several product managers.
• Establishes operational objectives and work plans and delegates assignments to subordinates.
• Objectives are reviewed by senior management to determine success of operation.
• Developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations.
• Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organization objectives, implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, and establishes and ensures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
• Manages the product revenue and profitability for the assigned product line(s).
• Completes product investment and profitability analyses, win/loss analyses, business alliance management of key partners and product management metrics.
• Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning products and/or clients.
• Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations without damage to the relationship.

What you bring:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the financial services industry (preferably in product management discipline) as well as management and/or leadership experience. Pragmatic Marketing certification or equivalent is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or marketing or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
• This level requires the ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Thorough knowledge of FIS products supported
• Requires general business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills, long-term vision and executive presence
• Effective presentation and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of financial services industry and associated products
• Excellent skills in communicating ideas both verbally and in written form in a clear, concise and professional manner
• Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management in an organized, professional manner
• Client relationship management skills, understanding and focusing on clients’ needs, establishing credibility and building positive, professional, relationships with clients
• Team skills, including ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels within organization, internally and externally
• Requires strong time management skills, attention to detail and must be resourceful
• Analytical, problem-solving skills
• Project management skills; ability to prioritize and complete tasks
• Requires leadership and negotiation skills
• Flexibility, versatility, dependability

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Attractive benefits
• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team

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