We’re looking for a Strategic Product Consultant to support the specialisation of our Financial Management product category. In this role, you’ll leverage your consultative mindset, knowledge of the construction industry and Procore’s software platform to provide our customers with best practices for adopting and utilising the Procore platform. You’ll partner with Implementation and Customer Success Managers to supplement customer training with industry technical knowledge of cloud-based software and Procore platform expertise. In addition, you will also collaborate with industry stakeholders to identify issues and industry needs while working with the Product and Marketing departments to innovate upon our software offering, improve customer utilisation, and communicate enhancements to the industry. Successful candidates are curious and passionate technology enthusiasts and promoters of modernising the construction industry through technological advancement.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Strategic Product Consultants, APAC and is based in our Sydney office or works remotely from an Australian location. This is not an independent contractor position. We’re looking for someone to join us immediately.

What you’ll do:

• Work with Implementation Managers to develop customers into Procore experts and evangelists through training and consultation.
• Conduct group training webinars and in-person sessions to educate customers on Procore tools.
• Leverage knowledge of the construction industry to improve customer business processes in Procore and across the customer’s entire organisation.
• Leverage knowledge of the Procore platform to consult and create solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Provide the highest level of service and education to Procore’s customers through clear and effective communication.
• Foster a positive team culture by onboarding, training, and mentoring team members.
• Collaborate with all levels of the Procore organisation to develop best practices and drive Procore’s evolution as a market leader.
• Leverage industry knowledge and collaborate with industry stakeholders to identify local needs within the Procore Platform while working with Product and Marketing to innovate upon our offering, communicate enhancements and improve customer utilisation.
• Develop a mastery of Procore’s product offerings, business model, services, emerging technologies, and Customer Success best practices.
• Up to 30% travel to customer sites (may include domestic and international), industry events, and other Procore offices.

What we’re looking for: 

• Construction industry professionals with a curious mindset who are passionate about driving industry change through technology. 
• Construction industry professionals with 5+ years of experience looking to transition into a fast-paced software training and advisory role.
• Previous experience as Contracts Administrator, Project Engineer, Assistant Project Manager, Project Manager or similar with direct industry experience. 
• Experience with procurement, schedule/program, and construction financials incl. managing contracts, budget, retention, progress claims and variations. 
• Experience with take-offs, estimates/proposals, tender/bid management and tender/bid levelling, and buyout and contract negotiations.
• Experience with contracts (lump/stipulated sum, cost plus, and guaranteed maximum price - GMP, Design and Construct - D&C), variations, and invoicing with architects, engineers, head contractors, subcontractors, and/or vendors.
• Experience establishing SOPs preferred
• Training or software support preferred
• Experience using Procore preferred

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

The Product Owner is responsible for gathering feature requests, scheduling releases and coordinating sprints. To be successful in this role, the incumbent must be able to successfully identify user needs and work with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.

Reporting to a Lead Product Owner, the Product Owner will work with engineering teams, Product Managers, other Product Owners, business stakeholders and the broader Delivery Team.