Product Owner at Accident Compensation Corporation, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Join us as a Product Owner in an established and mature Agile Release Train
• Competitive salary, 9% superannuation and other valuable benefits
• Permanent Wellington based opportunity with flexible working arrangements

Our purpose at ACC is to improve lives every day. It's to put our customers first, showing them manaakitanga and supporting their wellbeing. It's to enable everyone in New Zealand the freedom to live their lives knowing that if they need us, we'll be there.

Ngā Tapuwae Kōrero is the Agile Release Train focused on protecting our levy revenue stream and driving better business customer outcomes and experience by building on and improving core levy systems and products. Doing this means we can improve the way we do business and enables us to provide more digital services for our business customers.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in Business Partnerships as part of the Ngā Tapuwae Kōrero Agile Release Train. As Product Owner you will be responsible for leading and delivering continuous improvement and the development of our products and service offering to enable the delivery of an exceptional user experience and customer outcomes. You will represent the voice of the business and customer to ensure we deliver excellent outcomes.

As Product Owner, you will be fully immersed within an Agile environment on a day-to-day basis. The work environment is fast paced, with high impact decisions and diverse interactions.

Key responsibilities of the role and what you need to be successful:

• You will have experience as a Product Owner or relevant experience in a similar role.
• Experience working with business customers.
• A solid background in Agile ways of working, with a solid understanding of product delivery practice.
• A customer-centric mind-set, focusing on delivering the best possible outcomes for our customers.
• Participate and lead product ownership efforts to meet product development objectives
• High level of collaboration, and ability to enable the delivery of strategy through Agile practices.
• You will be an effective influencer and have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships.

Working at ACC:

We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers, and we welcome candidates from every ethnicity, national origin, gender, identity, age, and those with a disability or who have additional mental health needs. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work. Here are some ways we encourage that:

• employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds
• the option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours
• development opportunities in te reo Māori me ngā tikanga.

We offer an attractive salary of $114k to $140k depending on experience, plus 9% super is on offer, along with an opportunity to grow and develop your career in one of New Zealand's leading government agencies.

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Applications will close on Sunday 4 June 2023.

Please attach your cover letter telling us a bit about yourself and why you will be a great fit for the role. Applications can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers website. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you have any questions about the role, please email nadine.o'donnell@acc.co.nz