About us:
Making a meaningful difference with mission-critical software that empowers communities to thrive.
ReadyTech is more than just a one-trick pony playing in one market with one product, or one customer. We re-imagine, design, develop and deliver technology to solve our customer’s diverse problems – supporting multiple businesses across a variety of markets to be ready for anything.
We’re an ASX-listed company which means we are stable, have a strong track record of sustainable growth and have a significant number of long-term customers. So, what does this mean for you? It means we can offer you an experience that will push you to be your best, provide career-building challenges, and that will offer you numerous growth opportunities that can’t be found in any other company.
It’s an inclusive environment where there is no place for politics, where we get our heads together to solve the problems thatreally matter to our customers, and where we always stay focused on our north star – the communities we serve, and societyat large.
The purpose of the role:
As Senior Product Manager for our Local Government Property & Rating product team, you'll own product development from discovery through to execution for a high-priority Enterprise segment, within a dedicated cross-functional team. You'll be accountable for building products that unlock real value for our Local Government customers, balancing evidence-based discovery with commercial outcomes, in a highly regulated, long-lived product environment.
The key accountabilities of the role:
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Develop and evolve a product roadmap that aligns with the broader product vision and strategy, balancing short-term wins with longer-term bets.
- Guide your team through discovery and prioritisation, ensuring the backlog reflects what delivers the most value for customers and the business.
- Translate complex Local Government regulatory and compliance processes into clear, actionable product requirements.
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Ensure the quality, usability, and reliability of what we ship meets customer and compliance expectations.
- Successfully bring new products and features to market, achieving their commercial growth objectives while improving CSAT and retention.
The key responsibilities of the role:
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Be the ‘voice of the customer’ - championing a customer-centric approach to product and design decision
making
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Build compelling value propositions that are attractive to the target segment, supporting customer
acquisition and larger deal sizes
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Conduct user research, working with product managers to run customer discovery workshops, gather
requirements and identifying opportunities
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Turn user insights into functional experiences that feel intuitive and intentional of all customer personas
- Anticipate implementation challenges, consulting relevant stakeholders to identify risks and tradeoffs and
able to justify a path forward
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Ability to influence across business verticals to achieve product objectives
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Lead the development planning process, engage in resourcing/capacity planning and review the scope
and priority of requirements with stakeholders
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Own the launch of new features and product launches end-to-end, working closely with internal
stakeholders across senior leadership, Tech, Design, Marketing, Finance and Delivery
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Continuously measures product-market fit, iterates over approach
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Own the outcome – defining success metrics and measurement, tying efforts towards delivering
business value, and managing GTM end-to-end
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Gather metrics to inform pricing strategy
The key requirements for the role:
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Leads product discovery - drives customer and market research by leading and coaching product managers to truly understand customers' problems and unmet needs, not just gathering requirements.
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Decisive prioritisation - able to make and justify trade-off calls, and deliver iteratively within an Agile framework.
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Strong communication and analytical skills - bringing structure to complexity and influencing across teams.
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Deep Local Government domain knowledge, with the ability to translate regulatory and compliance context into clear product direction..
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Commercial acumen and a growth mindset, with the ability to tie product decisions to business outcomes
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Strong problem-solving ability – leveraging qualitative and quantitative analysis to drive data-led decision making
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Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
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Product discovery best practice processes
- Understanding of UX design principles
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Agile delivery methodology
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Minimum 5 years' experience driving the development of a B2B SaaS product across the product lifecycle.
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Digital product management experience in a Local Government setting or working on products that serve the Local Government market
- Experience in delivering customer product initiatives that have delivered strong commercial outcomes
Why you should become a ReadyTecher:
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A day off for your birthday- hip hip hooray!
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Additional 4 days of leave each year
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ReadyTecher Awards each quarter with the chance to win flights and accommodation to Hamilton Island
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Hybrid work, with in-house baristas
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Access to Sonder- a technology-driven platform supported by safety, medical and mental health experts - available 24/7
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Company top-up of Government parental leave
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Additional paid leave for miscarriage, endometriosis and menopause
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And plenty of ReadyTech merch drops along the way!
ReadyTech is committed to seeing things through each other's eyes. We invest deeply in relationships by offering positivity, fairness and empathy in every interaction and love that everyone is different. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates our diversity of race, beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, age, disability status, marital status and more - so that every single one of us can feel like we belong.
As part of our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure working environment for all employees and in compliance with Australian regulations, please note that if selected for this role, you will be required to complete a comprehensive police check and an Australian working rights check. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding these requirements, please feel free to contact us.
So, if you are ready for anything, please apply today. Please note that if your application is progressed to the next stage, we will send you some testing to complete as part of your application as we have found this helps us to quickly identify potential ReadyTechers!
Full Time
Job no: HDAQ60720
Location: ACT, Adelaide, Australia - Remote, Melbourne, Perth, Queensland, Sydney
Closing Date: Sunday, 13 September 2026
