Product Engineering Manager

Why Optus?

We are a business fuelled by optimism, unwavering customer focus and a team of amazing people.

And that’s where we come in…. “the amazing people” part!

We don’t sit back and wait for the future to happen, we are out there crafting our own path through new technology, innovation, and investment. We are truly a challenger brand, with challenger spirit.

The role of Product Engineering Manager is accountable for crafting, improving and maintaining allocated Fixed Products and Services within the Optus Consumer, Optus Wholesale, Optus Business and Optus Enterprise portfolios.

The role covers a wide variety of activities that help to conceptualise and create new innovative products as well as deliver a stand-out Fixed Product portfolio for all portfolios to help retain and grow Fixed market share and revenues. It provides consultancy to business partners and Product Managers across both Business and Network domains on various issues and future roadmaps for Fixed Products and Network platforms.

Your day to day will consist of...

• Identify and prioritise growth opportunities to support business to meet annual growth against defined revenue, profit goals and reducing costs. Identify and present new technologies to help business conceptualise and produce new innovative products, assess technical feasibility of new insights and take part in prioritisation workshops. Represent Networks to ensure proactive and accurate engagement in various stage to provide direction on structure and relationship of Products.
• Help construct and manage the product development pipeline. Conduct and participate in Networks impact assessments, as well as the prioritisation of network resources, managing cross business unit alignment.
• Provide technical and product consultancy to various business advocates and conduct regular review of product offerings to ensure they're performing financially, operationally and delivering to the expected customer experience.
• Creation of a product and service level view across all business units as well platforms to drive cost savings, resolve issues, identify priorities, and ensure there is strategic alignment between Product and Network roadmaps.
• Develop & input into the exit strategy for legacy fixed products/platforms aligning at times competing Network and Business imperatives.

What makes you perfect for the role?

• Related qualifications in Networks Engineering, Telecommunications and Technology, plus substantial proven experience in positions requiring the exercise of creative engineering, fixed product design, marketing and/or commercial judgement.
• Excellent listening ability, influencing, verbal and written communications skills. Experienced working with, presenting to, and managing communication with Senior Managers, Directors & VPs in the business & network domains.
• Sound technical knowledge of key technology concepts specially Data, Transmission, IP and voice. Knowledge of SDN & NFV concepts is highly preferred.
• Excellent workshop and facilitation skill with ability to develop and present proposals that reflect and address customer requirements and desired business objectives.
• Excellent inter-departmental organisational and teamwork skills and ability to broker and influence peers and senior partners through demonstration of strong communications, persuasion, story telling and presentation skills.

Optus is a place where we let you do you. We offer a range of benefits including:

• Competitive salary and performance incentives
• Discounts to Optus products and services, and to over 400 retailers Australia-wide
• Training, mentoring and development opportunities (ask us about OptusU!)
• Up to five days of Volunteer Leave per year
• A “connected” day for you to use to connect to something you are passionate about
• Hybrid ways of working
• Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
• Sydney Campus; 20mins from CBD via our Optus bus. Our 999 Metro Connect service connecting you to and from Macquarie University Metro Station to Optus Campus every 6-8 minutes, morning and afternoon!

Curious about our culture? Go behind the scenes with our people by searching #OptusLife on LinkedIn!

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.

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