Job description
Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to have influence in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)
As a Product Manager for Datapay - our flagship SaaS payroll solution - you will play a critical role in shaping the future of how businesses manage payroll. You will be responsible for driving the day-to-day execution and delivery of Datapay, ensuring it remains a market-leading, reliable, and intuitive product for our customers.
Working at the intersection of technology, design, and business, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate our strategic goals into actionable product initiatives. Your work will directly impact thousands of users by helping streamline compliance, reduce admin burdens, and improve the overall payroll experience.
If you are excited about solving real-world payroll challenges, passionate about SaaS products, and ready to help evolve Datapay into its next phase of growth - this role is for you.
What you will bring
- Familiarity with New Zealand payroll rules and process
- Knowledge of how to create and refine roadmaps, iteration goals and preparing the work ready for the squad to deliver on.
- Experience in leading and facilitating a squad to deliver to your roadmap.
- Awareness with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and their alignment with company goals.
- Basic understanding of software architecture and the tech stack within the product area to ensure cohesive functionality.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools for backlog management and analytics
- Solid analytical skills with a foundation in both qualitative and quantitative analysis for data-driven decision-making.
- Experience in collaborating with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with broader team and company goals.
- Experience in managing relationships with stakeholders across different teams and product squads.
- Humility and Leadership: The humility to listen and learn, kindness in practice, and the hallmarks of a leader who inspires and supports their squad.
Responsibilities
- Squad Leadership: Lead and manage a squad with a servant leadership approach, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engagement.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with delivery teams and quickly escalate issues when progress stalls.
- Developing and communicating a clear product vision while collaborating on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) that align with company goals.
- Requirements Analysis: Proficient in eliciting and analysing both functional and technical requirements.
- Conducting market analysis and user research to inform the product roadmap
- Managing stakeholder relationships to support product launches
- Leading discovery processes to prioritise development tasks, analyse product performance data, and write Product Backlog Items (PBIs)
- Utilising Agile methodologies, you will drive timely project delivery, validate ideas through prototyping.
- Conduct post-launch analyses to continuously improve the product and meet organisational objectives.
Culture and Benefits
Datacom is one of the largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services in New Zealand and Australia. As an ANZ company, we have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It is our people that give us our unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
At Datacom, you’ll be recognised and valued for your contributions. We are growing year on year and can provide career opportunity in a collegial and agile environment that empowers people and promotes innovation. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as health insurance, employee discounts, social events, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses to name a few. We operate at the leading edge of technology to help our largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their biggest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
