Principal Product Manager in Melbourne

We're REA. With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property. Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact.

This role sits within Launchpad, part of REA’s Global Technology group. Launchpad’s mission is to empower REA with great technology, including a market-leading data platform. Our strategic ambition is to be the leader in data intelligence, powering world-class products and experiences.

The Principal Product Manager (Data Platform) is a senior product management expert responsible for driving increased data literacy, data-as-product mindset, and adoption of our data mesh operating model and platforms across REA. You will be the champion of REA’s Data Platform and lead the evolution of a scalable, reusable and market‑leading platform.

Your Role Will Be To:

• Define and communicate a compelling vision and roadmap for REA’s Data Platform, aligned to company strategy, data strategy and business needs.
• Translate priorities into clear product outcomes, investment choices and build, buy or partner recommendations.
• Lead the product direction for REA’s data platform, predominantly built on Google Cloud Platform using technologies including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Atlan, Airflow, Apache Kafka, Soda and Tableau.
• Shape capabilities that improve scalability, reliability, quality, security, governance, discoverability, ease of use and developer and data experience.
• Continue the evolution of REA’s data mesh vision and self‑service capabilities, driving adoption of platform capabilities that improve the quality, access and usage of data across REA.
• Identify, prioritise and sequence the most valuable platform opportunities, partnering with engineering, architecture, data and product teams to deliver measurable improvements for the enterprise.
• Assess and synthesise stakeholder needs, feedback and customer insights to identify the most important problems to solve.
• Build partnerships across the business and with the Head of Data to align data needs, go‑to‑market activity, operating‑model evolution, capabilities and roadmaps.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, using technical fluency, customer insight and commercial acumen to shape strategic decisions.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Significant experience in senior product management, product leadership or a comparable strategic product role, ideally in complex technology or data environments.
• Deep understanding of how platforms create scalability, leverage and improved experiences for a digital business.
• Demonstrated experience leading the evolution of an established data, technology or developer platform.
• Strong understanding of data products, data platforms, data mesh, self‑service, governance and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience working effectively with engineering, architecture, design, data and business stakeholders in an agile delivery environment.
• A track record of identifying and solving complex, unstructured and ambiguous problems.
• Strong strategic thinking and systems‑level perspective, with the ability to connect long‑term vision to practical delivery decisions.
• Ability to drive adoption of new platform capabilities and demonstrate measurable business and user outcomes.
• Strong analytical, commercial and decision‑making skills, including the ability to evaluate build, buy and partner options.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex domains for a wide range of stakeholders.
• Passion for data, technology, product craft and improving the experiences of the people who use platforms.
• Experience in a Data Mesh‑inspired operating model will be highly regarded.

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. Some of our Perks & Benefits include:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working.
• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave.
• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers.
• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life.

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking.