Job Description
About The Company
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Our client is a software business in the ERP platform mid-market transport and logistics operators market across Australia and New Zealand. They span transport management, warehousing, driver mobility, fleet maintenance and accounting. The next chapter is a new generation of AI-powered capability.
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About The Role
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A hands-on Product Owner role focused on execution: taking defined initiatives from requirements through prototype to delivery across the core platform and new AI-powered features. You will work closely with developers, carriers, 3PLs and internal stakeholders, leading the day-to-day delivery rhythm and keeping everyone aligned on scope, progress and risk.
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Benefits
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Melbourne based
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Salary of $125,000 to $140,000 for a permanent, full-time role
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Genuine ownership from requirements through prototype to shipped software, not a backlog-administration role
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Direct access to customers, with real influence over what gets built and in what order
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Work at the front edge of AI in logistics software, shaping how new AI features behave inside a mature platform
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AI tooling used as standard across requirements, design and prototyping rather than treated as an experiment
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Duties / Key Responsibilities
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Own defined initiatives through execution and delivery across the core platform and a new generation of AI-powered features, including how those features behave and where human review sits
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Work directly with carriers,



3PLs and internal stakeholders to capture the operational context behind clear requirements
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Define the MVP for each initiative, scoping the smallest release that delivers real value and sequencing what comes next
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Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows and development specs, and build high-fidelity prototypes that look and behave like the real product
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Lead the delivery rhythm with developers, maintain sprint-ready backlogs, and support testing, demos and defect tracking
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Skills and Experience
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3+ years as a Product Owner or in a comparable product role, writing requirements and supporting delivery teams
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Hands-on transport and logistics experience, either in T&L; software (TMS, WMS, fleet or adjacent systems) or in operations at a carrier, 3PL or freight forwarder. This is essential, not preferred
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Practical understanding of how freight operators run: dispatch, linehaul, pickup and delivery, warehousing, fleet and the commercial workflows around them
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AI-native execution, using AI across daily work for prototypes, requirements, design documents and backlogs, with the judgement to verify and correct what it produces
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Experience embedding AI into products, including defining what a feature should do,



where its confidence limits sit and how human review fits around it
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Solid MVP definition and backlog prioritisation against customer value and delivery constraints
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Proven ability to run multiple initiatives and backlogs at once without dropping quality
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Working knowledge of frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, and the judgement to apply the right one
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Confident leading sessions with developers, customers and business stakeholders, comfortable putting early prototypes in front of customers and iterating on the feedback
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Highly organised and delivery-focused, comfortable with the regulatory and operational complexity of transport
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Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Product Design, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
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Conor is recruiting for this role on behalf of Allura Partners.
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About Allura Partners
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Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we've become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.

📌 Product Owner (Victoria)
🏢 Allura Partners
📍 Victoria