Job Description

Sestra People is a boutique, female-founded talent provider dedicated to rewriting the narrative around recruitment. At Sestra People, we believe your next best hire isn't just a CV — it's a human being with quirks, flaws, talent, and a story.

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We champion values of Kindness, Transparency, and Professional Results, without compromising on a family-feel, bringing back a sense of "humanness" to recruitment.

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About Sestra People

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Sestra People is a boutique, female-founded talent provider dedicated to rewriting the narrative around recruitment. At Sestra People, we believe your next best hire isn't just a CV — it's a human being with quirks, flaws, talent, and a story.

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We champion values of Kindness, Transparency, and Skilled Results, without compromising on a family-feel, bringing back a sense of "humanness" to recruitment.

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The Opportunity

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Sestra People are partnering with a boutique, Sydney-based consulting firm to find an experience Product Manager to join a key enterprise client across a Data Archival & Retention initiative, within Data Risk & Controls.

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This is a hybrid role out of Macquarie Park, 3 days per week, on a 6-month contract, with high potential to extend.

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Day rate between $650-800 per day are on offer, with potential flexibility for the right candidate.

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The Role

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A large, regulated Australian organisation is looking for a hands‐on data delivery leader to take ownership of its data risk and controls initiatives, starting with data retention and archival.

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The work sits across core operational platforms that many parts of the business rely on. A change in one place affects a lot of people, so this role is about keeping the plan, the people and the risks moving together.

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This is a product role with a heavy delivery focus.



You'll spend more time running plans, dependencies and stakeholders than shaping a commercial roadmap. If that sounds like your kind of week, read on.

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What You Will Do

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- Own and drive data risk and control initiatives from planning through to implementation
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- Lead a small multidisciplinary squad (data analysis, engineering, architecture and solution design) and coordinate the delivery teams around it
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- Run stand‐ups and keep clear plans, priorities, dependencies, risks and decisions in front of everyone
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- Act as product and business‐analysis lead, turning business, regulatory and control requirements into practical delivery outcomes
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- Take ownership of data‐retention coordination and support the management of data archives
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- Work with the central Risk function and governance stakeholders so changes meet organisational expectations
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- Get into the detail of data analysis and solution design with technical specialists
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- Engage stakeholders across the affected platforms, assess impacts early and resolve issues before they grow
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What You Will Bring

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- Proven experience as a Data Product Manager, Data Delivery Lead, Data Program Manager or similar data‐focused delivery role
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- Strong project management: planning, squad leadership, dependency management and coordination across multiple teams
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- Experience delivering change in a large,



complex enterprise with tightly integrated systems
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- Excellent stakeholder management across business, technology, data, architecture, engineering and risk
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- Enough technical literacy to work credibly with analysts, engineers, architects and solution designers
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- The ability to turn business, regulatory and control requirements into structured delivery plans
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Highly Regarded

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- Data retention, archival or records‐management experience
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- Exposure to data governance, data risk, data controls or data quality frameworks
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- Delivery experience in a complex, regulated environment such as financial services, insurance, utilities or telecommunications
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- Working SQL, enough to support or validate analysis
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- Python is welcome but not required
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What Success Looks Like

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- A clear, credible delivery plan with agreed priorities, ownership and decision‐making rhythms
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- Retention and archival work tracking to milestones, with risks and dependencies actively managed
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- Business, technology, risk and data stakeholders aligned on scope and impact
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- The current leadership team confidently handing day‐to‐day ownership of the projects over to you
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Who This Suits

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A pragmatic data leader who is equally comfortable running a stand‐up, untangling stakeholder dependencies and getting into the weeds with technical specialists.

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Sestra. Code

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Beyond this role, we've also built Sestra. Code, a community supporting Mid to Executive Level Women in Technology, focused on sharing knowledge, opportunities, and support.

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If you're interested but not sure this role is the perfect fit, we still encourage you to apply so we can connect and discuss other opportunities within our network.

📌 Product Manager - Data Retention (New South Wales)
🏢 Sestra People
📍 New South Wales