Job Description
At Rest, we help more than 2 million Australians to build a better financial future. With around $112 billion in funds under management, we focus on delivering strong long-term outcomes for our members — from their first job through to retirement*. Your best at Rest means focusing on what matters, being trusted to get on with it, and knowing your work genuinely makes a difference. That’s how we operate every day, guided by our values: Be Daring, Keep It Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.
Join us as a Senior Product Manager on a 12 month FTC, where you’ll shape and deliver products that improve member value, simplicity and competitiveness. This is your opportunity to make a real contribution to the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.
This role supports Rest’s mission to make super straightforward for life by evolving products to meet members’ needs at every life stage.
Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, prioritisation and delivery of strategic product initiatives and business-as-usual enhancements, ensuring alignment with Rest’s strategy, member needs and regulatory obligations.
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from design and implementation through to ongoing monitoring, review, enhancement and, where appropriate, product closure or transition.
- Lead or support delivery of key governance activities, including Design and Distribution Obligations, PDS updates, product reviews, annual statements, regulatory change and member outcomes assessments.
- Use member insights, product performance data,
market research and competitor analysis to identify opportunities, assess trade-offs and recommend improvements to member value, simplicity and competitiveness.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives from concept through to implementation, establishing clear scope, outcomes, accountabilities, delivery plans and measures of success.
- Develop high-quality recommendations, business cases and decision papers, supported by product specifications, business rules, financial analysis, benefit and cost assessments, risks and implementation considerations.
- Monitor product performance and member outcomes against agreed measures, identify emerging issues or underperformance, and lead timely remediation or optimisation activity.
- Ensure products, product communications and supporting collateral remain accurate, compliant and fit for purpose, working closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Investments, Operations, Marketing and other relevant teams.
- Own and support product risk management activities, including risk assessments, control design and testing, incident management, issue remediation and monitoring of regulatory obligations.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and external partners, influence decisions, resolve complex issues and represent the product function in governance and delivery forums.
- Provide subject-matter expertise, coaching and guidance to colleagues, contributing to stronger product-management capability and consistent practices across the team.
📌 Senior Product Manager | 12 month FTC (Sydney)
🏢 Rest
📍 Sydney