Senior Product Owner

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We are an inclusive team who power two of the most iconic and loved brands, Kmart and Target. We have more than 50,000 passionate individuals across our stores, distribution centres, and offices around the globe.

With our brands touching the lives of almost two million customers every week, you’ll feel the impact of the work you’ll do every day. As a leader in the retail market, we’re optimistic about our future and yours. We’re changing at a rapid rate, giving you challenging work that you’ll be proud of.

Join the team

We’re looking for a Senior Product Owner to join our Strategic Agile Program focused on digitising our end-to-end Supply Chain. In this role, you’ll lead the creation of high-value digital and business outcomes across Kmart and Target, helping shape the future of how we operate at scale.

This is a unique opportunity to influence strategy, lead with purpose, and drive meaningful transformation across a complex enterprise environment. You will work with and lead cross-functional squads to deliver innovative solutions that create measurable value for our customers, team members, and business.

You’ll thrive in this role if you’re curious, commercially minded, and passionate about unlocking value through strong product leadership. If you enjoy navigating complexity, driving innovation, and leading transformative change, this is the place for you.

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Product Owner, you’ll play a critical role in driving program success by connecting strategy, customer needs and delivery execution. Key responsibilities include:

• Owning, discovering, scaling, and delivering digital products aligned to strategic program initiatives, driving incremental value throughout the development lifecycle.
• Leading and supporting Product Owners and cross functional squads to deliver customer and business value
• Managing and prioritising product and program backlogs, balancing delivery, BAU and stakeholder expectations
• Partnering with senior executives, sponsors and cross‑functional leaders to shape vision, roadmaps and OKRs
• Championing the customer and ensuring squads remain focused on high‑value outcomes
• Facilitating discovery, ideation and experimentation to identify new opportunities for value creation
• Creating and maintaining product roadmaps (short‑term delivery and 12–24 month strategic outlook)
• Driving strong stakeholder alignment, decision‑making and expectation management
• Using data, insights and financial measures to prioritise work and track value realisation
• Removing obstacles, resolving escalations and protecting teams from unnecessary distractions

You’ll also contribute to a high‑performance culture by role‑modelling collaborative, servant leadership and fostering continuous improvement across teams.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

We’re looking for a product leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution capability. You’ll bring:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner delivering outcomes in complex agile environments
• Proven experience leading Product Owners and working across multiple squads
• Strong knowledge of agile practices including backlog refinement, MVPs, iterative delivery and incremental value
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior leadership level
• Highly developed communication, facilitation, negotiation and presentation skills
• Strong commercial acumen with experience assessing business value, trade‑offs and financial impacts
• A customer‑first mindset with a passion for digital, retail and emerging technologies
• Analytical thinking and the ability to use data and insights to drive informed decisions
• A proactive, adaptable approach with the confidence to challenge the status quo constructively
• A collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and builds high‑trust working relationships

A tertiary qualification in Business, Commerce, Technology or Product Management is preferred, along with experience working in large, complex organisations.

Benefits we’ll offer you:

• Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy.  
• A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Bunnings 
• Access to the Brighter Benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health – with over 60 suppliers!  
• We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why eligible team members get the opportunity to participate in a bonus program 
• We offer inclusive parental leave, and ongoing support offered though our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances  
• A dynamic learning and support program 
• Opportunity to fast track your career through our Mentor Program as a Mentee or Mentor 
• A Kudos recognition program, where you are nominated by your peers to spin a wheel, to win a stack of cool prizes 
• Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group 

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected and safe, and strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.

We encourage you to tell us about any workplace adjustments that you would like, by emailing kmartgroupcareers@kmart.com.au.

If you would like to explore a career with Kmart and this sounds like the perfect role for you – apply now!

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