Platform Product Owner
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(but not limited to) Provide advice on platform definition, governance, continuous improvement, reporting, and senior stakeholder engagement. Develop, maintain,
5.00pm 26th October 2026 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior). If you have any questions,
About the Role
~2 min readTo be successful in this role you will possess 5 years of experience managing the end-to-end lifecycle of a platform or digital product, including roadmap definition, backlog prioritisation, and stakeholder engagement in a complex business or government environment.
You will have strong understanding of enterprise digital ecosystems, integration principles, and platform governance, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable and secure technology solutions.
Your toolkit for success:
- Demonstrated capability to operate within a product-led environment, applying agile and iterative delivery practices to achieve measurable business outcomes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and negotiate effectively across technical, operational, and executive levels.
- Proven analytical and strategic thinking ability, with experience in identifying improvement opportunities, managing competing priorities, and delivering outcomes under tight timeframes.
- Experience working collaboratively with architecture, change, and delivery teams to ensure platform investments align with strategic priorities and are delivered effectively.
- Applying analytical and structured decision-making to prioritise and manage complex platform backlogs, balancing innovation opportunities, technical debt, and operational risk within agreed governance and funding parameters.
- Supporting and leading change adoption activities for platform capabilities, collaborating with change leads, trainers, and business representatives to embed new processes and realise expected benefits.
- Communicating complex information clearly and persuasively, fostering continuous improvement, and contributing to the uplift of organisational product and platform capability through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
- Knowledge of the Heavy Vehicle National Law would be highly regarded.
What We Offer
~2 min readThe National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.
We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role.
Applications close: 5.00pm 26th October 2026 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior).
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on recruitment@nhvr.gov.au.
Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.
Advertised: E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: E. Australia Standard Time
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