Product Owner, Data Analytics Platform

Te mahi ki ASB | Working for ASB:

At ASB, our purpose is to help our customers get one step ahead. Within Data & Analytics, we play a critical role in enabling trusted, secure, and modern data platforms and services that support better decisions, AI, and customer outcomes across the bank.

We’re proud of our values‑led culture and the way we work together — guided by Care, Curiosity, and Courage — and we’re committed to creating an environment where people can do meaningful work and continue to grow.

Mō te tūranga | About the role

As Product Owner, you’ll report to the Lead Product Owner and own the outcomes for ASB’s Data & Analytics platform services. You’ll lead the enablement and management of these services against strategic milestones, ensuring they are trusted, secure, and ready to support analytics, AI, and customer outcomes.

You’ll work closely with the platform leads and business stakeholders to define and deliver a long-term product roadmap aligned to CDAO objectives, customer needs, strategic priorities, and risk exposure. Day to day, you’ll balance competing priorities, technical resilience, and compliance while embedding a strong product culture grounded in great customer outcomes.

You’ll lead your squad to modernise platform services, maintaining a healthy, prioritised backlog and managing dependencies, trade-offs, risks, and service financial performance. You’ll meet governance and planning requirements to deliver change safely and maintain stakeholder confidence, while remaining accountable for existing service health, controls adherence, incident learning, and continuous improvement.

Ō pūkenga | What you’ll bring?

To Be Successful In This Role, You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in product ownership or product management within a data, analytics, or digital environment, with a track record of delivering service modernisation outcomes in complex environments
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, cloud technologies (including Azure and Snowflake), data products, and AI‑enabled capabilities
• Experience in regulated environments, balancing risk, compliance, governance, and security with delivery of measurable outcomes
• The ability to lead and influence across teams, driving alignment and collaboration to achieve strategic outcomes
• Experience building roadmaps, driving discovery, and managing backlogs in Agile environments to translate strategic intent into prioritised, measurable outcomes, with curiosity for emerging technologies including AI and automation
• Exceptional problem‑solving, communication, and change leadership skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear and compelling messages
• A coaching mindset and commitment to strengthening the product ownership craft, including mentoring peers and sharing knowledge across the community
• Broad industry knowledge across Data, Analytics, and IT, relevant to the deliverables of this role

He aha mātou | What we offer?

At ASB, You’ll Be Supported With

• Competitive market salary
• Banking benefits, wellbeing initiatives, and insurance options
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Career development, learning, and leadership opportunities
• A values‑driven, inclusive culture where empowerment, trust, and customer obsession are part of how we work every day

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply?

If you’re passionate about complex data and technology modernisation and want to play a key role in strengthening ASB’s Data & Analytics capability, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply online with your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your interest in the role.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.