Executive Level 1 - Product Manager_EXT
Vacancy information
Position title: Executive Level 1 - Product Manager_EXT
Job Requisition ID: 1780
Location: Canberra (Ngunnawal Country) and Melbourne (Naarm)
Tenure: Ongoing initially, future roles may be Ongoing or Non-ongoing.
Our Opportunity
IPAVentures is one of IP Australia’s in-house innovation labs, building products and services that create measurable public value for the IP system. We progress opportunities through discovery, MVP and iterative delivery using a stage-gated venture model.
As a Product Manager, you will play a critical role in delivering new ventures and strategic initiatives at different stages of maturity—from early-stage problem exploration through to product delivery, transition and operationalisation. You will help define customer problems, shape product strategy, test assumptions through experiments, and use evidence and analytics to inform investment decisions.
You will be responsible for maintaining Agile delivery practices, including stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives and backlog refinement, while owning product roadmaps and prioritisation. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams across design, engineering, policy, legal and security, you will ensure solutions are valuable, feasible, viable and aligned to organisational objectives.
We are looking to fill this position on an ongoing basis, in our offices in Canberra (Ngunnawal Country) or Melbourne (Naarm).
Job specific capabilities
As a Product Manager in IPAVentures, your specific duties will include:
- Framing problems and outcomes clearly; defining scope, testable hypotheses and success metrics
- Planning and delivering lean research/experiments to validate desirability, feasibility and viability, documents insights and decisions
- Running agile rituals (stand ups, planning, reviews, retros) that keep teams focused on outcomes and flow
- Owning the roadmap and keeping it aligned to venture goals
- Managing the Kanban; monitors blockers, aging work and throughput; keeps the board current and up to date
- Writing user stories with crisp acceptance criteria; maintains a transparent backlog prioritised by value/effort/risk
- Working with policy, legal, privacy, security and content/accessibility experts to design in compliance from the start
- Identifying and engaging with risk and executes mitigation plans; escalates decisively when needed
- Being a conduit between engineering and design; discussing architecture, integration and constraints to inform product builds and trade offs
- Manage vendor relationships, contracts and procurement activities to achieve delivery outcomes and value for money
- Define, monitor and report on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to measure progress, inform decision-making and drive outcomes
- Prioritise and manage competing work priorities, exercising sound judgement to balance customer needs, organisational objectives and delivery constraints
- Work independently and proactively, identifying opportunities, managing risks and progressing work with minimal supervision.
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Applications Close
Applications close at 11:59pm (AEST) on Sunday 12 July 2026