Cricket Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (On-site)
Posted: 07 April 2022
Link to Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3008542850/
About the job
Product Manager, Big Bash
- Leading sporting organisation
- Exciting role developing products used by millions of fans
- Flexible working and an extra week off a year
Here’s the deal…
You’re looking at a rare and exciting opportunity to join a leading sporting organisation in a digital Product Manager capacity! As the Product Manager for Big Bash, you will lead the development of experiences to drive the objectives of the Big Bash Leagues and Clubs including awareness, engagement, ticket sales and membership. Your work will be strategically vital and will impact fans in Australia and across the globe.
Your timing is great too! Together with our new CMS vendor, you will have the opportunity to develop new destinations for our Big Bash Clubs and State & Territory Cricket Associations as well as having a significant influence on the visibility of the Big Bash Leagues on cricket.com.au and the CA Live app.
This is a truly unique opportunity to be involved in a greenfield build on an exciting CMS platform that powers many of the most popular sporting websites around the world.
To be successful in this role, you will bring strong stakeholder management skills and the willingness and ability to develop a deep understanding of our customers, how they use our products and how this applies to the needs of Australian Cricket, alongside an informed and regularly updated view of the market and industry in which we are competing.
About the role
As a Product Manager at Cricket Australia, you’ll:
Product Vision & Strategy - Work collaboratively and strategically with the Group Product Manager – Fan Experiences, General Manager – Big Bash Leagues and Big Bash Clubs to deliver the vision of highly engaging, deeply personalised and seamlessly connected fan experiences;
- Ensure that the Big Bash Club & State and Territory Cricket Association websites have defined objectives and success metrics that reflect the strategic intent of each product;
- Ensure all products have a product roadmap aligned to strategic objectives;
- Maintain a strong knowledge of the competitive environment that the enabler products exist in, including elite and community sport;
- Regularly review the performance of fan products and ensure that insights are actioned and issues addressed, with a feedback loop into the product planning processes.
Product Management - Lead an Agile team to deliver on your product vision and roadmap;
- Ensure a roadmap of features and experiments is developed, maintained and prioritised in alignment with business priorities;
- Document new product features or improvements through the creation of user stories and definition of acceptance criteria;
- Identify and manage any product/delivery dependencies, risks and issues;
- Participate in sprint planning and daily stand-ups as the Product Owner;
- Assist developers as required throughout a sprint to ensure each story is delivered to specification;
- Champion continuous improvement by leading sprint retrospectives and ensuring that improvements identified are implemented;
- Perform User Acceptance testing to ensure that specified requirements have been met;
- Showcase product enhancements to key stakeholders at the completion of each sprint;
- Build and maintain a deep knowledge of the customer – of actual users and customers including issues, pains, desires and jobs-to-be-done;
- Use analytics and customer insights to inform new product development and growth experiments.
Other Duties - Ensure compliance with contractual obligations including MOU and department specific contractual arrangements.
About you
You’ll have: - Relevant tertiary qualifications
- Experience implementing product management practices and principles
- Experience in product planning, product discovery and product development process
- Proven ability to execute – from product vision to production
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
And ideally, you’ll have: - Product management experience
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- A passion for cricket
Sounds like you? Let’s do this!
The work we do across Australian Cricket stretches across the sporting and entertainment industries – which means there are all kinds of opportunities for bright-minded, passionate and friendly people.
Cricket’s a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. To deliver the best services and to achieve our vision of being a sport for all Australians, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ+ people.
Vaccinations for our workers provide a key contribution to getting Cricket on, and keeping our players, workers and fans safe this summer. In order to support this, Cricket Australia is mandating vaccinations for all of their employees and will be asking about vaccination status as part of our employment process.
At Cricket we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone involved in our sport including children.
Perks!
We work flexibly and offer extensive employee benefits including a range of discounts from fashion and travel to groceries and electronics! Salary packaging options and discounts with our corporate partners. We also have an 5 extra days off a year!
If you want to learn more about how we play then apply now – we are looking forward to meeting you!
Please submit your resume & cover letter outlining your experience meeting the key criteria by midnight Tuesday 26 April 2022.
Name of Author: Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for cricket in Australia. Established in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket, CA manages all national teams, including Men’s, Women’s, and Youth sides, as well as other national teams. It oversees the organization of Test matches, ODIs, and T20Is, and coordinates home international fixtures.
