Job Description

Trade Me Role Description

At Trade Me, we're about connecting Kiwi to create the life they want. Whether it's the big things like finding a home, a job, a car or growing their business, or the smaller things, like finding that right bedside table or parting ways with some old stuff. At Trade Me our vision is to be the place where Kiwi look first.

As Senior Technical Product Owner, you will bring structure and momentum to our ProSeller streams. You'll coordinate parallel workstreams, own product roadmaps, manage complex dependencies, and align stakeholders to deliver rapid, incremental value for Kiwi businesses.

Here is what you can expect from this role:

• Bring structure and delivery discipline to large, interconnected workstreams and manage complex dependencies.
  
• Build, maintain, and own a value-driven, flexible product roadmap while prioritizing the product backlog.
  
• Facilitate a product mindset around platform goals, outcomes, and discovery ahead of delivery.
  
• Make timely decisions with incomplete information and re-plan as priorities shift in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Balance value, viability, feasibility, and usability while managing BAU product performance and health.
  
• Build trust and align senior leadership, Sponsors, and stakeholders across ProSeller verticals.
  
• Partner with engineering leadership to define OKRs, release readiness, and track impact metrics.

What you will bring to our team:

• 5+ years in senior product ownership or delivery leadership roles, with strong agile experience.
  
• Strong project or delivery management background with proven ability to structure complex, moving parts.
  
• Sound product judgement with a track record of owning roadmaps and outcome-based metrics.
  
• Technical fluency to partner with engineering on trade-offs (e.g., web/mobile, data, search, or CI/CD platforms).
  
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills to align competing stakeholders seamlessly.
  
• Proficiency using collaborative tools like Miro, LucidChart, and Jira to clarify scope and dependencies.
  

You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:

#AI and Tech: We live and breathe AI in our daily tasks. We value curiosity and an open mind towards new tech, offering dedicated AI skilling to help you grow and thrive in a fast-changing landscape.

#Flexibility: Flexibility means different things to different people and we support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance. We value team connection and come together in person on Monday and at least one other day a week.

#Wellness: Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.

#Leave: We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.

#Social: Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.

#Learning: Whether it's on the job, formal training, or mentoring, you'll grow with us from Day 1. We're big on internal mobility and look to our own talent first for new opportunities.

We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you so please send us your resume and a short cover note outlining the “Why”.

Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.

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