Product Owner Associate - 12 month FTC

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

The Product Owner Associate (POA), Digital - Employer Services will report to the Senior Product Owner – Digital, Employer Services, and assist with the launch and ongoing improvements of Rest’s clearing house platform, Rest Pay. The POA will collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams on technical matters and contribute to projects related to business process improvement, partnerships, and product marketing.

Key responsibilities include identifying opportunities to scale, enhance, and utilise Rest's resources, as well as coordinating effectively with both internal and external stakeholders to support the role’s objectives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Product Backlog Management: supports product owner on defining the product roadmap and agreeing on the key goals, success measures and timeframes. You’ll discuss potential impacts with the product owner and be aligned on what’s needed and what you’re working towards.
• Agile Team Collaboration: Be part of a cross-functional product team and work with multifunctional stakeholders within digital and the wider portfolio to clarify requirements, refine user stories, and participate in team ceremonies
• Act as the voice of the customer: work with the insights team, front line and employers to develop and document a deep understanding of employer needs and pain points and then help articulate and prioritise these for the delivery teams.
• Stakeholder Communication: Manage communications with stakeholders prior to, throughout, and following product launch of our clearing house, focusing on scope definition, development updates, resolving roadblocks, and supporting go-to-market feature launches.
• User Story Creation: Translate requirements into use cases, agile stories, and acceptance criteria, and review product progress each iteration. Support the PO to ensure the product features and processes meet regulatory, compliance, and risk standards.

Tertiary qualifications in Digital Product Management, Application Development or a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Demonstrable experience in digital product management
• Experience in overseeing UI/UX research and design, including continuous Agile delivery
• Experience working with technical teams on APIs, system integrations and development
• Experience in delivering product roadmaps and delivering initiatives to achieve business objectives
• Demonstrated experience working with products that adhere to regulatory compliance standards.
• Experience in managing vendors and service providers
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience in the following domains highly desirable: superannuation, clearing houses, SuperStream standard, SaaS products, HRIS SaaS

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Hybrid working 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Linkedin Learning 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours) 
• Rest Stops - meeting free breaks 

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.