Technical Product Owner - Connectivity

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Auckland Council’s Technology Services team is seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to lead our Connectivity team on a journey to modernise our technology landscape.

This role has ownership across key network and security connectivity services.

You will have input into product direction and maintain a prioritised roadmap and backlog, ensuring our network remains secure, resilient, scalable and fit for purpose. You will balance lifecycle and remediation requirements with emerging technology needs, technical debt, operational performance and demand from teams consuming these services.

Working closely with architects, engineering and operational teams, vendors and service owners, you will help establish clear standards and pathways that enable teams to effectively consume and build upon our connectivity services.

He kōrero mōu: About you

You will bring strong product ownership capability with technical fluency across network and security connectivity services.

You will be comfortable operating across complex technology environments and working with a broad range of technical and business stakeholders. You will be confident making prioritisation decisions across new investment, lifecycle, security, resilience and continuous improvement.

Ideally, you will bring experience across:

• Product roadmaps, backlog management and prioritisation
• Leading and supporting technical teams to succeed
• Enterprise connectivity technologies including LAN, Wi Fi, WAN, remote access and cloud connectivity
• Technology lifecycle, resilience, security and remediation
• Service health, monitoring and operational supportability

You will be able to translate complex technical requirements, risks and technical trade-offs into clear decisions and priorities, while ensuring the teams you lead have the standards, documentation and support pathways they need.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

This is an opportunity to support how Auckland Council Group effectively operates across Tāmaki Makaurau.

You will join a collaborative Technology Services environment and have the opportunity to influence the direction, reliability and ongoing improvement of connectivity services across a large and complex organisation.

Auckland Council offers a range of benefits and development opportunities, alongside the chance to contribute to technology services that ultimately support Auckland and its communities.

Tono mai: Apply now

Close date: 11th October