ABOUT YOU:

The successful candidate will ideally have the following skills and experience:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in a multidisciplinary ICT role is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience in product management or product ownership.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of Agile methodologies to deliver key initiatives and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience in the leading and managing IT professionals.
• Formal qualifications in SAFE, ITIL or COBIT frameworks is highly desirable.
• Engineering, IT or Data qualifications are highly desirable.

ABOUT US:

Victoria Police has a dedicated workforce of more than 22,000 employees consisting of police, protective services officers, police custody officers, and public service staff. Each employee plays a vital role in providing the 24/7, 365 days a year emergency response and public safety capability the organisation delivers to its community. As a Victoria Police employee, you have a dedication and commitment to community safety.
Victoria Police is committed to creating a workplace that is safe and inclusive of all our people. We empower and expect our people, at all levels, to develop interpersonal connections and collaborate, use sound judgement, and create and innovate.
In alignment with the principle of self-determination, Victoria Police is dedicated to enhancing our collaboration with the Aboriginal community in Victoria as we build a culturally safe and inclusive workplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. We continue to engage and build relationships with local Aboriginal communities and work closely with them to enhance opportunities and services aimed at empowerment, equality, and equal participation across all areas of the organisation.
We value the diversity and differences of our employees, including their age, gender, culture, religion, sexual orientation, abilities, and life experience. We celebrate these diverse experiences and perspectives as each person brings an informed and contemporary approach to our work which enhances the wellbeing of all. We aim to provide a safe place that is reflective of the community it serves, allowing everyone to bring their whole selves to work.”
If after reading this, you’re not sure you tick every single criteria box, but have the passion to get behind our purpose, the determination to face a challenge and a willingness to grow and learn, we think you should click the apply button anyway. We’re passionate about building a diverse and inclusive team, and love hearing from people like you.
Find out what it is like working as a Victorian Public Servant for Victoria Police: https://www.police.vic.gov.au/vp

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Victoria Police’s Information, Communications, and Digital Technology Division delivers technology solutions to our organisation’s more than 22,000 people state-wide. Applications that we use to monitor, report and improve road safety are used every day by a large part of our workforce. The product manager will focus on creating a modern easy to use system to make data collection and sharing, easier and faster for our frontline police.
A new role has been created that will be split out from an existing portfolio to allow the new manger to make this role their own. Working closely with architects, developers, stakeholders and customers you will work to plan the future for the road safety applications and improve the data collection and sharing that the systems provide. The systems we work with span from mobile devices to desktop computers and are built on various technology platforms.
The role will manage a small team of technical resources and data quality reviewers who will be integral in shaping the new managers thinking and future success.
Victoria Police is a contemporary and agile workplace and supports flexible working arrangements.

YOUR DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Create and maintain a product roadmap and vision to improve the users experience with the managed applications.
• Create strong working relationships with the other product managers, project managers and team members.
• Establish effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Represent Victoria Police at relevant government and industry forums.
• Prioritise the initiatives in your space to maximise the value of applications.
• Ensure that the product changes and enhancements in the space are delivering.
• Manage and provide leadership and direction to a multi-disciplinary team of professional technical and administrative staff to ensure high quality service delivery.
• Actively participate in the agile delivery community; sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge and bring in best practice across the organisation and government.