ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner with both exceptional business and technology acumen to lead the delivery and evolution of NAB's high value payments engine.

The role drives technology product vision, regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and delivery execution for the Enterprise's international payments capabilities – including realtime gross settlement and SWIFT messaging.

YOUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Product strategy — Defines and owns product vision, roadmap and strategic priorities for the HighValue Payments platform.
Agile delivery — Leads Agile product delivery at enterprise scale; defines epics, features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Payments transformation — Drives modernisation including cloud adoption, API enablement, ISO 20022 migration/optimisation and payment platform transformation.
Stakeholder management — Partners with senior business stakeholders, operations leaders, technology teams and external vendors.
Enterprise delivery — Coordinates dependencies across multiple squads and enterprise programmes.
Regulatory compliance — Aligns platform delivery with bank governance, audit, security and compliance standards.
Backlog management — Prioritises based on business value, regulatory obligations, risk reduction and customer impact.
Operational resilience — Supports operational readiness, production support models and incident management.
Risk & controls — Manages delivery risks and dependencies proactively across the value chain.
Vendor management — Manages delivery across external vendors and partners.
Leadership & communication — Communicates product progress, risks, dependencies and outcomes to executive stakeholders.
Simplification — Works between technology and business to meet client need without bespoke, complex solutions.

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

10+ years of Product Owner experience within banking or financial services.
Proven delivery across modern technology – solid understanding of application platforms and architecture.
Strong domain expertise in highvalue payments and payment processing ecosystems (RTGS, SWIFT, crossborder, treasury & liquidity settlement, screening & controls, payment repair & investigations).
Proven experience delivering complex enterprise payment transformation programmes in a technology environment.
Deep understanding of SWIFT messaging, ISO 20022, crossborder payments, payment operations and banking risk and control obligations.
Experience working within Agile delivery frameworks in large enterprises.
Strong stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.
Experience managing geographically distributed teams and vendors.
Able to work between the lines of technology and business.

THE BENEFITS AND PERKS

We appreciate and reward our colleagues who do great work every day – from excelling for our customers, to taking ownership of an issue to get it resolved. Here's how we support our people with a range of exclusive benefits.

1. Generous compensation and benefit package

Attractive salary
20-day paid annual leave and 7-day paid sick leave
13th month salary and Annual Performance Bonus
Premium healthcare for yourself and family members
Monthly allowance for team activities
Premium welcome kit and occasional gifts of appreciation
Extra benefits on your work anniversary

2. Exciting career and development opportunities

Large scale products with modern technologies in banking domain
Clear roadmap for career advancement in both technical and leadership pathways
Access to digital learning platform such as Udemy
Consistent and high-quality leadership training through the Distinctive Leadership program (DLP)
Specialist capabilities and accreditations in key skill areas such as Cloud Engineering, Digital, Data, Security and SREs (Site reliability engineers)
Sponsored English course with native teachers
Opportunity for training in Australia

3. Professional and engaging working environment

Hybrid working model and excellent work-life balance
State-of-the-art & modern Agile office
Food and beverages in the office pantry
Employee Assistance Program to improve your physical and mental health
Annual team activities and company events
A solid and talented team behind you – great people who love what they do

A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE WORKS BETTER FOR EVERYONE

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their true authentic selves at NAB. With our focus on inclusion and diversity, and in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups, NAB is a place where First Nations colleagues, colleagues of all genders, sexualities and ages, carers and colleagues with disability, and colleagues from all cultures, races and religions have the opportunity to thrive, connect and grow.

We are intent on providing an environment where you can work your way. Ask about our many flexible work options and please let us know if we can provide any adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

CLOUD-FIRST

NAB is undergoing an exciting Cloud First technology transformation by taking advantage of the latest tools and techniques used by leading technology and digital companies globally. But it's not just about the Tech, we are also investing heavily in our people, so if you have an appetite to learn, grow and elevate others around you, this is the place for you!

If this excites you, let's have a chat over a cup of coffee!

Product Owner - Payments (HCM & HN)