Head of Product, Data Platform

• Be part of a key strategic mission to empower REA with great technology, including a market-leading data platform and data management capability  

• We are looking for an inspirational leader who captures the hearts and minds of our people, helps them understand our business strategy and inspires them to action while living our values 

• Permanent role based in Melbourne  

We're REA 
  
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home. 
 
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.  

Where the team fits in 

The Head of Product, Data Platform and Data Management sits within our Launchpad squad, part of REA’s Global Technology group, headed up by our CTO Steve Maidment. Launchpad’s mission is to empower REA with great technology, including a market-leading data platform and data management capability. Our data mission is to help REA understand, protect and leverage its data.  

We do this by: 

• We build and license the REA data platform that supports all REAs data processing, management and sharing – including data flows, storage, ML/AI ops, discoverability, insights and governance 

• Improving the quality, access and usage of our data for staff, consumers and customers 

• Building reusable data products that unlock the value of our data 

• Invest in the reliability, quality and security of systems and data 

What the role is all about 

• Lead and support a team of product managers working cross-functionally with data, software, and cloud engineers in an agile delivery environment 

• Being the champion of REA’s Data Platform and continue to build it out for scale and re-use leveraging market leading open source, AWS and GCP tools 

• Leading REAs data platform predominantly built on Google Cloud Platform using BigQuery, Cloud Storage, DataFlow, Data Prep and AutoML. Other features of the platform include AirFlow, Tableau, Atlan data catalogue and Apache Kafka 

• Continue the evolution of REAs data mesh vision; to create a centralised data platform with distributed data owners 

• Leading the data management team to create and roll out REAs core data frameworks, standards and practices 

• Engage and liaise with a variety of enterprise functions such as Legal, Risk and Security to ensure our data is protected and we comply with internal policies and beyond 

• Grow REAs data maturity through a mix of learning, education and literacy focused activities 

Who we’re looking for 

• Someone with a few runs on the board – experience in Product Management and software engineering 

• Strong People leadership and coaching experience 

• Someone who is very comfortable working with data and technical teams, understands agile delivery and can help to translate technical opportunities to business stakeholders 

• Demonstrated understanding how platforms deliver scalability to a digital business and synthesise new opportunities into future platform development 

• Someone to lead the adoption of new cloud capabilities across GCP and AWS 

• Experience identifying and resolving complex issues, and assuming leadership roles in unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances - solid sense of accountability and sound personal judgment 

• Someone passionate about data, ML, analytics. Concrete experience will be highly regarded 

• A super communicator who can understand complex domains and simplify them for stakeholders from top to bottom in the organisation 

The REA experience 

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.  

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:  

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working 

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave 

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity 

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life   

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion   

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. 

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Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!  

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