Product Manager - Private Cloud (Max Term Contract)

About us 

Macquarie Cloud Services are the Australian specialists in cloud services for business and government. Locally owned and operated, with an industry-leading customer service model, we’re trusted by our customers to provide the services that enable their business success.

We have made it our challenge to make our people feel good and love the work they do. Because of this, our people are energised and motivated in their work. 

This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of 3 days in our CBD offices & the remaining working from home. #LI-Hybrid

The Opportunity

This is a 12 month maximum term contract opportunity.

The Product Manager, Cloud oversees the development and lifecycle of products within a product portfolio. In this role, you will define the vision and strategy for the product portfolio, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improve features based on user feedback and market trends. Managed services are a fundamental pillar of what we do. It is the Product Manager’s responsibility to ensure the most valuable and effective products are available to customers.

This is an amazing opportunity to join one of Australia's best-run Cloud Services organisations within a high-performing team.

What you'll be doing

• Apply strategic thinking, customer, competitor and vendor insights to a product strategy and roadmap.
• Follow a new product introduction process that ensures the commercial viability, best practice design, delivery, and deployment of products through to launch.
• Communicate product strategy and positioning to internal and external audiences through written and verbal means.
• Own the lifecycle of assigned products and strategic vendor/supplier relationships required to fulfil the demands of products and services in the product portfolio.
• Achieve the best business and commercial outcomes through competitive negotiation and contract renewals.
• Maintain the price book and associated product catalogue.
• Supporting non-standard deal reviews to drive new business success.

Your ideal skills & experience

• A minimum 3 years' experience in product management, managed hosting/private cloud, IaaS, or data centre technologies in any technical role. Engineering experience is a major benefit.
• A minimum 2 years' experience taking products to market – product definition, business casing, designing, and releasing a product. Experience with / knowledge of two or more of the following infrastructure disciplines: IaaS network/security/ compute/storage.
• Ability to develop commercial models and business cases to take products to market, thinking through revenue, profitability, value creation, and positioning.

Attributes that contribute to success in this role

• A team player, able to motivate and manage cross-functional teams.
• Self-driven with a high-level of ownership, accountability, and persistence.
• Situational awareness.

Why Us?

• We're Australia's #1 Best Tech Place to Work in Australia for 2024.
• We're the #1 Managed Services Cloud business in Australia.
• You will be joining a company that has the highest Net Promoter Score on the ASX, the World's best customer experience & crowned in 2020 at the World Communications Awards.
• You’ll get to make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
• We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think Gallup strengths-based training, defined career pathways and fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group.

If this excites you, let's chat. Apply now, we'd love to hear from you!