Senior Product Manager

• Join a collaborative, supportive platform team impacting all our product teams with your work!
• Work across multiple leading property brands in a flexible environment!
• Permanent full time role – location is flexible!

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 one of Australia’s Best Workplaces four times since 2021 — including third place in 2025 — plus Best Workplace for Women in 2023 and Best Workplace in Technology in 2024 and 2025. These listings are testament to every person who helps make REA a great place to work.

Where the team fits in

Launchpad is REA’s central platform engineering group, the engine behind our engineering culture. Our mission is to create seamless tech experiences and engaging environments that accelerate innovation across the entire company. We empower hundreds of engineers by providing the foundational platforms, expert guidance, and developer tooling they need to build, run, and operate software with speed and confidence.

We treat our platforms as products, with our fellow engineers as our customers. This means we are obsessed with reducing their cognitive load and creating paved roads that make it simple to do the right thing. As a collective, we provide the capabilities, guardrails and expertise necessary to help achieve our goal of becoming the #1 Tech Company. The DevX Squad is responsible for several flagship products that accelerate REA’s 100+ product teams.

What the role is all about

• Working with your Head of Product to set and own the strategy for the DevX portfolio of products.
• Maintain a roadmap which balances current operational constraints, targeted delivery of value and long-term strategic goals.
• Define and compellingly articulate the product and value proposition to internal customers and stakeholders.
• Shape the DevX team’s product portfolio to accelerate REA’s product teams while also providing an excellent developer experience.
• Lead the team in development of new products and features e2e including discovery, opportunity assessment, ideation, development, delivery, launch, and support.
• Effectively implement and monitor plans/schedules with dependent teams/stakeholders, making appropriate trade-offs on scope, time and cost.
• Create collateral and documentation to provide product support and ensure products are supported with the lowest possible overhead for exceptional service.
• Lead the team in development of new products and features e2e including discovery, opportunity assessment, ideation, development, delivery, launch, and support.
• Effectively implement and monitor plans/schedules with dependent teams/stakeholders, making appropriate trade-offs on scope, time and cost.
• Create collateral and documentation to provide product support and ensure products are supported with the lowest possible overhead for exceptional service.
• Closely track and provide insights into drivers of product performance using data and key metrics.
• Track the lifecycle of each product within the DevX portfolio and ensure team investment goes to areas that prioritise for impact.
• Make recommendations on whether to grow, evolve or retire products balancing strategic direction with product performance and investment outlook.
• Help drive technology design choices while clearly articulating the decision-making criteria to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Who we’re looking for

Our ideal candidate will have a mix of (not all of) skills in the areas below. Don’t hesitate to apply if you don’t tick every item:

• 3-5+ years professional experience in a relevant field in a similar role, ideally in an Agile environment.
• Hands-on experience working within a platform engineering or on technical team will be highly regarded. This might look like:
  • Working with APIs
  • Understanding the DevOps lifecycle
  • Knowledge of key developer tools such as Github / Buildkite / Docker.
  • A passion for developer experience and productivity.
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to interpret complex business needs and translate into product requirements for technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage product or project roadmaps with trade-offs and dependencies.
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with business and technical stakeholders.
• Solid prioritisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage the competing demands of multiple projects in a timely manner.
• Able to create clarity and positive energy whilst leading a cross-functional team of people from different disciplines.
• Familiarity with product management frameworks such as JTBD.

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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