Senior Product Owner

The Company Our client is a well-established New Zealand organisation with operations across Australia and New Zealand and ambitious growth plans over the coming years. Having invested heavily in technology and business transformation, they are looking to appoint an experienced IT Solution Product Owner to help prioritise demand, drive delivery outcomes and strengthen engagement between technology and the wider business. This is a newly created role within a collaborative technology team and offers the opportunity to influence the direction of key business systems while working alongside senior business leaders. The Role This is a highly visible role that sits between business stakeholders, vendors and technology teams, ensuring priorities are understood, requirements are clearly defined and outcomes are successfully delivered. You will play a key role in managing a growing portfolio of initiatives across a Microsoft-centric technology environment, helping the business make informed decisions, prioritise competing demands and maximise value from its technology investments. Key responsibilities include: • Partner with business leaders to understand, challenge and refine requirements. • Own and prioritise a pipeline of enhancements, projects and improvement initiatives. • Facilitate workshops, requirements gathering and solution discussions. • Manage relationships with external technology vendors and delivery partners. • Drive backlog prioritisation and delivery planning through Azure DevOps. • Assess business processes and identify opportunities for improvement. • Coordinate UAT activities and support successful business adoption. • Evaluate impacts across ERP platforms, integrations, reporting and downstream systems. • Provide guidance on solution direction while balancing business needs, risk and delivery effort. The work will range from small system improvements through to larger strategic initiatives spanning multiple months. Your Profile We're looking for someone who combines strong business engagement skills with a practical understanding of ERP and enterprise applications. You may currently be working as a: • Product Owner • Senior Business Analyst • Functional Consultant • Applications Lead • Business Systems Specialist • Solution Owner To be successful, you'll bring: • Experience working within ERP environments, ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365. • Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills. • Excellent requirements gathering and business analysis capability. • The ability to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. • Strong vendor management experience. • A pragmatic, outcome-focused approach to problem solving. • Exceptional critical thinking skills and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively. Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure and related Microsoft technologies would be highly advantageous but is not essential. More important is your ability to understand business challenges, ask the right questions and help stakeholders navigate the best path forward. Benefits • 12-month fixed-term contract. • Hybrid working model. • Significant stakeholder exposure across a growing organisation. • Opportunity to shape technology outcomes and influence future direction. • Diverse portfolio of business-critical initiatives. • High visibility role with strong executive engagement. Apply Today Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button. For a confidential chat, call 098704116, or email manish.ravikumar@roberthalf.co.nz Reference Number: 06900-0013498715 By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.