Senior Product Manager - Finance Technology

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.

Senior Product Manager

About the Role

We’re looking for a strategic and customer-focused Senior Product Manager to lead product strategy, engagement, and experience design within one of our Finance Technology domain.

The Senior Product Manager is accountable for the product strategy, roadmap, stakeholder engagement and value delivery across the Finance technology landscape, including SAP Finance systems, treasury platforms and related enterprise capabilities.

The role partners closely with Finance, Treasury, Tax, Architecture, Engineering, Delivery and vendor teams to ensure platforms are resilient, compliant, scalable and aligned to Coles’ finance transformation and enterprise priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Leadership

• Define and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned to customer needs and business objectives.
• Ownership for SAP Finance capability roadmaps across areas such as Record to Report, Procure to Pay integration, financial close, tax, treasury, banking, payments, controls and regulatory obligations
• Lead strategic product initiatives across multiple squads, from discovery through to delivery.
• Drive customer-centric innovation and deliver measurable commercial and operational outcomes.
• Ensure alignment between enterprise priorities, customer experience goals, and technical direction.
• Influence senior stakeholders and build consensus across business and technology teams.
• Partner closely with design, engineering, and architecture teams to deliver scalable and intuitive solutions.
  
  

Execution & Delivery

• Prioritise and manage product backlogs across squads, ensuring focus on the highest-value opportunities.
• Monitor product performance through OKRs, customer metrics, and business outcomes.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges to ensure successful execution.
• Foster a culture of experimentation, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Ensure product initiatives are well-defined, value-driven, and delivered with excellence.
  
  

Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Mentor and coach Product Managers and Associate Product Managers to build capability and career growth.
• Lead and inspire teams of people leaders and operational specialists, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
• Set clear objectives aligned to domain and enterprise goals, and measure performance against outcomes.
• Contribute to the growth of the Product Chapter through thought leadership, best practices, and continuous learning.
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with business partners, IT teams, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Act as a key point of contact for product performance, risks, and strategic initiatives within the domain.
• Communicate progress, insights, decisions, and recommendations clearly across all levels of the organisation.
• Provide transparent, data-driven reporting on service performance, customer outcomes, and opportunities for improvement.

About you and your skills:

• Significant experience in Product Management within complex enterprise or retail environments.
• Deep experience with SAP Finance ecosystems, preferably SAP S/4 HANA Finance modules
• Deep experience delivering large scale finance transformations
• Proven ability to lead product strategy and delivery across multiple squads or product portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior leadership levels.
• Deep understanding of customer-centric product development, agile delivery, and data-informed decision making.
• Experience mentoring and developing product teams and fostering high-performing cultures.
• A passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

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What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 184257

Employment Type: Full time