Product Manager Consumer Lending Products

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

Are you ready to shape the future of banking products and deliver exceptional customer experiences?

At Bendigo Bank, we are committed to delivering the best customer outcomes while maintaining our strong community values. We are currently seeking a dynamic and driven Product Manager to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will take ownership of the end-to-end management of your product set, driving continuous improvement, strategic growth, and essential change initiatives.

If you have a continuous improvement mindset and a passion for managing the full product value chain, this is your opportunity to make a tangible impact!

About the Role

Reporting directly to the Senior Manager, you will play a crucial part in ensuring our products are delivered to market as expected, while managing the day-to-day governance of the product lifecycle. You will contribute to the development and delivery of product strategy, roadmaps, and backlogs.

Your day-to-day will be varied, working collaboratively with distribution teams, transformation partners, and stakeholders across the business to achieve portfolio growth and commercial success.

Key Responsibilities

As a core member of our product management function, your shared accountabilities will include:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and deliver clear 24+ month strategic plans and roadmaps that address customer needs, balance business objectives, and drive product simplification.
• Product Management & Delivery: Champion the Product Lifecycle Framework, overseeing product design principles, continuous improvement initiatives, and regulatory compliance.
• Product Performance & Pricing: Own and manage pricing structures, oversee financial performance (including profitability and forecasting), and conduct regular portfolio reviews to optimize KPIs.
• Delivery: Ensure the successful delivery of product strategies and initiatives on time, within budget, and to agreed outcomes across all customer channels.
• Leadership & Risk Culture: Foster a collaborative, learning-focused environment. Drive a strong, embedded risk culture that optimizes risk/reward decision-making and ensures ethical market practices.

About You

We are looking for a motivated self-starter with a curious mind and a strong desire to grow. To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Knowledge and Skills: Solid exposure to Financial Services and an understanding of banking products, services, and the relevant legal/regulatory environment. You'll have high-level numerical reasoning, analytical skills, and a knack for problem-solving.
• Relevant Experience: Experience in product management, including contributing to the development and execution of product strategy, roadmaps, and backlogs.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven experience working with key stakeholders across a business, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and influence strategic relationships.
• Time Management: Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and deliver business outcomes.

We offer flexible work options that put our people first, working in a hybrid model with a minimum local Head Office attendance requirement determined by your Leader, to find a rhythm that works best for you and your team. We believe that coming into the office some of the time is the best way to learn, stay connected and collaborate effectively, especially for key activities like team days, 1:1s, and town halls.

This role is a Full time, permanent opportunity based in any of our head office locations.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

So, why work for us?

With over 2.9 million customers, we are one of Australia's largest retail banks with a vision our purpose - ‘to feed into the prosperity of our customers and communities, not off it'. In fact, over $366 million have been put back into communities nationwide. We developed Up, Australia's first fully digital bank, which has grown to over one million customers in just six years. We are regularly voted one of Australia's most trusted brands and this isn't something we take lightly, which means Bendigo Bank is the Bank you can be proud to work at!

So, what are you waiting for? Come and join the better big bank!

Still in two minds?

Research suggests 60% of women and underrepresented groups might stop here, even after getting as far as drafting an application. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger, so even if you don't tick every box we still want to see your application!

Please note shortlisting and interviews may take place prior to the advertised close date, so don't delay: apply now! We don't want you to be missed, so please note that directly emailed CV's may not be picked up by the system and may risk being missed from the process.

We are committed to responding to all candidates, regardless of the outcome of your application.