Principal Product Quality - HaulX
Fortescue
Country/Region: AU
State: WA
City: Perth
Principal Product Quality - HaulX
Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Perth Office - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people. Ad hoc site travel as required.
Roster: Monday to Friday
The Principal Product Quality plays a critical role in improving product readiness by enhancing the quality, clarity, traceability and assurance of requirements across complex technology delivery programs. Working closely with internal teams and OEM partners, this hands-on role drives practical improvements that strengthen alignment between customer needs, operational outcomes and product delivery, while supporting Fortescue's transition to a mature product operating model.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive product readiness uplift activities that improve delivery confidence, release readiness and operational acceptance
- Review and improve functional, non-functional, operational, interface and safety-related requirements to ensure they are clear, testable and aligned to business outcomes
- Establish and maintain practical requirements governance, including standards, review processes, traceability and change control practices
- Improve traceability between requirements, design, testing and acceptance activities
- Support verification, validation and assurance activities to strengthen acceptance confidence and evidence-based decision making
- Facilitate readiness reviews and identify risks, gaps, dependencies and delivery blockers
- Partner with internal stakeholders and OEMs to align product scope, readiness expectations and acceptance criteria
- Lead workshops to resolve ambiguity, clarify responsibilities and improve cross-team coordination
- Develop frameworks, reporting and governance routines that improve requirements maturity and delivery transparency
- Contribute to the evolution of product management practices and support the transition towards a product operating model.
Qualifications and Experience
- Significant experience in requirements management, product quality, systems engineering or technology delivery environments
- Strong understanding of requirements development, governance, traceability and quality assurance practices
- Experience working with verification, validation and system assurance processes
- Demonstrated ability to improve product readiness and delivery outcomes across complex programs
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to create structure in ambiguous environments
- Experience engaging and influencing diverse stakeholders, including external partners and OEMs
- Proven facilitation, workshop leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Strong written communication skills with experience developing governance frameworks and reporting
- Ability to challenge constructively and influence outcomes without relying on formal authority
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, technology, systems, product management or a related discipline are desirable.
Our Commitment
Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.
Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.
