Head of Product

Own product direction, build a stronger Product function and shape the evolution of a complex enterprise platform.

Our client is an established Australian SaaS business providing a configurable platform that supports business-critical workflows for enterprise customers. As the business grows, it is investing in dedicated Product leadership to strengthen prioritisation, develop reusable platform capabilities and connect customer needs with long-term commercial value.

Reporting to the CEO and joining the Senior Leadership Team, you will help determine what the business builds, why it matters and where it invests next. You will lead a small Product team, partner closely with Engineering and Delivery, and establish the practices needed to support the next stage of growth.

The opportunity

You will turn company strategy and the founder’s vision into a clear, executable platform roadmap. This means understanding how capabilities connect, making considered investment decisions and balancing immediate customer needs with the long-term direction of the product.

Your responsibilities will include

• Lead and develop the Product function, building capability, clear accountability and effective ways of working as the organisation scales.
• Own the evolution of reusable platform capabilities, including how they connect and support different customer requirements.
• Translate business strategy into roadmap priorities, sequencing investment around customer value, commercial return and delivery dependencies.
• Use customer feedback, market demand and product performance to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
• Protect the shared platform from unnecessary customisation while finding commercially sensible solutions to customer needs.
• Partner with Engineering on architecture, technical constraints and trade-offs affecting product direction.
• Work closely with the CEO, translating vision into execution and constructively challenging decisions with evidence.
• Resolve competing priorities across Product, Engineering, Delivery and Commercial, contributing to company-wide decisions as an SLT member.

What you will bring

You have led a Product function within a B2B SaaS or enterprise platform business and can demonstrate personal ownership of product direction, prioritisation and outcomes.

We are particularly interested in the platforms you have owned, the decisions you have made and the capability you have built.

Relevant experience will include

• Ownership of a substantial, interconnected platform with multiple capabilities, integrations, dependencies and varied customer needs.
• A track record of developing product people and introducing practical frameworks for discovery, prioritisation and roadmap decisions.
• Experience turning customer-specific requirements into reusable capabilities that create value across a wider customer base.
• Commercial judgement demonstrated through adoption, retention, revenue, implementation efficiency or other measurable product outcomes.
• Enough technical understanding to discuss architecture and constraints, assess trade-offs and work credibly with Engineering.
• Close partnership with a founder or CEO, including examples of influencing direction and challenging priorities constructively.
• The confidence to align senior stakeholders, make difficult decisions and contribute beyond your own function.

Experience with complex enterprise workflows or regulated environments would be useful. You should be comfortable leading a small team, staying close to the detail and building the function as the business grows.

Why consider it?

This is an opportunity to shape both an established platform and the Product function behind it. You will have direct access to the CEO, a voice in business strategy and a clear mandate to improve how product decisions are made.

Apply with a resume that shows the scope of the platforms you have personally owned, your leadership responsibilities and the commercial outcomes of your decisions.

For a confidential conversation, contact Shaun Deacon at ***email_hidden***.

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