Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager (Temporary Opportunity up to 23 Months)

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Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Senior Executive

Job location:

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000

Job reference number: 103380

Employment type: Fixed Term Full-Time

Salary range: An attractive remuneration package

You crave a career that pushes you, where you'll meet challenges head on and you're guaranteed to grow.

Your innovative mindset is key to creating solutions to complex problems. Our systems drive our organisational success and underpin every journey our customers take. This is your opportunity to be part of an expert team who build and refine seamless technology experiences.

In this role, you'll:

Join the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) team in the Commercial and Energy Management Brach, within Finance, Technology \& Commercial division. As a Senior Product Manager you will play a pivotal part in understanding SCATS customers’ needs and shaping a long-term product vision and strategy that delivers strong customer and business outcomes. You will champion the SCATS product vision across teams and ensure alignment between customers, stakeholders and delivery teams around a cohesive product roadmap.

SCATS is a critical system for Transport for NSW and its global customer base -improving traffic flow, reducing congestion, and helping keep over one billion people safe every day. In addition to delivering network optimisation and safety outcomes, SCATS underpins Transport for NSW’s broader technology agenda and strengthens NSW’s position as a global leader in innovation and transport technology.

In this role, you will develop a compelling product vision and strategy for various products, including NGEN, SPE and Cornerstone, outlining how the product suite will evolve, defining its value proposition, and ensuring it meets customer needs.

You will also:

Engage with customers to understand their pain points and priorities, using these insights to shape and refine a practical product roadmap.

Monitor market trends and provide competitive analysis to guide product investment decisions that balance market direction, commercial priorities and customer needs.

Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to communicate, promote and embed the SCATS product vision, supporting alignment and clarity across teams.

Contribute to embedding best-practice product management, including tools, processes and frameworks, to support the growth of a market and customer-led SCATS business.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

Applications will be reviewed starting 27th January 2026.

About you

You will be a strategic, analytical product manager with demonstrated experience in software or technology-driven products and subject matter expertise in traffic management and optimisation, ideally with a solid understanding of the SCATS product suite. With a solid understanding of technology, you’ll bring strong communication skills and the confidence to engage with design and engineering specialists in a technical, solutions-focused way to ensure alignment to a shared vision.

Highly skilled in data analysis, market research and understanding customer needs, you will have a clear grasp of product vision and strategy, and the confidence to guide sound, evidence-based investment decisions. You will be an exceptional communicator who is comfortable translating and discussing complex technical concepts with ease.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days.

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us. Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Monday 26th January 2026.

For more information about this role, please contact LUCY.BROPHY@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

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