IAG

Create impact as a Product Owner, Team Lead – Automation & Compute

IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re a top-tier NZSE-listed company helping to make the world a safer place through creating a stronger and more resilient business and enabling our portfolio of iconic insurance brands.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

As the Product Owner, Team Lead – Automation & Compute, you will play a pivotal role in managing IAG’s compute and hypervisor infrastructure, ensuring operational resilience, strategic automation, and platform optimisation. You will lead a team of automation engineers, prioritising work to maximise value and support IAG’s digital transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic direction and operational excellence of compute and hypervisor platforms.
• Own and deliver the automation and simplification roadmap across infrastructure domains.
• Drive observability and proactive issue management to ensure platform resilience.
• Manage product lifecycle, including roadmap development, service reviews, and cost optimisation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align product capabilities with organisational goals.
• Provide leadership to a team of 6–10, fostering a high-performance, purpose-driven culture.
• Ensure compliance with SLAs, cyber remediation, and licensing efficiency.
• You bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership capability, with a passion for delivering business value through technology.

This is a permanent role open to candidates based in New Zealand and Australia.

Ōu Pūkenga | About You

You will have extensive experience in technology or product management, including solid team leadership experience. You bring deep technical expertise in compute infrastructure and automation. You have a proven track record in stakeholder engagement, commercial negotiation, and contract management, complemented by strong analytical, facilitation, and communication skills. Your background includes driving operational excellence and innovation, with experience in financial services and a working knowledge of design thinking. You are a strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset, a collaborative leader who inspires and influences others, and someone who confidently navigates between technical detail and broader business strategy.

Applications Close Friday, 27 June 2025 @ 11:59pm AEST

All this shows up in what we offer:

• Boosted Kiwisaver with 4% employer contribution and life insurance as standard
• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance
• Annual $500 Health & Wellbeing payment
• myLeave days per year on top of annual leave
• Dedicated career growth programs, including the award-winning IAG Academy
• Partner discounts on every day and special occasion items
• A certified Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM
• Energy transition opportunities to help us be net zero by 2050
• employment type eligibility criteria apply

Mō mātou| About us

IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilience design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest.

We acknowledge Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa and are committed to growing Māori prosperity and wellbeing in Aotearoa through He Rautaki Māori (IAG’s Māori Strategy). We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. And expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual.

We're passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter. We’re proud to be an accredited family-friendly workplace and are committed to being a safe and supportive space for all our employees. We do this because we’re ready for you.

We’re ready for you. Apply today.

Learn more about who IAG is here.