Senior Product Manager | Business and Agribusiness lending | Any Head Office Location Bendigo & Adelaide Bank – Bendigo, AU
Ready to own the end-to-end product journey for Business and Agribusiness lending solutions, from shaping product strategy through to delivering meaningful outcomes for SME, commercial and agribusiness customers across metro and regional Australia?
It starts here. With Bendigo Bank... and you.
As a Senior Product Manager, you'll be at the very heart of our product ecosystem. This isn't just about managing a portfolio; it's an opportunity to deliver real value and help us achieve our vision.
Reporting to the Product Lead, you will play a pivotal role in the end-to-end product lifecycle for Business and Agribusiness lending, from strategy and portfolio management through to delivery, optimisation and ongoing performance. You'll work closely with frontline bankers, credit, risk, pricing, operations and digital teams to ensure our products are commercially strong, fit-for-purpose and deliver a great customer and banker experience.
Key responsibilities:
* Investigate market trends across Business & Agribusiness Lending, analyse competitor strategies, and contribute to the product roadmaps and backlogs that align with our target customer segments.
* Support the creation of well‐researched business cases and collaborate with stakeholders across the business to bring new and innovative product solutions to life.
* Undertake all day‐to‐day product management activities, including making incremental improvements, supporting product simplification, and ensuring changes align with our Product Lifecycle Framework.
* Build a strong understanding of the business lending regulatory and risk landscape, including credit policy, responsible lending, DDO/TMD obligations and operational risk, ensuring products are designed and managed in line with bank policies and regulatory expectations.
* Take ownership of your personal growth, contribute to our high‐performing team culture, and actively support the delivery of new business lending capabilities, systems and product initiatives that improve outcomes for customers and bankers.
To succeed in this role, we'd love you to have:
* A passion for products, with exposure to financial services and a genuine interest in how Business and Agribusiness lending products support customers to start, grow and sustain their businesses.
* Natural curiosity and problem‐solving skills: love to ask 'why' and find creative solutions to complex challenges.
* Outstanding communication skills, able to build relationships and convey ideas effectively at all levels of the organisation.
* A proactive mindset, motivated self‐starter capable of managing multiple priorities and grasping new concepts quickly.
* Analytical acumen, comfortable with numbers and attentive to detail.
* Qualifications: a tertiary qualification in Finance or a related field (highly regarded but not essential).
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. This enables a rhythm that works best for you and your team.
This is a Permanent, Full‐time role, 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.
Our perks and benefits:
Belong to a wonderful team of people. Great benefits, work, life balance and flexibility!
Bendigo Bank supports ongoing development, with the potential for a portion of education fees being reimbursed by the bank.
We have partnered with Sonder as our EAP provider, providing self‐help 24/7 and live chat with safety, medical, and mental health professionals.
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