Product Owner, Intelligence Engagement Systems

Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people.

At the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | Te Tira Tiaki, our mission is to protect and enhance Aotearoa New Zealand's security and wellbeing. We provide Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security and resilience to organisations of national significance to successfully navigate in an unpredictable world.

We are looking for someone to step into this Product Owner role with a great attitude, with high energy and the tenacity to achieve those outcomes for customers, even when confronted with complexity and ambiguity.

The role

In this role you will drive how we use and adapt IT systems to deliver intelligence products and services to customers. You will define the vision and strategy for a suite of products in this domain, developing a clear and achievable roadmap, leveraging your team of engineers and other cross-functional expertise across the wider directorate so that the Intelligence Community is able engage with its customers efficiently and effectively.

You will work closely with product business owners, suppliers, customers, stakeholders, and those who provide administrative support for systems. A key part of the role will be to ensure that business needs and priorities are understood, and reflected, through their defined product direction, and opportunities for improvement are communicated back to stakeholders.

While the ability to do some hands-on work would be desirable, the main focus of this role is the customers, acting as an effective interface between them and technical teams.

The appointing salary for this role will be between $142,093 - $151,566 depending on experience.

Who we are looking for

Our 'must-haves' for the role:

• Collaborating with leaders of other domains and portfolios
• Engaging with management effectively across other domains and technical areas to communicate priorities
• Representing the voice of the customer through strong relationships and effective communication
• Driving innovation, automation, optimisation and continual improvement within technology domains

It is also a bonus if you have:

• Strong technology background, in particular software development and/or UX.
• Good understanding of DevSecOps, and what it means to be working Agile

This role requires regular interactions with its key stakeholders, so the successful applicant must be willing to work fully on-premise in Wellington.

Why work for us

Alongside getting to work with other talented people, we also offer a range of comprehensive benefits which include:

• Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
• Enhanced employer contributions to your Kiwisaver
• Generous Leave benefits, including additional paid days off and enhanced sick and parental leave
• Childcare allowance for your preschoolers
• Onsite free gym (Wellington only)
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
• Great work-life balance

Before you apply

Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.

You must:

• Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 years

OR

Hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years

• Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
  • Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.
  
  

Still unsure? Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a TSS security clearance: http://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool

The NZIC treats all applications for employment in the strictest confidence and we expect that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality during the recruitment process and throughout your career.

We'll provide you with information and tips throughout the recruitment process, but in the meantime check out our Myth Busting booklet: https://beyondordinary.nzic.govt.nz/mythbusting