Product Manager - Electricity Networks

About us:

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.

If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Product Manager to join our Operational Technology (OT) team in a full-time and permanent capacity based at our Melbourne CBD head office.

This role is critical to leading the OT investment pipeline across a multi-year regulatory cycle for our business, shaping how we modernise our network—turning complex challenges into clear, prioritised, and value-driven initiatives.

This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of technology, network operations, and regulation, where your decisions directly influence safety, reliability, and future network capability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and prioritise OT technology investments in partnership with senior stakeholders, balancing competing business needs and trade-offs.
• Lead the development of robust, end-to-end business cases, including costs, benefits, risks, and investment options.
• Translate strategic direction into a clear, integrated technology roadmap aligned to network and regulatory objectives.
• Manage and optimise a multi-vendor technology ecosystem, ensuring solutions deliver cohesive business value.
• Provide independent, evidence-based insights on vendors, market trends, and emerging technologies.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and act as a trusted advisor, confidently influencing and challenging decisions where needed.
• Continuously improve investment planning, governance, and product management practices to enhance speed, clarity, and consistency.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in IT/Computer Science or business-related discipline preferred
• Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, strategic business decisions
• Demonstrated commercial acumen, including understanding financial and regulatory impacts of investments
• Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment across competing priorities
• Solid background in product management or delivering business value through technology initiatives
• Experience working in complex, multi-vendor environments and managing vendor performance
• Confidence to challenge decisions, prioritise effectively, and navigate difficult conversations
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, bridging technical and business audiences

Key Benefits:

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our benefits.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next?

Please submit your application via our careers website by 10 June 2026. For the full Position Description, please visit our website or for any other questions reach out to Tom from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with disability.

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.