Technical Product Manager

At Optus, we’re building the next generation of data innovation and transformation, and we’re looking for a technical leader to shape the future of our Business Intelligence ecosystem. Joining as Technical Product Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving strategy, execution, and adoption of BI capabilities across our enterprise data platform

The day to day

• Support the execution of our data transformation roadmap by leading key BI initiatives and milestones.
• Own and evolve the BI capability roadmap with a focus on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and the responsible sunset of Tableau.
• Lead and manage the enterprise migration from Tableau to Power BI — driving impact analysis, stakeholder communication, report rationalisation, and user enablement.
• Design and implement a scalable, governed, and self-service BI architecture aligned with Optus’ data strategy.
• Integrate AI-driven capabilities (e.g., Power BI Copilot, natural language queries, automated insights) to deliver smarter, faster decision-making.
• Partner with business and analytics teams to capture requirements, define use cases, and develop reusable data models and visualisations.
• Champion change management, training, and adoption strategies to embed BI tools across diverse business units.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, and platform teams to ensure performance, security, and data quality across BI systems

Why you are our next Technical Product Manager

• A proven track record delivering enterprise BI initiatives in complex environments.
• Strong expertise in Power BI (Service, Desktop, DAX, Dataflows), with experience migrating large BI estates from Tableau to Power BI.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, including integration with Synapse, Data Factory, and Lakehouse.
• Strong BI data modelling skills (star/snowflake schemas, semantic layers, performance tuning).
• Strategic thinker with the ability to drive adoption, influence stakeholders, and manage change.
• Strong background in data governance, metadata management, and role-based security principles.
• Excellent communicator, able to partner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to AI-driven BI features (e.g., Power BI Copilot, automated insights) highly desirable
• What’s in it for you?
• 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
• Inclusive carer neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks
• Competitive leave including 2 'Connected Leave' days
• All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’
• Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue.
• Connect at work through our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans, Yarn Network, Wellbeing Network and Young Professionals.
• Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!
• Keen to see what it’s really like to work at Optus? Search #OptusLife on LinkedIn to go behind the scenes

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.