SAP Principal Product Owner

At Water Corporation we're shifting our focus to the next phase of our strategic plan - building on strong foundations to strengthen capabilities, modernise systems, and accelerate innovation across the business. This phase is about elevating how we deliver technology services: making them faster, more responsive, and more closely aligned to the needs of our people, our operations, and our customers. To support this evolution, we're recruiting for key roles that will be pivotal in strategically shaping a modern, collaborative, and customer‑centric Information & Technology Group. If you're excited about leading innovation, finding smarter ways of working, and making a meaningful impact, now is the perfect time to join us.

About the role:

We’re seeking an experienced technology leader to step into the role of Principal – Product Owner ERP & Corporate Systems within the Information Technology Services team.

This role is accountable for defining and driving the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for the ERP & Corporate Systems platform, which includes SAP (ECC, SuccessFactors) and a broad portfolio of enterprise applications that support core business operations across the Corporation.

Operating within a SAFe Agile delivery model, you will maximise the value delivered by the platform by prioritising work based on business outcomes, enabling high-performing Agile teams, and ensuring strong alignment between business needs, enterprise architecture, and technical delivery.

The platform comprises a complex, integrated landscape of SAP and non-SAP systems. Success in this role requires a strong product ownership mindset, combined with the ability to understand technical dependencies, integration patterns, and platform constraints to support informed prioritisation and delivery decisions.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home or negotiate flexible work hours
• An additional 2 well-being days each year
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave 

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What the role will involve:

• Define and maintain the product vision and roadmap for ERP & Corporate Systems, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and business priorities
• Provide product ownership across a complex enterprise application landscape, including SAP and a portfolio of corporate systems supporting core business operations
• Own and actively manage a prioritised backlog, ensuring epics and features are clearly defined, aligned to business value, and ready for delivery
• Translate business needs into well-defined epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Make prioritisation decisions based on business value, technical dependencies, risk, and platform considerations
• Understand and manage platform integrations, dependencies, and cross-system impacts, ensuring enterprise-wide implications are considered
• Work closely with stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with platform standards
• Support and enable Agile delivery by providing clarity of priorities, removing blockers, and participating in key ceremonies
• Balance delivery of business outcomes with technical quality, stability, and maintainability, including consideration of technical debt
• Champion Agile and modern delivery practices, driving continuous improvement in delivery performance
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies, recommending innovations to ensure platforms remain fit for purpose
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and capability-building across product and platform teams, fostering a high-performing and collaborative culture

Key skills and experience:

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant technology discipline, with substantial experience in IT operations, platform management, and service integration
• Proven experience as a Product Owner in Agile and/or SAFe environments, including backlog ownership, prioritisation, and value delivery
• Demonstrated experience working with enterprise application platforms, including SAP (ECC, SuccessFactors) and integrated corporate systems
• Strong understanding of complex application landscapes, including integrations, dependencies, and cross-platform impacts
• Solid understanding of software development and engineering practices, including system integration, APIs, and modern architectures
• Experience working closely with engineering teams to deliver enhancements, integrations, and platform improvements
• Ability to make informed trade-offs between business priorities and technical considerations (e.g. complexity, scalability, maintainability)
• Experience defining and managing product roadmaps aligned to business and platform strategy
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into delivery outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to enable high-performing Agile teams and deliver outcomes in complex environments
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and deliver outcomes in a complex organisational environment

Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

Applications close Wednesday 8^th July 2026

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. 

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment. 

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.  

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website