Senior Product Manager, ISO 20022

The Game Changers :

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is here to shape the future of payments for Australia. We aim to deliver more innovation to Australia’s payments ecosystem, for the collective benefit of Australian businesses, government and consumers.

Our solutions include Australia’s domestic debit network, real-time, data rich payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments and experiences and open wallet solutions. It’s a new chapter with more possibilities.

Life @ AP+ :

We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.

We’re driven by our core values : lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.

The Purpose :

As the Senior Product Manager, ISO20022 reporting to the Lead Product Manager in AP+ Business Payments team, this role is responsible for product management of ISO20022 Messaging Standards and designing messaging capability for the product suite managed by the AP+ Business Payments team (which covers our BPAY product suite and real-time payments on the New Payments Platform).

The role will deliver support for key projects and strategic initiatives focused on future business payment products, capability development and enhancements across the Business Payments portfolio. The role will focus on supporting existing account to account payments products as well as extending product capabilities to support corporate B2B Payments more broadly and includes integration of Business Payments products with other AP+ products and capabilities.

The role requires engagement with external stakeholders including AP+ Customers, member institutions, Industry ISO Standards groups and vendor organisations as required. This will include driving ISO message standards changes, responsibility for delivery timelines and supporting industry implementation. This role requires management and leadership of key external stakeholders including Industry Committees, standards organisations and Industry groups. This role works closely with NPP Participants including the management of scheme related changes through the scheme governance processes and committees.

This role works closely with other members of the Business Payments team as well as with other parts of the AP+ organisation.

The senior product manager will be expected to lead all ISO20022 Message upgrade initiatives including changes introduced through other Product enhancements, engage the vendor and publish the updated message versions for Participants implementation.

The core accountabilities of the role will include :

• Development and delivery of ISO20022 Message version upgrades and / or changes for all NPP Releases including gathering product requirements, liaising with vendors, working closely with key stakeholders including extended parties of the payments ecosystem such as other industry groups.
• Working with all Product Managers, Technology and Testing team to define the change scope and approach, assessing the impact of a Product change on the messages and helping the team understand the impact of change and key benefits
• Representing AP+ in other messaging standards industry forum
• Leading discussions in working groups represented by NPP Members
• Looking for process efficiencies and working with key stakeholders to ensure potential blockers to delivery are removed
• Undertake other duties as directed by the Lead Product Manager or delegated representative
• When required, lead a team of product managers and analysts
• Act as a mentor within the broader team
• Fostering an environment where team members feel valued, motivated and empowered

The capabilities needed to be successful for this role are :

What happens next :

At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose.­ Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal.

If you’re ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks.

We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to recruitment@auspayplus.com.au. We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.

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