Cloud Product Manager

Ko wai mātou? - About us

As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses.

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi - About the role

We are seeking an experienced
Cloud Product Manager
to lead the strategy, development, and lifecycle management of Spark's
Private and Public Cloud portfolios
.

This role sits at the heart of Spark's cloud growth ambitions, enabling New Zealand organisations to leverage secure, scalable, and modern cloud platforms. You will be responsible for shaping product roadmaps, driving innovation, and ensuring our cloud services align with evolving customer needs, market opportunities, and Spark's broader capabilities and policies.

The Cloud Product Manager will:

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Spark's Private and Public Cloud.
• Translate customer and market insights into impactful solutions.
• Partner with technical, sales, and operational teams to deliver successful outcomes.
• Ensure products meet high standards of security, performance, and compliance.

We are looking for a B2B Product Manager with a strong track record of delivering measurable outcomes, ideally with experience in cloud services, infrastructure, and enterprise technology.

Ngā mahi o ia rā – Daily tasks

Strategy

• Development and updates of product strategy, including market and competitor analysis, and roadmap development
• Working with other product managers to align cross-portfolio strategy and roadmap
• Leading and fostering data-driven culture, using data to validate product decisions
• Utilising learnings from experimentation to inform product development and strategy

Product Development

• Overseeing the 5D product development process from Discovery through to Determine phases, ensuring all activities are completed on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Working closely with broader stakeholders to deliver products that meet customer needs and business objectives.

Portfolio Lifecycle Management

• Ensuring product profitability and return on investment, through pricing strategies and cost management.
• Regular review and update of product performance metrics, using data to inform product strategy and development decisions

Tō wheako- your experience

The role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of product and proposition development processes, and a customer-centric approach. The successful candidate will have a good experience in leveraging strategic partnerships, be comfortable with complexity and a great collaborator with a growth mindset.

• Strong domain knowledge of the Cloud products and market
• Ability to identify growth opportunities within their area of focus while staying aligned with broader strategic priorities.
• Skilled at engaging and aligning stakeholders to drive collective progress and outcomes
• Experience with direct customers and sales team is a bonus to bring and uncover insights and shape direction and share roadmap

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou – So, why choose us?

Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai

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Diversity and Inclusion

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.

Toitū - Sustainability

Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.

Ō tatou painga – our Benefits

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:

• Wellbeing
  – Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.
• Hybrid ways of working
  – for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, with 1 day being flexible.
• Leave
  – in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave payments & support, and study leave.
• Spark Credit
  – We provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.
• Spark Share scheme
  – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.
• Career Development
  – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Ngā pūkenga Motuhake – the must haves

• Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining)