ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub. 

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We are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines. 

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology.  Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

About the role:

The Product Owner - Downstream & Reporting exists to support the successful delivery of downstream data and reporting outcomes for CHESS Replacement Release 2, focused on Settlement. The role helps ensure stakeholder needs are translated into valuable consumer-facing outcomes that support business objectives and release delivery.

This role sits within the Securities & Payments Product team, which supports the CHESS Replacement Project across multiple initiatives. Within CHESS Release 2 (Settlement), the Downstream & Reporting stream exists to enable the effective use of project data by downstream consumers through fit‑for‑purpose data capabilities.

What you will be doing:

• Drive the downstream Product Owner function for Downstream & Reporting within CHESS Replacement Release 2 Settlement, ensuring delivery outcomes align with stakeholder needs and stream priorities.
• Translate stakeholder requirements for reports, extracts, interfaces and other consumer-facing data outcomes into clear, prioritised backlog items, well-formed stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, delivery teams and stakeholders to refine scope, clarify requirements and ensure work is ready for sprint planning and execution.
• Actively support sprint delivery by contributing to backlog refinement, prioritisation decisions, dependency management and day-to-day product guidance for the team.
• Partner with stakeholders and consumers of data to shape requirements, validate needs, resolve ambiguity and ensure delivered outcomes are fit for purpose.
• Build and maintain strong product knowledge across Downstream & Reporting capabilities, stakeholder needs, delivery scope and evolving Release 2 priorities, and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team.
• Support the Senior Product Manager with visibility of downstream delivery progress, issues, dependencies and stakeholder feedback, contributing to effective planning and decision-making across the wider Downstream & Reporting stream

What you will bring:

Must have

• Experience across financial services, regulated environments, and/or complex operational & enterprise transformation.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner or equivalent role in agile or hybrid delivery environments, with strong backlog ownership and sprint support capability.
• Demonstrated ability to translate stakeholder needs into clear requirements, stories and acceptance criteria that enable delivery teams to execute effectively.
• Strong experience working closely with business stakeholders, analysts and delivery teams to refine scope, manage ambiguity and drive outcomes.
• Proven ability to be hands-on in delivery detail while maintaining alignment to broader business priorities and value.
• Experience managing multiple streams of work, dependencies and competing priorities in a complex delivery environment.

Nice to have:

• Understanding of ASX customers, products and services.
• Product domain knowledge in Cash Equities and/or FICC markets, including post‑trade, settlement, clearing, risk‑related processes, payments or market infrastructure environments.
• Experience in data, reporting, extracts, interfaces, dashboards or other consumer‑facing data delivery - supporting use cases such as Customer, Billing, Collateral / Default Management, Risk, or Regulatory Reporting.
• Exposure to enterprise data platforms, reporting tools or downstream data consumption patterns.

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.

If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know at [email protected].

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process.

To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.