Product Strategist
Hybrid (Auckland)Full-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Experienced, AI-native Product Strategist role focused on value framing, problem definition, and measurable client outcomes in a client-facing, hybrid Auckland-based position.
Responsibilities
- Value & Problem Framing: Articulate client value and frame the problem worth solving - what outcome the client is actually buying.
- Communication: Clearly communicate the problem, hypotheses and success measures.
- Delivery Constraints: Ensure delivery teams work solely on funded backlog items, constraining product delivery as necessary.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal and client stakeholders to ensure both functional and commercial objectives are met.
- Scope Management: Lead discovery and manage scope - including using AI to rapidly prototype and test ideas - to deliver maximum value, while ensuring efficient use of resources.
- Success Measures: Define the hypotheses and measurable success criteria that define what good looks like.
- Team Coordination: Keep product delivery teams informed of upcoming work and broadly communicate relevant context and problems faced to build a shared understanding of the product direction.
- Agentic-first: very comfortable using AI to rapidly prototype, test hypotheses, and accelerate discovery.
- Proven experience as a Product Strategist or similar role in a software development environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with stakeholders to define problems and the measurable outcomes that matter.
- Familiarity with product management tools and software.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Product Strategist or similar role in a software development environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and principles.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Skills
Required:Value framingAI rapid prototypingStakeholder managementAgile methodologies
Benefits
- Be part of an innovative team, with a culture of learning and collaboration.
- Contribute to interesting, diverse, and commercially minded work for well-respected clients.
- Opportunity for professional growth and development.
- Fortnightly knowledge sharing sessions, with lunch.
- Competitive salary. Employee Share Purchase Scheme offering.
- This role is Auckland based, regular in-office attendance is required. Work within our beautifully designed office and from home (hybrid working model).
- Propellerhead is an equal opportunity workplace which is free from discrimination.
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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