Senior Product Manager - AI

About the role

carsales, an online vehicle marketplace, is hiring a Senior Product Manager - AI in Melbourne. The role owns the performance, growth and strategic direction of the product as a business leader, accountable for shaping strategy and driving execution from idea through to delivery, optimisation and measurable commercial impact. It uses customer and market insights to grow engagement, revenue and long-term value.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the product vision by defining strategy and delivering experiences that drive customer engagement, growth and long-term value.
• Own channel performance by optimising the consumer experience and commercial outcomes through experimentation, clear prioritisation and accountability for targets.
• Identify and shape new opportunities by uncovering emerging customer needs, designing product solutions and bringing them to market.
• Validate ideas quickly through experiments and tests to improve key metrics and outcomes.
• Turn data into decisions by synthesising customer, product and market insights into actionable priorities.
• Drive cross-squad alignment by managing dependencies and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
• Build partnerships with internal teams, vendors and external partners, and influence senior stakeholders with clear product strategies.

Required profile

• Experienced hands-on product leader with a track record of turning ideas into reality, thriving in ambiguity and using data to validate instincts.
• Experience building and running commercial products.
• Experience scaling AI and personalisation products to millions of users.
• Highly experienced in a product or product design role (or similar commercial product-oriented role).
• Strong communicator in a fast-paced environment, comfortable with rapid change.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with cross-functional teams and influencing change beyond their own squad.

Required skills

• Extensive product toolkit, knowing which tools, processes and frameworks to use for each job.
• Ability to think outside the box and break established ways of working.

What we offer

• Hybrid working with flexible policies and leave options.
• 24 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks for secondary caregivers, and paid family and fertility planning leave.
• A supportive, high-performing team with direct access to leadership.
• Recognition as one of Australia's Best Workplaces, a family-friendly workplace and a WORK180 endorsed employer.

Candidates must complete a National Police Record check and hold full-time Australian working rights. Flexible working arrangements, including part-time options, are available.