Senior Vice President of Product (Sydney-based)

Please note: This role is based in Sydney. We are only considering applicants with Australian work rights (Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or NZ Citizen) at this time.

Shape the future of home improvement services in Australia

We're hipages, Australia's #1 digital platform connecting homeowners with trusted tradies and home improvement businesses. As an ASX-listed tech company, our purpose is to transform the home improvement industry (a $141B industry in Australia), building better lives for everyone.

As a leading marketplace and SAAS platform, we're entering our next phase of growth, powered by AI, stronger execution, and deeper customer connection.

We're looking for a Senior Vice President of Product to lead this next chapter.

This is a rare opportunity to take a clear, established product strategy and accelerate execution, delivering meaningful impact for customers, consumers, and the business, and have a meaningful impact on the product evolution and business success.

Why this role matters

The strategy is set. The opportunity is significant.

What we need now is exceptional product leadership to deliver: faster, smarter, and with greater impact.

Reporting to the CEO & Co-Founder, You will:

• Accelerate execution of our product strategy
• Lift performance, accountability, and speed to market
• Embed AI-enabled ways of working
• Strengthen connection between product, customers, and commercial outcomes

What You'll Do:

Drive execution and delivery

• Own and deliver a high-impact, outcome-driven product roadmap
• Improve speed to market and delivery performance across teams
• Bring clarity, focus, and discipline to prioritisation and execution

Deliver measurable business impact

• Improve key metrics across conversion, engagement, and retention
• Drive marketplace performance and revenue outcomes
• Ensure product investment is commercially focused and ROI-driven

Build a high-performing product organisation

• Lead, inspire, and uplift Product, Design, and Product Ops teams
• Embed a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Build capability and future leadership bench strength

Champion customer and product connection

• Deeply understand tradie and homeowner needs
• Bring the voice of the customer into every decision
• Strengthen company-wide connection to product and impact

Lead AI-enabled transformation

• Embed AI into product experiences and internal ways of working
• Unlock productivity gains through smarter tools and automation
• Keep hipages at the forefront of digital marketplace innovation

What You'll Bring

• Proven executive-level product leadership experience (SVP / CPO / VP Product)
• Degree qualifications in computer science or equivalent, Master's education highly regarded
• A track record of delivering at scale, not just setting strategy
• Experience in marketplaces, platforms, or digital businesses
• Strong commercial acumen and data-driven decision-making
• Ability to build high-performance, accountable teams
• A bias for action, pace, and outcomes

What Success Looks Like:

In 12 months, you will have:

• Significantly improved delivery speed and roadmap execution
• Delivered measurable uplift in product and commercial performance
• Embedded a high-performance, accountable product culture
• Scaled AI-driven product and productivity initiatives

Why join hipages

We're more than just a workplace. We're a place where you can be yourself, do great work and grow your career. Recognised as one of Australia's best companies to work for, our inclusive, supportive culture helps people thrive.

You'll use the best tools and tech, with real impact on our products and customers. We invest in your development and lead with coaching, not micromanagement – it's why 85% of our team say their direct leader is a great one.

With teams across Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Vietnam, we work as one team with a shared purpose.

And there's more:

• Diverse, collaborative teams that love solving problems
• Agile squads, hackathons, off-sites and roadshows
• Extra leave for birthdays, volunteering, and more
• Healthy snacks, continental breakfast and fresh fruit
• Free access to best-in-class virtual health platform: GPs, Psychologists, Dieticians
• Sydney CBD office near Town Hall and Gadigal Stations
• Tailored growth support, mentoring and stretch projects
• A vibrant social scene - we work hard and have fun doing it

We prioritise Diversity:

At hipages, innovation and collaboration thrive in diverse and inclusive teams. We don't expect you to know everything - we care more about who you are as a person, a team member, and a leader.

We're proud to be endorsed by WORK180 for supporting women's careers and we value diversity across culture, age, gender identity and sexual orientation. Research shows that men often apply when they meet just 60% of the criteria, while women and minority groups wait until they tick every box. If you think you'd be a great fit - even if you don't meet every requirement- we'd love to hear from you.

We're also a Circle Back Initiative Employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.

Ready to build what's next

If you're a senior product leader who thrives on turning strategy into execution and delivering real impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you!

Note: We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Any unsolicited submissions will be deemed the property of the company, and no fee will be payable.