Chief Technology and Product Officer
Cashrewards
IT, Product
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on May 8, 2025
Heyyyy! We're Cashrewards, Australia’s most loved cashback platform.
We’re looking for team members to add to our high-performing, ambitious, and collaborative culture. Our team recently voted us a certified Great Place to Work, and we’re looking for top talent to make us even better. If you thrive in a always evolving, dynamic environment and want to be part of something great, this could be your next big move.
About the role
As Chief Product and Technology Officer you will lead the strategic direction and delivery of technology and product at Cashrewards, working closely with the CEO, executives, board, and partners to drive innovation and business growth. You will oversee product strategy, and end-to-end technology delivery, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and customer-focused solutions.
In addition, the role develops and empowers high-performing Technology and Product teams, fosters a culture of collaboration and performance, and ensures strong platform performance, cybersecurity, and IT governance across the business.
Your Focus
- Stakeholder Management (Executives, Board, and Partners): Collaborate with the CEO, executive leadership team and the board to define and reimagine how technology can drive the business into the future.
- Leadership & Team Development: Lead the Technology and Product teams to deliver on our new vision, roadmap and build secure highly scalable mobile, web, data, martech and corporate IT platforms. Foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork, drive high performance and encourage innovation.
- Product Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy aligned with the company’s overall objectives.
- Product Development: Ensure the delivery of high-quality products on time and within budget, while maintaining a focus on user experience and customer satisfaction.
- Technology Delivery: Manage the Technology budget, including cost optimisation and budget forecasting. Manage and optimise software delivery processes and DevOps practices across product management, software development and release management. Combine technical strategy, AI, and org design expertise to lead teams that co-create with intelligent systems, not just build them.
- Technology Operations (Platform Performance, Reliability, and Cybersecurity): Manage the businesses technology architecture maintaining and enhancing application architecture of core business platforms to enable secure & efficient software delivery. Enhance Cashrewards platform infrastructure, enabling ongoing improvements in performance, scalability and reliability.
- Platform Performance Management: Ensure the business achieves an optimal balance in the use of third-party systems, services, and platforms, and maintain the relationships with third party system and platform providers.
- Cybersecurity & Risk Management: Ensure the creation and implementation of policies, procedures, and processes to ensure the business is not only compiles but exceeds its legal and regulatory obligations in relation to cybersecurity requirements, customer data and other core business data assets.
- Corporate IT: Ensuring corporate networks, infrastructure and computing service delivery for Cashrewards team, partners and contractors.
About You
- Experience in managing and influencing executive, board, and senior stakeholders across all levels of the business.
- Experience in a senior product and/or technology leadership role, ideally in a growth tech environment.
- Experience in rolling out AI technologies and tooling to improve cycle time and enhance workflows.
- Technical acumen and an ability to lead technology and product teams.
- Ability to align product and technology strategies with broader business goals, driving revenue growth, customer value and market differentiation.
- Uses commercial acumen when managing product and technology budgets, including effective forecasting and cost control.
- Experience fostering high-performance and collaborative cultures across both product and technology.
- Expertise in crafting and executing product strategies, setting clear roadmaps, and prioritising initiatives for impact.
- You have detailed knowledge of software development processes, DevOps best practices, and automated quality assurance.
- Have applied knowledge in technical proficiency in scalable architecture design, infrastructure resilience, and managing high-performing platforms.
- Showcase comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, compliance obligations, and proactive risk mitigation.
- Well-versed in identifying and managing risks related to, data privacy, and transaction security.
A little bit about us
We’re Cashrewards—a shopping gateway to cashback deals and more from Australia’s leading brands, proudly backed by 1835i, one of Australia’s leading venture funds. We’ve grown from a startup in 2014 with a noble cause into an Australian success story, scaling with a bright future.
Giving back is in our DNA. It’s a huge part of why we show up every day. Not only do we help more than 2 million members earn cashback, we also donate to the Starlight Foundation every time our members redeem their cashback, helping over 64,000 sick kids and counting. We’re evolving, looking for new ways to help customers feel like they’ve won at shopping. With over 2,000 of Australia’s biggest brands as our clients, our retail media proposition, Circuit by Cashrewards, enables them to connect with our high-purchase-intent members and measure the results.
We’re building a high-performance culture where innovation, continuous learning, and iteration are key to delivering exceptional outcomes for our members and clients. As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a continuously evolving environment that values flexibility and trust. Our flexible working policy allows you to decide where and how you work best with our hybrid work environment and our Sydney CBD office.
Our promise to you is simple: At Cashrewards, we’re here to support your growth, well-being, and success. You’ll be empowered to make an impact while enjoying perks like double cashback, access to wellness programs like Headspace, and the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Together, we’ll help you grow your career while contributing to a mission that truly gives back.