At ASB, we’re here to help our customers get one step ahead. Behind that purpose is a team of curious, courageous people who care deeply about delivering better experiences—every day.

Lead a Workforce Identity squad within the I&I Platform, owning services across identity governance, workforce IAM, and directory services. Accountable for outcomes across service, technology and process.

As an Associate Product Owner, you’ll play a key role in leading the delivery of service and experience outcomes within your squad.

You’ll translate customer and business needs into a clear, prioritised backlog—enabling consistent, high-quality delivery. Working closely with engineering, design, and stakeholders, you’ll use data and insight to continuously evolve and improve the experiences we deliver.

This is a role where you’ll balance strategy and execution—connecting long-term platform direction with day-to-day delivery.

In this role, you will also lead an integration-focused squad within the I&I Platform, owning delivery across API, event streaming and middleware. You’ll be accountable for outcomes across service, technology and process.

Ngā mea ka mahia e koe | What you’ll do

• Drive modernisation of identity governance and access workflows
• Improve automation across access request, approval and certification
• Strengthen integration between IGA, IAM and directory platforms
• Support uplift to cloud-based identity and access services

We’re looking for someone who is both outcome-focused and collaborative, with a strong ability to connect people, insights, and delivery.

You’ll bring:

• Experience in product, service delivery, or agile environments
• Experience owning or contributing to integration platforms or services
• Hands-on exposure to integration technologies (APIs, Kafka, middleware)
• Experience contributing to modernisation or cloud transformation initiatives
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
• Confidence influencing and aligning stakeholders
• A customer-first mindset, supported by data and insight
• An understanding of risk, compliance, and operational considerations
• Experience working with cross-functional squads (engineering, design, product)
• An ability to balance short-term delivery with longer-term platform evolution