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James Cox

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

As a Product Owner and Digital Product Manager, I bring seven years of experience in designing and managing service websites, e-commerce platforms, and mobile applications.

I have a demonstrated history of driving digital strategy and delivering high-quality channels and features that improve user experience and fulfill business strategic objectives.

I am adept at leading scrum teams to develop digital features and platforms that provide value to both the business and its customers across the entire software development life cycle.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Digital Product Owner/Product Manager (Contract)

AIA Health
Melbourne, VIC, VIC
01.2023 - 08.2024

Led the development and implementation of new digital sales channels, incorporating integration with third party sales channels, as well as improvements to legacy sales channels and self service portals.

  • Successfully managed the product backlog for two major projects while also handling BAU tasks for multiple online and third-party sales channels. Ensured that all tasks were up-to-date based on strategic goals, business value, regulatory guidelines, and customer needs.
  • Developed a sales-driven product roadmap in accordance with AIA Health's business objectives.
  • Crafted precise user stories and supplied well-defined acceptance criteria for the development team to comprehend the project requirements.
  • Engaged stakeholders, gathered requirements, provided updates to ensure their needs were met
  • Translated the product strategy into practical and implementable tasks for the scrum team.
  • Facilitated clear communication and alignment of expectations between the scrum team and stakeholders.
  • Informed product decisions through the use of analytical tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics and Hotjar.
  • Ensured continuous product value delivery aligned with business goals.
  • Planned and supported project delivery for multiple releases, introducing new sales channels that accounted for 14% of all AIA Health customers within one year.
  • Developed story cards for a new corporate channel and partner service portal.
  • Managed successful delivery of API migration, enhancing performance for both internal and external sales channels.

Senior Digital Product Owner (Contract)

South East Water
Frankston, VIC, VIC
06.2022 - 11.2022

Managed corporate website and salesforce self-service portal, implementing enhancements and BAU tasks.

  • Provided clear project goals, objectives and deliverables.
  • Devised comprehensive project strategies encompassing all essential aspects such as timelines, resources and milestones.
  • Responsible for overseeing content management and release operations on both corporate website and Salesforce customer self-service portal.
  • Championed the launch of a comprehensive Adobe CMS workflow administration system, leading to effective streamlining of content approval procedures.
  • Delivered an enhanced leak reporting feature resulting in reduced reporting errors.
  • Implemented agile methodologies for efficient project management.

Digital Product Owner

Suncorp Group
Melbourne, VIC, VIC
12.2017 - 05.2022

Aligned development processes with digital and business strategies, enhancing new feature delivery across authenticated and unauthenticated service channels.

  • Ensured up-to-date prioritization of backlog items for the corporate website, customer self-service platform, and mobile application in sync with strategic goals, business value, regulatory requirements as well as end user satisfaction.
  • Aligned product vision with overall business strategy.
  • Ensured the development team's understanding by defining user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
  • Took charge of stakeholder interaction by gathering requirements, consistently updating them, and fulfilling their needs.
  • Broke down product strategy into manageable tasks, facilitating implementation by scrum teams.
  • Leveraged Adobe and Google Analytics to drive data-based decision making for product improvements.
  • Delivered value to clients by maintaining alignment with business goals throughout product lifecycle
  • Increasing digital self-service transactions by 11% through leadership and implementation of various digital optimization initiatives.
  • Led successful delivery of personalised experiences which led to a 9% increase in online renewals.
  • Developed and launched a sophisticated online banking account generation system via the Suncorp mobile application, producing eight customer sign-ups per day.
  • Delivered a document repository accessible through multi-factor authentication that resulted in over 300 daily transactions.
  • Enhanced error handling in the link policy feature of the website, resulting in a remarkable 90% decrease in policy linking failures.
  • Enhanced user experience through effective integration of native mobile app with third party loyalty platform.
  • Led delivery of life insurance initiatives, including API migration and enhancements to digital self-service for various Life insurance products within the Suncorp group.

Education

Graduate Certificate - Programming And Development

Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, VIC
10.2025

Certificate - Customer Experience Strategy & Design

RMIT
Melbourne
08.2021

Certificate - Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt

Knowledgehut
Melbourne
10.2015

Diploma - Information Technology

Holmesglen TAFE
Chadstone
06.2001

Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Agile and Scrum Methodologies
  • Technical Knowledge
  • Customer Empathy
  • Strategic Thinking and Planning
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Project Management
  • Confluence,JIRA, Adobe AEM, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics
  • Lean Business Case

Affiliations

  • Scouts Victoria - Assistant Group Leader

Certification

  • Certified Product Owner/Product
    Manager, Scaled Agile Framework
    (SAFe) - 2020 - Present

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Limited

Timeline

Digital Product Owner/Product Manager (Contract)

AIA Health
01.2023 - 08.2024

Senior Digital Product Owner (Contract)

South East Water
06.2022 - 11.2022

Digital Product Owner

Suncorp Group
12.2017 - 05.2022

Graduate Certificate - Programming And Development

Swinburne University of Technology

Certificate - Customer Experience Strategy & Design

RMIT

Certificate - Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt

Knowledgehut

Diploma - Information Technology

Holmesglen TAFE
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