Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $143,076 - $166,922
Grade: Grade in advertisement
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/VLA/CLICS/1904032
About the role
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is undergoing a significant digital transformation to improve efficiency, support partners, and deliver better services to clients. The Product Owner plays a central role in leading the design, prioritisation, and delivery of bespoke digital legal solutions.
Working across Agile and Waterfall environments, the Product Owner defines product vision and strategy, manages the product backlog, and ensures stakeholder needs are translated into actionable user stories and deliverables. The role requires strong collaboration with Solution Architects, Change Managers, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver products that align with organisational objectives and maximise value.
This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you will possess:
Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.
About Victoria Legal Aid
We offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy to those who need it most. With over 1400 staff employed in 16 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems.
Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.
Employee benefits
How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and a completed candidate application form (listed within the file attachments).
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team.
For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Lauren Rolfo, Recruitment and Retention Consultant on (03) 9269 0225 or [email protected].
No agency applications will be accepted.
Applications close by 11.59pm on Sunday 1 February 2026.
Other relevant information
It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community.
VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.