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Product Manager / Product Owner

Product Manager / Product Owner

JLI Consulting Talent SearchWoodbridge ON
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$50,000.00–CA$150,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

As a Product Manager :

  • Develop a deep and broad understanding of the entire business, with an emphasis on expertise within a Domain Group
  • Domain Ownership : Manage solutions that span multiple projects / initiatives in order to build scalable solution sets that do not just simply meet the ‘one-off’ needs of a given IT project or initiative
  • Thought leadership : Think beyond the immediate short-term requirements to delivery of a broad set of interrelated solutions that fit the long-term needs of the organization
  • Process Leadership : Work with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery teams to ensure that the process to delivery is scalable, repeatable and reliable
  • Work with business stakeholders, senior management and internal IT stakeholders in order to build strategic, solution focused product roadmaps that deliver on higher level business objectives
  • Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to ensure that the strategies and technologies employed are in alignment with the organization’s enterprise architecture, goals and strategies.
  • Communicate constantly with other Product Managers and Product Owners to align roadmaps and provide complimentary products and Liaise with business, IT and management stakeholders to garner agreement on initiatives and solutions
  • Effectively manage and balance large-scale initiatives, enhancements, and maintenance activities
  • Estimate, communicate, and defend an annual budget for each domain in product group and provide accurate quarterly actuals and forecasts
  • Track, communicate, and be accountable for scope, timelines, and financials to IT Management, Business Stake Holders and Senior Management
  • Track, communicate, and be accountable for the operational cost, quality, stability, and effectiveness of domain to IT Management, Business Stake Holders and Senior Management.
  • Maintain and communicate changes to Product Domain Documents for each product in domain group
  • Work collaboratively with one or more product owners to ensure the effective day to day management of one or more backlogs
  • Product roadmap management
  • High level and detailed requirements gathering
  • Research & analyze a broad range of products and services and industry trends
  • Manage customer, internal stakeholder, and vendor expectations
  • Manage / oversee vendor relationships, overseeing & managing RFP / RFI efforts as well as contract & pricing negotiations
  • Foster open communication / transparency using frequent & regular reporting

As a Product Owner :

  • High level and detailed requirements gathering
  • Ability to story map and visually depict requirements
  • Product roadmap management
  • Gather customer satisfaction data and recommend changes for improvement
  • Engage Business users to define priorities requiring the support of IT
  • Research & analyze a broad range of products and services and industry trends
  • Manage customer, internal stakeholder, and vendor expectations
  • Manage / oversee vendor relationships, overseeing & managing RFP / RFI efforts as well as contract & pricing negotiations
  • Foster open communication / transparency using frequent & regular Reporting

    • Qualifications

  • 3+ years of Product Management experience in software and IT services industry
  • 3+ years of Product Owner experience in an Agile Scrum organization
  • 10+ years of Information Technology experience delivering enterprise software solutions
  • Must have training and / or direct experience with Agile Scrum
  • Technically literate, familiar with emerging technologies and trends in information architecture
  • Strong knowledge and / or aptitude for market & product analysis, business analysis & requirements gathering
  • Experience with backlog / portfolio management tools
  • Business Process Modelling experience an asset
  • Must be comfortable with a user centric design approach, driving requirements through use case modelling and storyboarding
  • Must be able to author / drive creation of Business Cases and product centric financial models
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and IT governance
  • Mid level to senior knowledge of Business Analysis standards / tools and methodologies
  • Must have experience with vendor management, procurement management, and contract negotiation
  • Highly motivated, natural leader with initiative and passion to succeed in an informal, fast paced environment
  • Strong communication skills. (Presentation skills, written and verbal)
  • Ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders and partners
  • Strong abilities to garner trust and credibility from stakeholders and team members. Display a sense of ownership, and exhibit flexibility, resilience, and resourcefulness
  • Relevant university degree / college diploma