Senior Product Manager
Job Summary
- Act as the liaison between clients and development teams ensuring business and customer needs are clearly understood and translated into delivery outcomes.
- Translate business strategy into product strategy and subsequently translate product strategy into high-level requirements.
- Own and execute the product roadmap including prioritization based on business and customer impact.
- Lead product planning and execution throughout the entire product lifecycle.
- Gather analyze and prioritize product and customer requirements.
- Define and communicate the product vision ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and goals.
- Develop a deep understanding of the customer experience identify product gaps and generate ideas to improve customer outcomes.
- Manage all aspects of the product lifecycle including customer feedback requirements issues priorities and enhancements.
- Provide insights information and collateral to stakeholders relating to specific product areas.
- Create buy-in for the product vision among internal stakeholders and key external partners.
- Act as the Product Owner in Agile ceremonies and actively support Agile delivery practices.
- Scope and prioritize activities based on business value and customer impact.
- Translate product strategy and requirements into detailed requirements and prototypes where appropriate.
- Work closely with engineering and development teams to support timely delivery and optimal use of resources.
- Drive product launches and coordinate with executives communications/public relations teams and other product management stakeholders.
- Develop and support product pricing and positioning strategies where applicable.
- Evaluate promotional and communication plans to ensure alignment with product strategy and that product messaging is effectively communicated.
- Act as a product evangelist building awareness and understanding of the product across stakeholder groups.
- Represent the product and organization when engaging with customers and stakeholders to solicit feedback on products and services.
- Operate effectively in an Agile fast-paced data-driven environment.
- 8 years of experience in Product Management.
- Experience in the Data & AI domain.
- Experience with both Agile and traditional project management methodologies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to act as a liaison between clients and development teams.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into product strategy and high-level requirements.
- Demonstrated experience owning and executing product roadmaps.
- Experience providing insights and collateral to stakeholders concerning specific product areas.
- Experience managing products throughout their lifecycle including customer feedback requirements and issues.
- Experience acting as a Product Owner in Agile ceremonies.
- Ability to work effectively in an Agile fast-paced data-driven environment.
- Relevant education.
- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working within environments involving multiple stakeholders and clients.
- Strong understanding of customer experience product gaps product opportunities and product growth.
- Experience working closely with engineering teams to achieve quick time-to-market and optimal resource utilization.
- Product strategy and vision
- Product roadmap ownership
- Product lifecycle management
- Requirements gathering and prioritization
- Customer experience
- Data & AI product environments
- Product Owner responsibilities
- Agile product delivery
- Business-to-product strategy translation
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing and negotiation
- Client relationship management
- Executive communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Verbal and written communication
- Ability to create stakeholder buy-in
- Communication between business clients product and technical teams
Required Skills:
Mandatory Skills & Qualifications Candidates must demonstrate the following: 8 years of experience in Product Management. Experience in the Data & AI domain. Experience with both Agile and traditional project management methodologies. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to act as a liaison between clients and development teams. Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into product strategy and high-level requirements. Demonstrated experience owning and executing product roadmaps. Experience providing insights and collateral to stakeholders concerning specific product areas. Experience managing products throughout their lifecycle including customer feedback requirements and issues. Experience acting as a Product Owner in Agile ceremonies. Ability to work effectively in an Agile fast-paced data-driven environment. Relevant education. Preferred Qualifications Experience working with large-scale distributed systems. Experience working within environments involving multiple stakeholders and clients. Strong understanding of customer experience product gaps product opportunities and product growth. Experience working closely with engineering teams to achieve quick time-to-market and optimal resource utilization. Core Competencies Product Management 50% Product strategy and vision Product roadmap ownership Product lifecycle management Requirements gathering and prioritization Customer experience Data & AI product environments Product Owner responsibilities Agile product delivery Business-to-product strategy translation Interpersonal Skills 50% Stakeholder management Influencing and negotiation Client relationship management Executive communication Cross-functional collaboration Verbal and written communication Ability to create stakeholder buy-in Communication between business clients product and technical teams Work Arrangement 100% onsite 5 days per week Location: 222 Jarvis Street Toronto Ontario Candidates must be comfortable working onsite in Toronto five days per week. Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a Senior Product Manager with 8 years of hands-on product management experience preferably within complex enterprise or government environments. They should have strong Data & AI domain experience a proven track record of owning product roadmaps translating business strategy into product requirements and working closely with technical/development teams. Strong stakeholder management influencing communication Agile delivery and Product Owner experience are critical to success in this position.
Required Education:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business Administration Engineering Data Science or a related fieldMasters degree in Business Administration (MBA) Computer Science Information Technology Data Science Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline is an assetProduct Management Agile/Scrum or Product Owner certification is an assetRelevant formal training in Product Management Data & AI Agile Scrum or traditional project management is an asset