Product Owner

Who We Are

At Portfolio we empower financial institutions with secure scalable and customerfirst solutions. As a proudly Canadian company were at the forefront of open finance delivering cuttingedge cloud technology that simplifies operations enhances security and drives innovation. Our team thrives in a collaborative growthoriented environment where ideas matter and impact is real. If youre passionate about fintech innovation and making a difference Portfolio is the place to build your career.

Who you are:

As a Product Owner you are responsible for driving the development and implementation of new and existing functionality ensuring solution align with business objectives and industry standards. You will take full ownership of your initiatives from gathering and refining requirements to overseeing testing and release ensuring the highest quality deliverables.

As part of the Product Management team you will collaborate with crossfunctional teams and contribute to strategic initiatives support critical productrelated tasks and help drive the organizations success by delivering solutions that empower Canadians in managing their daytoday banking with our Canadian financial partners.

What youll do:

Product Backlog Epics and User Story Development:

• Prioritize and consistently groom your product backlog ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.

• Define refine and prioritize Epics User Stories and Acceptance criteria to ensure the development team has clear actionable tasks that align to the definition of done (DoD)

• Collaborate with stakeholders and your development Squad to gather requirements clarify expectations and ensure that work assigned in Sprint aligns with the overall product vision objectives and priorities.

Stakeholder Management:

• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team ensuring clear and consistent communication of product goals and progress. Progress is ideally communicated asynchronously via burndown charts and sprint demos.

• Gather and prioritize stakeholder requirements feedback and expectations integrating them into the product backlog to ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Governance maintain oversight of sprints and initiatives in flight communicating impediments (and your successes) to the governance board.

• Be an advocate for change management and continuous improvement.

Sprint Planning and Review:

• Lead and facilitate sprint planning meetings ensuring the development team understand the highest priority items and has clear direction for the upcoming sprint and ideally an idea of what is queued next.

• Looking over the horizon and can effectively communicate the north star to your pods.

• Review and assess sprint progress during sprint reviews gathering feedback from the development team and stakeholders to adjust priorities and refine the product backlog as needed.

Product Launch and Sales/Marketing Support:

• Collaborate with sales & marketing teams to develop and execute comprehensive product launch plans ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and market strategies.

• Provide product expertise and support to sales and marketing teams assist with the creation of marketing materials sales enablement tools and training sessions to effectively communicate product features and benefits.

What you bring:

• Deep domain expertise in financial services and banking with a strong understanding of industry regulations market trends and customer needs.

• Ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear product requirements ensuring solutions align with business objectives and compliance standards.

• Experience working with financial technology (FinTech) solutions including digital banking payments lending or core banking systems.

• Familiarity with software development practices and technologies.

• Demonstrated success utilizing Agile program management estimation and delivery methodologies.

• Working knowledge of JIRA Confluence and the Microsoft 365 product suite.

• Strong business sense and the ability to align product decisions with overall company strategy.

• Understanding of applicable metrics that ensure product profitability and costeffectiveness.

• Deep understanding of customer behavior and requirements to drive usercentric product development.

• Demonstrated leadership in guiding and influencing crossfunctional teams without direct authority fostering collaboration and alignment toward product goals.

• Experience in leading product development from concept to launch.

• Strong decisionmaking skills and the ability to take ownership of product outcomes.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders including executives customers and endusers.

• Skilled in facilitating meetings and workshops.

• Strong analytical skills to identify and resolve productrelated issues.

• Ability to make datadriven decisions and prioritize tasks effectively.

• Experience in navigating complex challenges and finding innovative solutions.

What We Offer:

• Be part of a dynamic innovative team where your ideas directly shape our sales strategy and market presence.

• Flexible working arrangements (hybrid remote or inoffice) designed to support worklife balance.

• Comprehensive benefits package starting from day one including health coverage paid time off and volunteer days.

• Competitive salary annual bonus program and participation in our employee stock option plan.

• Access to continuous learning opportunities a robust learning management system and a tuition reimbursement program.

• Tools and technology provided (laptop headset monitors) to set you up for success.

• A supportive environment that values your growth success and contributions to our customers achievements.

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals who can contribute to the continued diversification of our organization including those from equitydeserving groups that have been historically underrepresented in the workforce.

In alignment with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 Portfolio provides accommodation upon request throughout the recruitment selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. Please reach out to for any questions or requests.