Digital Product Strategist

House of Commons; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 107,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

35-hour workweek

Job summary

The House of Commons Digital Services and Real Property (DSRP) is seeking a Digital Product Strategist to translate enterprise strategies into product roadmaps aligned with the DSRP plan and technology standards. You will lead architecture reviews and collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and business partners to drive strategic decisions.

You will provide strategic and technical leadership across networking, multimedia, security, IoT, and OT environments, developing standards and roadmaps

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise/network architecture and technology strategy.
• Experience designing and implementing complex enterprise networking environments.
• Experience with IP-based media and professional multimedia networks.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise strategies into product-level direction and roadmaps.
• Lead architecture reviews and technology assessments with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Network architecture

Technology strategy

IP-based media networks

Education

Information Technology degree

System Engineering degree

Tools

SMPTE ST 2110/ST 2022

Dante

NDI

Job description

• Language Requirements: Bilingual (English and French)
• Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026-10-04
• Outcome: Fixed Term
• Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)
• Rate of Pay ($): 107 314 - 135 788
• Classification: ADG-B

Company Description

The House of Commons Administration delivers outstanding services to Members of Parliament and their employees in support of parliamentary democracy. Our success is made possible by our talented and dedicated workforce. We leverage diversity in all its forms and recognize that everyone has valuable contributions to make and the potential for individual growth. If you dream of joining an organization that is small enough for you to be noticed, but big enough to provide you with a meaningful career, then we want to hear from you!

Job Description

The House of Commons’ Digital Services and Real Property (DSRP) is currently seeking to staff the Digital Product Strategist position.

This position requires on-site presence four (4) days per week.
As a Digital Product Strategist, you will translate enterprise strategies into product-level direction and roadmaps aligned with the DSRP Strategic Plan and House of Commons technology standards and priorities. You will work with internal teams, business partners, and vendors to identify interdependencies and support strategic technology and solution decisions.

In this role, you will provide strategic and technical leadership for complex enterprise networking, multimedia, physical security, smart campus, IoT, and operational technology (OT) environments. You will develop enterprise architecture strategies, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps while ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, highly available, and operationally sustainable. Working collaboratively across cybersecurity, infrastructure, facilities, multimedia, and operational teams, you will lead architecture reviews, technology assessments, proof of concepts, modernization initiatives, and strategic planning, while advising senior leadership on technology strategy, risks, investment priorities, and emerging technologies.

Top Reasons to Join the Digital Infrastructure team:
Join a team where you can help shape the future of network technologies supporting the House of Commons’ Physical Security and Digital Media services. You will influence technology roadmaps, explore emerging technologies and provide strategic advice that helps guide future digital products and solutions.

• Training and development opportunities.
• Work-life balance /35-hour workweek

Qualifications

Education:

• Successful completion of a college or university degree in Information Technology, System Engineering, Innovation Management, or another related field; or an acceptable combination of formal education, training, and/or experience in the relevant fields.

Experiences:

• Significant experience in enterprise architecture, network architecture, technology strategy, or a related senior technical leadership role;
• Extensive experience designing and implementing complex enterprise networking environments, including campus, data center, WAN, Internet, cloud, or hybrid networks;
• Strong experience with routing, switching, multicast, QoS, redundancy, high availability, network segmentation, and performance engineering;
• Experience designing, implementing, or supporting IP-based media, broadcast, AV-over-IP, or professional multimedia networks;
• Experience integrating multimedia, physical security, IoT, OT, or building automation systems with enterprise IT networks;
• Experience applying cybersecurity and Zero Trust principles, including identity-based access, segmentation, and secure connectivity;
• Experience with network automation, orchestration, configuration management, telemetry, monitoring, and observability;
• Experience developing architecture standards, reference architectures, governance processes, technology roadmaps, and lifecycle strategies.

Assets:

• Relevant industry certifications in networking, enterprise architecture, or related disciplines;
• Experience with IP media and professional multimedia technologies and standards such as SMPTE ST 2110/ST 2022, IEEE 1588 PTP, Dante, AES67, NDI, or NMOS;
• Experience with BACnet/IP, MQTT, or other IoT and building automation technologies;
• Experience with Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Infrastructure as Code, network orchestration, or advanced network automation;
• Experience developing or implementing smart campus, integrated physical security, IoT, or OT architectures.

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace by providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If you have an accommodation request, require material in an accessible format, or need additional support with the application process, please contact Recruitment and Selection Services at [e-mail] .

Each bilingual position is assigned a linguistic profile that identifies the level of second language proficiency for reading comprehension, written expression and oral interaction required. The profile for this position is BBC. Consideration may be given to candidates with other linguistic profiles.

Priority may be given to employees working for the House of Commons Administration.

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