Platform Owner

bdc; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Savings & Investment Plan

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Wellness & health care spending

Hybrid work model

Learning & development

Job summary

BDC is seeking a Platform Owner to lead the evolution of AI products within the AI Platforms & Products family. You will define business priorities, align business needs with technology capabilities, and guide AI opportunities from discovery to delivery, operationalization, and continuous improvement.

The role requires strong product management skills and a practical understanding of AI, with a value-driven and user-centred approach.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze business needs, prioritize and make value-based decisions.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including data scientists and engineers.
• Strong communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Bilingual in French and English.
• Experience as Platform Owner or Product Owner in an AI/tech environment.

Responsibilities

• Define, manage, and evolve the AI product roadmaps.
• Maximize measurable business and user value of AI products.
• Collaborate with partners, data scientists, engineers, and governance teams.
• Frame AI opportunities around user problems and outcomes.
• Translate objectives into clear delivery priorities.
• Manage product backlog and prioritization based on impact.
• Operate in an Agile, iterative environment with discovery and feedback.
• Ensure alignment across architecture, security, privacy, and governance.
• Track progress and communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
• Support users in understanding team dashboards and KPIs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Bilingual French/English

Agile methodologies

Product Owner experience

AI product understanding

Education

University degree in business/CS/IT or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Job description

We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:Flexible and competitive benefits , including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days , sick days as necessary , and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

Opportunities for learning , training and development , and much more...

Explore the BDC Way in our Culture Book

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Platform Owner to lead the evolution of artificial intelligence products and capabilities within an AI squad that is part of the AI Platforms & Products product family.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining business priorities, maximizing the value delivered and ensuring alignment among business needs of business partners and technology capabilities.

Working closely with business partners, data and technology teams, risk and governance functions, and stakeholders, this person will help identify high-value AI opportunities and guide them from discovery through assessment, delivery, operationalization, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate combines strong product management skills with a practical understanding of AI and a value-driven, responsible, and user-centred approach.

The successful candidate will join an Artificial Intelligence squad within the AI Platforms & Products product family as Platform Owner and will play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, reusable, and responsible AI products that support BDC's strategic priorities.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Define, manage, and evolve the roadmap for AI products and capabilities in alignment with the AI Platforms & Products portfolio and BDC's strategic priorities.
• Maximize measurable business and user value delivered by the AI products under your responsibility.
• Collaborate with business partners, data scientists, AI and software engineers, architects, solution designers, risk and governance teams, and other stakeholders to collect, analyze and prioritize business needs and opportunities.
• Frame AI opportunities around clear user problems and outcomes, validate assumptions through experimentation, and recommend continuous improvements to product capabilities and user experience.
• Translate business objectives into clear priorities for the delivery team.
• Assess the value of initiatives, manage the product backlog, and prioritize work based on expected impact.
• Work in an Agile, iterative environment, using discovery, experimentation, and feedback to adjust priorities, deliverables, opportunities, and risks as needs and AI capabilities evolve.
• Ensure alignment among business partners, technology teams, product goals, enterprise architecture, security, privacy, data governance, and responsible AI requirements.
• Track progress indicators and communicate the progress, decisions, and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Support users and partners in understanding and using team dashboards and performance indicators.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in business administration, computer science, information technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Platform or a Product Owner, or in a similar product management role.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and principles.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams that may include data scientists, AI and software engineers, architects, designers, business analysts, quality assurance specialists, Scrum Masters, and governance partners.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Demonstrated communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Ability to analyze business needs, prioritize and make value-oriented decisions.
• Ability to evolve in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and sometimes incomplete information.
• Bilingualism in French and English.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience delivering AI, machine learning, generative AI, advanced analytics, or data-driven products.
• Understanding of AI product life cycles, experimentation, model performance, data dependencies, and responsible AI considerations.
• Experience in the banking, financial services or trade finance sector.
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification.
• Experience managing a portfolio of products or capabilities used by multiple business teams.
• Experience in a digital transformation or technology