Product Manager

CoFoMo Inc.; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CoFoMo Inc. in Montreal, QC, seeks a senior Product Owner to drive digital solutions and maximize business value. You will manage the product backlog, align stakeholders, and ensure delivery of features in Agile or hybrid environments.

You bring five+ years in product ownership with strong Dynamics 365 Project Operations experience, plus the ability to translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Five+ years as Product Owner managing digital products in the last ten years.
• At least three+ years with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations.
• Experience structuring, prioritizing, and managing a backlog.
• Deep knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management principles.
• Digital product management experience in Agile or hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as main liaison between clients, users, implementation teams and governance bodies, communicating directions and decisions.
• Lead or participate in workshops, demos, reviews, agile ceremonies and decision-making committees.
• Manage backlog priorities, risks and decisions; contribute to increments and iterations planning.
• Collaborate with analysts, Dynamics configurators, architects, developers and other stakeholders to clarify needs.
• Validate mockups, configurations and deliverables against business needs and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure traceability of requirements and provide management information for decisions.
• Define and monitor product performance indicators and prioritize improvements.
• Assist in adoption strategies, communications, and communities of practice for PPMS.

Skills

Product ownership

Backlog management

Stakeholder collaboration

User stories & acceptance criteria

Agile / hybrid delivery

Education

CSPO/PSPO/SAFe PO certification

PMP / PMI-ACP or Agile/Scrum certification

Microsoft Dynamics 365 certification

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations

Microsoft Power Platform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact between clients (developers), users, implementation teams and governance bodies, while ensuring the communication of directions and decisions;
• Lead or participate in workshops, demonstrations, product reviews, agile ceremonies and decision-making committees;
• Manage the backlog by presenting priorities, risks and required decisions, while contributing to the planning of increments and iterations;
• Collaborate with functional analysts, Dynamics configurators, architects, developers, Power Platform specialists and other stakeholders to clarify business needs and support delivery activities;
• Validate mockups, prototypes, configurations, functionalities and functional deliverables to ensure their compliance with business needs and acceptance criteria;
• Ensure the traceability of requirements, document the orientations adopted and produce the management information necessary for decision-making;
• Define and monitor product performance indicators, evaluate the value generated by the implemented features and prioritize improvements according to user needs;
• Contribute to the identification of organizational impacts, the preparation of functional communications, adoption pathways, super-users and communities of practice in order to promote the adoption of PPMS;
• Participate in the qualification of incidents, distinguish between service and evolution requests, prioritize and validate patches as well as recommend improvements to reduce irritants and functional debt;
• Collaborate with the system pilot, support teams, and stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement of the solution and evolution of the PPMS.

Profile

• Have at least five (5) years of experience, acquired within the last ten (10) years, as a Product Owner, involving the management of products or digital solutions;
• Have at least three (3) years of experience with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations solution;
• Demonstrate experience in structuring, prioritizing and managing a product backlog;
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management principles;
• Demonstrate significant experience in digital product management in Agile or hybrid environments, including business value prioritization and incremental delivery;
• Experience in writing user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and business rules;
• Have collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, including business, information technology, data, security, operations, governance, and change management teams;
• Experience in complex environments involving multiple administrative units, multiple stakeholders or multiple organizations;
• Have participated in projects to deploy, evolve or optimize enterprise digital solutions;
• Demonstrate excellent analytical, synthetic, popularization, and communication skills;
• Hold a certification in product management or Product Owner, such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) or SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (Asset);
• Hold a certification in project management or Agile methods, such as PMP, PMI-ACP or a recognized Agile/Scrum certification (Asset);
• Have a Microsoft certification related to the solution's environment, including Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Power BI, or Azure DevOps (Asset);
• Hold a change management certification, such as Prosci or an equivalent certification (Asset).