Product Manager

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Collaboration with global colleagues

Job summary

Morningstar Research, Inc. (Canada) is seeking a Product Manager to lead the Investment API roadmap within Data Access Services, collaborating with product owners to deliver value to Morningstar Direct Platform.

As the role matures, you will build quality management frameworks, dashboards, and tools to surface platform health and data quality, coordinating with service owners to optimize release cadence. You will translate customer needs into actionable requirements, work with engineering in an

Qualifications

• 3+ years in product management with data/API products or data services.
• Translate customer needs into executable requirements and backlog items.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and execute the roadmap for Investment API, delivering clear requirements and outcomes.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of initiatives, ensuring scope and quality.
• Author and maintain product artifacts: user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint goals, release notes.
• Develop operational dashboards showing platform health, data quality, and SLA performance.

Skills

SQL

Agile delivery

Backlog management

Story authoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Product management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Role

Product Platform Services group is a single hub through which all Morningstar Direct Platform products access Morningstar data and analytics. Within this organization, Data Access Services power product teams with fast, consistent, and entitlement-aware data delivery, covering data retrieval, screening, metadata discovery, entity lookup, and third-party license management. We are looking for a Product Manager who will start by working with product owner to drive the roadmap delivery of Investment API within Data Access Services. As you deepen your understanding of the platform, the role is expected to evolve toward developing and maintaining quality management framework, tools and dashboards as products within Data Access Services, working closely with services owners to enable the delivery of high-quality, reliable and sophisticated data to products.

Responsibilities

Maintain and execute the roadmap for Investment API, translating defined product priorities into clear requirements, well-scoped, deliverable outcomes for the squad. Drive end-to-end delivery of prioritized initiatives, keeping work on track from requirements through release against agreed scope and quality outcomes. Author and maintain product artifacts: user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint goals, and release notes. Work closely with the squad to clarify requirements, resolve day-to-day trade-offs, and maintain sprint velocity. Support sprint planning and release coordination in partnership with the engineering lead. As the role matures, develop and continuously improve operational dashboards that surface real-time visibility into platform health, data quality, release cadence, and SLA performance, translating those insights into the operational changes needed and partnering with service owners to drive adoption of best practices.

Requirements

3+ years of product management experience, preferably focusing on data/content API products or enterprise data service. Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs into executable requirements and backlog items. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data requirements, use SQL to analyze data, and make data-driven prioritization decisions. Strong ownership and ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and influence stakeholders without formal authority. Proficiency in Agile delivery including backlog management, story authoring, and sprint planning. Strong communication skills in writing, conversation and presentation and ability to engage the team members and stakeholders effectively. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Compensation

Base Salary Compensation Range $75,600.00-$110,874.00 Incentive Target Percentage 12.5% Annual Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you\'ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

100_MstarResCanad Morningstar Research, Inc. (Canada) Legal Entity Morningstar is a global independent investment research and financial data company. Here, you\'ll help uncover what’s hidden, simplify what’s complex, and create insights that empower investor success. Company overview Morningstar Development Program Morningstar is strongly committed to creating and preserving equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We make all employment decisions—including recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination, and other personnel matters—without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship, gender identity and expression, parental status, or other legally protected characteristics or conduct.