Product Manager, Digital Banking (18 Month Contract)

EQ Bank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

EQ Bank is seeking an experienced digital channels professional to help shape strategy and roadmaps for online and mobile banking. You will support the delivery of new features, ensure uptime, and work with marketing, sales and call center to optimize customer experience.

The role requires 5+ years in Canadian financial services, strong project management, and familiarity with consumer technology and mobile ecosystems. A collaborative Scrum environment and vendor partnerships are key.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in commerce, management, economics, finance, engineering or computer science.
• 5+ years of Canadian financial institution experience leading online and/or mobile banking channels.
• Familiarity with consumer technology and digital interactions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to initiate and execute projects.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Project management experience.
• Familiarity with the mobile ecosystem (apps, mobile payments) is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing strategy and roadmaps for service functionality across channels with business cases and customer experience impact.
• Assist in delivering new products and features in digital channels.
• Support day-to-day operations and uptime of online and mobile channels.
• Maintain industry and competitive awareness to guide improvements.
• Support a leading, intimate customer experience in digital channels.
• Drive Digital Banking projects with internal groups and vendors.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales on digital lead generation and offers.
• Work with call center to ensure smooth operations and low deflected call volume.
• Manage vendor relationships and core technology providers.
• Collaborate with legal, compliance and fraud teams to protect customers and data.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Attention to detail

UX principles

Roadmaps

Agile / Scrum

Mobile & online banking

Vendor management

Financial domain knowledge

Education

Commerce

Management

Economics

Finance

Engineering

Computer Science

MBA

Tools

N/A

Job description

Main Activities:

• Assisting in development of strategy and roadmaps for service functionality in all channels, including financial/experience justification, overall design and customer experience
• Assist in the delivery of new products and features in digital channels
• Assist in the running of the digital channels day-to-day, ensuring their availability to customers
• Maintaining industry and competitive awareness
• Supporting the team in delivering a leading, intimate customer experience in the digital channels
• Driving Digital Banking projects with internal groups and vendors
• Working with marketing and sales on best way to deliver leads and offers in digital service channels
• Working with the call center to ensure smooth operations and low deflected call volume
• Managing various vendor relationships
• Working with legal, compliance, fraud, etc. to ensure protection of Equitable, and especially our customers

Knowledge/Skill

Requirements:

• Post-Secondary Degree in Commerce, Management, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, etc. MBA or other graduate degree a plus.
• 5+ years of Canadian Financial Institution experience leading online and/or mobile banking channels.
• Familiarity and expertise with consumer technology, both common and leading.
• Proven track record of delivering customer-facing service enhancements on a large scale.
• Familiarity with user experience & design principles, specifically for digital interactions.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to initiate and execute projects.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Project management experience.
• Familiarity with the mobile ecosystem (app stores, mobile payment technologies, etc.) is ideal.

Accountability:

• As part of a team, responsible for: customer service experience in online/mobile channels; strategy and roadmaps for service functionality in all channels, including business cases and other justification
• Day-to-day support of online and mobile channels, including monitoring and ensuring uptime and performance
• Drive and manage projects end to end
• Assist in making support decisions for digital channels, i.e., browser support, mobile device/OS support
• Maintaining awareness of industry developments and competitor offerings Vendor management, especially core technology providers
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, legal requirements
• Play a leadership role in the Scrum team to ensure that capabilities are in-scope, on-time and of high quality
• Translate directives and customer needs into backlog items. Serve as the primary source of external information for the Scrum teams, offering clear definitions of the targeted capability, the intended value to the customer and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Assist in the development of product roadmaps. Author, refine and approve backlog items with clearly articulated acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritize backlog contents, ensuring sufficient depth of groomed items for development consumption and commitment.