PRODUCT OWNER

BDC; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package including wellness &

Hybrid work model

Learning & development opportunities

Employee Savings and Investment Plan

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Job summary

BDC is seeking a Product Owner to drive the evolution and optimization of a portfolio of loan lifecycle management applications. The candidate will define business priorities, maximize value, and ensure alignment between business partners and platform capabilities.

Based in Montreal with a hybrid work model, you will collaborate with stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to evolve processes, improve UX, and increase operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• University degree in business administration, computer science, information technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product management role.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and principles.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including developers, BA, QA, Scrum Masters and other stakeholders.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Define, manage, and evolve the roadmap of multiple products in alignment with the company’s strategic priorities.
• Maximize the business value delivered by the applications under your responsibility.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to collect, analyze and prioritize business needs.
• Identify user issues and recommend continuous improvements to processes, features, 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 environment by continuously adjusting priorities, deliverables, opportunities, and risks as needs change.
• Ensure alignment between business partners, technology teams, and product goals.
• Track progress indicators and communicate the progress of initiatives to stakeholders.
• Support users and partners in understanding and using team dashboards and performance indicators.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Bilingual (French/English)

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Decision making

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's 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

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 Product Owner to drive the evolution and optimization of a portfolio of applications related to loan lifecycle management.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining business priorities, maximizing the value delivered and ensuring alignment between the needs of business partners and the capabilities of the various platforms under his or her responsibility.

Working closely with stakeholders, this person will contribute to the evolution of processes, improving the user experience and identifying opportunities to increase operational efficiency. The ideal candidate has a good understanding of financing processes, a strong ability to influence and collaborate, as well as a results-oriented approach and value creation.

The successful candidate will join a squad in the Product Fulfillment area as a Product Owner and will play a pivotal role in the evolution of solutions supporting BDC’s financing activities.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Define, manage, and evolve the roadmap of multiple products in alignment with the company’s strategic priorities.
• Maximize the business value delivered by the applications under your responsibility.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to collect, analyze and prioritize business needs.
• Identify user issues and recommend continuous improvements to processes, features, 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 environment by continuously adjusting priorities, deliverables, opportunities, and risks as needs change.
• Ensure alignment between business partners, technology teams, and product goals.
• Track progress indicators and communicate the progress of initiatives 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 Product Owner or in a similar product management role.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and principles.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including developers, business analysts (BA), quality assurance (QA) specialists, Scrum Masters and other stakeholders.
• 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 in the banking, financial services or trade finance sector.
• Knowledge of funding and loan lifecycle management processes.
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification.
• Experience managing a portfolio of products or applications.
• Experience in a digital transformation or technology product delivery environment.

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