Product Owner

Agility; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Collaborative culture

RRSP matching

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Agility PR Solutions is seeking a Product Owner to translate market and customer needs into actionable items for our Engineering team, helping build production-grade agentic workflows and AI-driven applications.

This fully remote role reports to the VP of Product Development and collaborates with Sales Enablement, Customer Success, Channel Partnerships and leadership to deliver valuable business solutions for PR professionals.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a Product Owner in an Agile environment.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent).
• Experience working with SaaS products and API integrations.
• Demonstrated experience using data analytics to guide product decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the voice of the client with the Agile software development team.
• Develop scope and backlog items (epics/features/user stories) to guide the team.
• Solve product-related problems and perform trade-offs to meet commitments.
• Understand end-to-end customer experience and dependencies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders during visioning and concept development.
• Prioritize stories, epics, and themes to maximize value.

Skills

Product Owner

Agile methodologies

SaaS products

API integrations

Data analytics

Communication

Leadership

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Agility PR Solutions is a global leader in media intelligence and PR technology. Founded in 2003, we help communications teams around the world drive awareness, make smarter decisions, and protect their reputation when it matters most. Our enterprise-grade platform unifies media relations, media monitoring, social listening, AI visibility, and media intelligence into a single seamless system—turning overwhelming streams of coverage and conversation into decision-ready intelligence. Recognized for ease of use, results, and customer support, Agility is one of the most trusted names in media intelligence. Our mission is to empower the voices that shape the world's narratives, and we're looking for people who want to help us do it.

About the role :

Reporting to the Vice President of Product Development, the Product Owneris responsible forunderstanding market and customer needs and translating them into clear and actionable items for our Engineering team. Agility isfocused on building production-grade agentic workflows and AI-driven applications . You will play a key role in shaping how intelligent agentsoperateacross our platform—driving automation, insight generation, and decision intelligence for PR professionals.

You will act as a customer advocate, and using your strong sense of leadership, you will work collaboratively with our Agile software development team and other stakeholders, includingSales Enablement, Customer Success, Channel Partnerships, and our leadership team to create the best products in our industry. You willbe responsible fordefining requirements and evaluating the work generated by the software engineering team to develop a product that delivers valuable business solutions to our clients and helpsestablishour company as the technology leader in the industry.

What you’ll do:

• Serve as the voice of the client with our Agile software development team.
• Develop scope and define backlog items (epics/features/user stories) that guide the Agile software development team.
• Solve product-related problems, make decisions, complete trade-off analysis to stay on track towards business deliverable commitments.
• Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders during the visioning and concept development of a product.
• Help prioritize stories,epicsand themes to ensure work focuses on initiatives with a maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.
• Work withMarketing to help articulate the value and value proposition for our products.
• Develop appropriately detailed specifications for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development teams.

What you'll bring :

• 2+ years as a Product Owner in an Agile environment.
• Youpossessabachelor’s degree in computer scienceor related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience working with SaaS products and API integrations.
• Demonstrated experience using data analytics,orother quantitative techniques to evaluate and guide product decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills that allow you to clearly communicate to both external users, and internal team members.
• Experience with both JIRA and Confluence.
• You are an avid problem solver - you will find a way through any challenge and think of hybrid solutions that meet stakeholder needs.
• You are a leader/self-starter with vital project planning and organization skills.
• You are data drive and use it as part of your decision-making process.
• You'recurious and take an experimental approach to your work, collect feedback at everystepand gather customer data tovalidate, qualify, and refine your work.
• Experience within PR Software and Newswire industry is an asset

Why you'll love it here :

• Fully remote work environment
• Collaborative culture – and key tools enabling it
• Competitive compensation package
• RRSP matching
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Development & Progression opportunities
• Paid Vacation, Personal Days and Sick days
• Flex Fridays in Summer, Week off between Christmas and New Years'
• No Internal Meetings Fridays

Compensation for this role is expected to fall within the range of $90,000-120,000 annually. The final offer will reflect each candidate’s experience, skills, and internal equity.
This is for a vacant position.

AI Usage
We use technology to make hiring smarter, faster, and more personal, never less human. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools help us manage applications efficiently and highlight qualifications that align with each role, allowing our recruiters to focus more on meaningful conversations with candidates.
AI does not make hiring decisions at Agility. Every decision is made by people, our hiring managers and recruitment professionals, who are trained to apply sound judgment and equitable practices at every stage.
We believe technology exists to amplify human insight, not replace it. That belief shapes how we build relationships, tell stories, and grow our teams.

At Agility, we strive every day to build a more inclusive work environment and introduce tools that enable it. We strongly encourage applications from all people regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability status or sexual orientation.

Even if you find yourself not checking all the boxes of our listed requirements but you are excited about this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you anyway. Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application for this role, and other potential role matches open now or in the future.

If, at any stage of the application process, you require accommodation owing to disability or a medical need, please let us know at [e-mail] for us to make appropriate arrangements.

Thank you for your time in reviewing this opportunity, and we hope to hear from you should you find this the right fit!

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