Product Owner

AGT Robotics; Trois-Rivières; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible daytime schedule

Remote work options (depending on the

Job summary

AGT Robotics Inc. is seeking a Product Owner to bridge product direction and development, owning and prioritizing the squad backlog, turning requirements into user stories, and driving agile delivery to ship timely features that meet customer needs.

The role collaborates with engineering, sales, customer success, operations, and stakeholders across product lines, serving as the voice of the customer and accountable for what gets built next.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Product Owner or in agile delivery roles.
• Experience in robotics, automation, manufacturing, or complex technical products is a plus.
• Solid knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience coordinating dependencies across multiple teams or stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Own, create, prioritize, and refine the backlog for your squad, aligned with business value and customer needs.
• Own and maintain the delivery roadmap for your team and align with product-line roadmaps.
• Partner with Product Managers to translate priorities into your squad’s backlog and manage trade-offs.
• Translate business problems into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize features based on value, feedback, complexity, and cost.
• Lead agile ceremonies and provide direction through the delivery cycle.
• Define and uphold the Definition of Done; accept or reject work against criteria.
• Act as the voice of the customer within the squad and integrate market input.
• Contribute to cross-team epics and coordinate dependencies with peer Product Owners.
• Track delivery metrics and use data to inform prioritization and improvement.
• Ensure features are delivered on time, within scope, and feasible technically.
• Support sales for technical feasibility and scope non-standard requests.
• Contribute to sales-facing tools and standards with Product Manager input.
• When sales reshapes the roadmap, ensure delivery aligns with expectations and scope.
• Own delivery documentation and release notes; keep product-line manuals up to date.
• Ensure deliverables meet safety and regulatory requirements before release or gate.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Scrum

Backlog management

Technical fluency

English-French bilingual

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

The Product Owner is the link between product direction and the development team, accountable for maximizing the value the team delivers. The role owns and prioritizes the squad’s backlog, turns requirements into clear user stories, and drives the agile delivery cycle so the right features ship on time and meet customer needs. The Product Owner owns their team’s delivery roadmap and keeps it aligned with the product-line roadmap set by the Director of Products Management and the Product Managers. Working closely with engineering, sales, customer success, operations, and stakeholders across both product lines, the Product Owner is the voice of the customer inside the team and the single point of accountability for what gets built next and whether it is done.

A leaderin the development and manufacture of automated industrial equipment, AGTRobotics Inc. is recognized for its know-how and innovative approach. AGTRobotics Inc. is first and foremost the sum of passionate, creative andcommitted individuals, where the talents of each individual are put to workevery day on major international projects.

MainResponsibilities:

• Own, create, prioritize, andcontinuously refine the backlog for your squad, or where staffing requires formore than one squad, keeping it transparent and aligned with business value andcustomer needs.
• Own andmaintain the delivery roadmap for your team / squad (how its work sequencesover the coming sprints and quarters), and keep it aligned with theproduct-line roadmap owned by the Director of Products Management andProduct Managers.
• Partnerwith Product Managers across both product lines, and with other stakeholders,to translate product-line priorities into your squad’s backlog, reconcilingcompeting demands and escalating trade-off decisions to the Director of Products Management when needed.
• Translatebusiness problems and requirements into clear, concise user stories withwell-defined, testable acceptance criteria.
• Prioritizefeatures and backlog items based on business value, customer feedback,technical complexity, and cost.
• Leadand participate in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement,sprint reviews, and retrospectives), providing direction and feedbackthroughout the cycle.
• Defineand uphold the Definition of Done with the team; accept or reject completedwork against the agreed acceptance criteria.
• Act asthe voice of the customer within the squad: bring in customer feedback andmarket input and anticipate user needs to guide the team proactively.
• Contributeyour squad’s piece to cross-team epics and initiatives led by a ProductManager, coordinating dependencies with peer Product Owners to keep deliveryunblocked.
• Trackdelivery and product metrics (velocity, scope, adoption) and use data to informprioritization and continuous improvement.
• Ensurefeatures are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business andtechnical feasibility.
• Supportsales and quoting for your area by validating technical feasibility andsurfacing execution risks, exclusions, and assumptions; scope what a new ornon-standard request would require and its impact on your squad’s deliveryroadmap, and feed that to the Product Manager to inform the product-lineroadmap decision.
• Contributeto sales-facing qualification tools and standards where useful, incollaboration with the Product Manager and Director of Products Management.
• When asales commitment reshapes the roadmap, see it through to delivery: ensure thesquad delivers on the expectations set during the sales process, providingproduct and component expertise and helping ensure the delivered solutionmatches what was scoped and sold.
• Own thedelivery documentation (functional specifications, user stories, and acceptancecriteria) and your squad’s component release notes; produce and keep accuratethe component documentation (its specs, help / support content, training) thatfeeds the product-line manuals; and treat required documentation as part of theDefinition of Done.
• Ensureeach deliverable meets the applicable safety and regulatory requirements, withconformity and documentation complete, before a release or gate ships.

Requirementsand qualifications required :

• Bachelor’sdegree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or a relatedfield
• Three(3) to five (5) years of experience as a Product Owner, or in roles related toproduct management, business analysis, or agile delivery
• Experiencein the fields of robotics, automation, manufacturing, or other complextechnical products is a plus
• Solidhands-on knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Hands-onexperience with backlog management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
• Experiencecoordinating dependencies across multiple teams or stakeholders
• Technicalfluency sufficient to scope work and collaborate credibly with engineers
• Fluencyin English and French

Here are few great reasons to join us :

• Flexible daytime schedule, Monday to Friday;
• Work-life balance with remote work options (depending on the position);
• Vacation: minimum of 3 weeks per year;
• Personal leave: 40 hours per year;
• 4 additional paid holidays during the holiday season;
• Group insurance plan with 35% paid by the employer;
• Group RRSP with employer contribution;
• Employee referral program offering up to $2,500;
• Health and wellness program: $250 per year;
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.

Join AGT Robotics Inc., where you'll find a dynamic workenvironment built on teamwork, growth, and striving for excellence!

Thank you for your interest; only selected candidates will be contacted.

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