Product Owner Consultant

IFG International Financial Group Ltd; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IFG International Financial Group Ltd is seeking a Product Owner Consultant / Business Analyst for a 12-month hybrid contract in Toronto (81 Bay Street, 30th Floor). In-office Thursdays are required.

You will lead product vision, manage backlogs, refine requirements with stakeholders, support sprint planning, and drive QA activities including UAT and testing in a financial services context. Collaboration across business leaders and technical teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining QA documentation such as test scripts, results, and process flows.
• Ability to define regression test sets and accurately document defects.
• Strong experience preparing detailed business requirements documentation and process flows.
• Advanced data analysis skills to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Proven ability to present test results, defect summaries, and actionable insights to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead product vision, strategy, and backlog management for Corporate Security.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and refine business requirements.
• Translate requirements into actionable user stories to support sprint planning.
• Conduct UAT and manual testing, document results, and resolve defects.
• Maintain QA documentation and regression test sets.
• Utilize Jira and MS Project to track progress in Agile environments.
• Partner with business leaders, technical teams, QA analysts, and project managers.

Skills

Business analysis

QA documentation

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Job description

Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking a Product Owner Consultant // Business Analyst for a 12-month contract (with high potential for extension). This is a hybrid position based at 81 Bay Street (30th Floor), downtown Toronto, with in-office work required on Thursdays.

Responsibilities

• Previous experience in financial services or banking.
• Business process modelling expertise.
• Corporate Security expeo Lead product vision, strategy, and backlog management to support key business initiatives within the Corporate Security, Chief Security Office (CSO).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and refine business requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Support sprint planning and execution by translating requirements into actionable user stories.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and manual testing, document test results, and ensure timely defect resolution.
• Maintain QA documentation such as test scripts, results, and process flows.
• Define regression test sets, track testing progress, and report findings.
• Analyze data to identify trends, opportunities for process improvement, and risk mitigation.
• Prepare and present test results, defect summaries, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• o Utilise project management tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project) to track progress, manage deliverables, and ensure alignment with Agile methodologies.
• o Partner cross-functionally with business leaders, technical teams, QA analysts, and project managers to support delivery of Corporate Security initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

Quality Assurance (QA):

• Experience maintaining QA documentation such as test scripts, results, and process flows.
• Ability to define regression test sets and accurately document defects.

Business Analysis (BA):

• Strong experience preparing detailed business requirements documentation andprocess flows.
• Advanced data analysis skills to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Proven ability to present test results, defect summaries, and actionable insights to stakeholders.

Project Management:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in project management with familiarity using Jira and MS Project.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and the product development lifecycle.