Product Owner, IT Application Management

First National Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Product Owner to lead their IT Application Management team. In this role, you will manage the product backlog, ensuring the Agile development team has a clear direction and sufficient tasks to work on. You will define the product vision, prioritize features, and collaborate with various stakeholders to deliver maximum value. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading non-bank lender in Canada, known for its commitment to employee engagement and a supportive work environment. If you are passionate about Agile practices and product management, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation package

Bonus opportunities

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a Product Owner in Agile environments.
• Strong analytical skills and business knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the product backlog for the application ecosystem.
• Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Product Backlog Management

Analytical Skills

Data Modeling

Business Knowledge

Education

Post-secondary education in a related field

Job description

Product Owner, IT Application Management

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

First National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation and any other category protected by law.

First National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.

Reporting To: AVP, IT Application Management

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-time

Posting Date: April 8, 2025

Closing Date: April 25, 2025

Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Office Location: Toronto, ON

Great location! Steps away from the main public transit station.

What we offer:

Highly competitive compensation package which includes base salary, bonus, benefits, and career advancement opportunities!

*Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the AVP, IT Application Management, within the IT Department, the Product Owner is responsible for managing the backlog of work received through the intake process for an application and/or application ecosystem. The Product Owner provides the vision and direction to the agile development team and stakeholders by planning, prioritizing, and grooming the product backlog to ensure that the agile development teams have an adequately prepared backlog to work from. The Product Owner will follow best practices to ensure the successful planning, scheduling, and release of deliverables to production.

How you will contribute:

• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project or initiative and create requirements.
• Ensure that the team always has an adequate number of prepared tasks to work on.
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product.
• Define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.
• Actively work on intake flow and provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the requirements.
• Work closely with the Business Team and IT Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI.
• Lead the planning and scheduling of product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities.
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals.
• Research and analyze the market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.
• Follow our competitors and the industry.
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends.
• Adhere to policies/procedures to ensure AML requirements are met, when applicable.

The experience you need:

• Completed post-secondary education in a related field or.
• Previous working experience as a Product Owner for 3-5 years.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles.
• Experience with data-modelling an asset.
• Strong analytical, logical, and business knowledge.

Working Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:

• Periods of high volume with tight timelines.
• Long periods of stationary position/sitting.
• Prolonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e., using a keyboard and mouse).
• Long periods of time in viewing a computer screen.
• Multi-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.

The team you’ll join:

Founded in 1988, First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canada’s largest commercial mortgage lender.

First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners.

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this future vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.