Product Portfolio Director – Digital Energy Products

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned leader to define and own the long-term digital product portfolio and platform strategy, aligning investments and roadmaps with business objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities.

You will transform independent product lines into a cohesive ecosystem, coach teams, drive portfolio investments, establish governance, and act as a trusted advisor to executives across Product, Technology, and Business units.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Digital Product Management with at least 5 years in Portfolio Management.
• Proven ability to coach Product Managers and implement best practices in Product Management.
• Experience delivering results through cross-functional teams and aligning roadmaps with portfolio objectives.
• Experience in the energy sector with understanding of customer challenges, market dynamics, and digitalization trends.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and commercial acumen with stakeholder influence in complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the long-term digital product portfolio and platform strategy.
• Lead transformation of product lines into a cohesive platform ecosystem.
• Coach teams and drive best practice in product management across the portfolio.
• Drive portfolio investment prioritization and lifecycle decisions across the portfolio.
• Establish governance and ensure roadmaps align with business priorities.
• Monitor portfolio performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Act as principal strategic advisor to Product, Technology, and Business teams.

Skills

Digital Product Management

Product Portfolio Management

Strategic Prioritization

Stakeholder Management

Platform-Based Product Models

Investment Planning

Product Lifecycle Management

Portfolio Optimization

Product Rationalization

Coaching

Influencing

Communication

Analytical Acumen

Customer Value

Job description

• Define and own the long-term digital product portfolio and platform strategy, aligning investments, product direction, and platform evolution with business objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities.


• Lead the transformation of independent product lines into a cohesive, platform-driven product ecosystem with a clear strategic identity, differentiated value proposition, and scalable operating model.


• Challenge, coach, and mentor product teams, implementing professional product management practices and ensuring portfolio-wide alignment around customer value, business outcomes, and long-term growth objectives.


• Drive portfolio investment, prioritization, and lifecycle decisions, balancing innovation, growth opportunities, platform development, modernization, and product rationalization.


• Establish strategic governance across the portfolio, ensuring product roadmaps contribute meaningfully to the long-term portfolio vision while enabling alignment between product, technology, and business priorities.


• Continuously assess portfolio performance to identify gaps, overlaps, risks, and emerging opportunities, recommending optimization actions that maximize customer impact, commercial value, and competitive advantage.


• Serve as the principal strategic advisor to Product, Technology, and Business teams, challenging and influencing portfolio investment decisions, strategic priorities, and long-term direction through insight, credibility, and market expertise.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Digital Product Management, including at least 5 years in Product Portfolio Management, with a proven track record of defining, scaling, and optimizing digital products and product portfolios within complex global organizations.


• Proven ability to coach, challenge and influence Product Managers and experience in implementing best practice in Product Management within diverse teams


• Experience in delivering results through cross-functional teams, ensuring product strategies and roadmaps align with portfolio objectives and deliver meaningful customer and business value.


• Experience in the energy sector, with a strong understanding of the customer challenges, market dynamics, and digitalization trends shaping the energy transition.


• Proven experience defining and executing product and portfolio strategies, translating customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives into product vision, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes.


• Strong expertise in product portfolio and lifecycle management, including strategic prioritization, investment planning, portfolio optimization, product rationalization, and end-of-life decisions.


• Deep understanding of platform-based product models and product ecosystems, with experience leveraging shared capabilities, data, and technology platforms to drive scale, innovation, and consistency across multiple products.


• Strong strategic, analytical, and commercial acumen, with exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills and a demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment in complex matrix organizations without direct authority.


• Strong written and verbal English communication skills


• We conduct pre-employment background screening**


• *Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in Digital Product Management and Product Portfolio Management, with a strong focus on strategic prioritization, investment planning, and lifecycle management. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders while driving alignment between product strategies and business objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Digital Product Management


• Product Portfolio Management


• Strategic Prioritization


• Stakeholder Management


• Energy Sector Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Product Lifecycle Management


• Portfolio Optimization


• Investment Planning


• Product Rationalization


• Platform-Based Product Models

Soft Skills

• Coaching


• Influencing


• Communication


• Analytical Acumen


• Stakeholder Alignment

Industry Keywords

• Energy Transition


• Market Dynamics


• Digitalization Trends


• Customer Value


• Product Ecosystems