RQ08391 - Product Manager - Senior

Rubicon Path; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Ontario is looking for a Senior Product Manager to oversee product planning and execution throughout its lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and relationship management skills, experience with Agile methodologies, and a solid knowledge of tools like JIRA and Microsoft Azure. This role demands excellent analytical skills and the ability to work with diverse teams to deliver high-profile initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams.
• Experience with risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues at senior executive levels.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle.
• Gather and prioritize product and customer requirements.
• Define the product vision and ensure product supports company goals.

Skills

Communication and mediation skills

Team building and consensus building

Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies

Interpersonal and negotiation skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Tools

Microsoft Azure

JIRA

Atlassian Confluence

Trello

Microsoft Office 365

Google Drive

Zoom

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Azure DevOps

Job description

About the job RQ08391 - Product Manager - Senior

Description:

Responsibilities: Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: Gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements Defining the product vision Ensuring that the product supports the comSkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Project Manager / Leader (Product Manager) - Senior, Evaluation Criteria Breakdown

Relationship Management - 35%

• Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map
• Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building and relationship management skills
• Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Product Management Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%

• Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
• Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
• Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.
• Experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan
• Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels;
• Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

Technical Skills - 10%

• Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams
• Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision‑making skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, high risk, complex initiatives

Must haves: Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map