RQ11027 - Sr. Product Manager

Source Code; St. Catharines; Hybrid; CAD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code is seeking a Sr. Product Manager to lead strategic product initiatives in a hybrid role across St. Catharines and Toronto. You will articulate vision, align teams to the roadmap, and own the backlog from discovery through live delivery.

The role requires capable communication, change-management skills, and experience with Azure cloud and Azure DevOps backlog management. OPS/public sector experience is a plus in this environment.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate communication and mediation with business teams and core team to progress roadmaps.
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program level and propose mitigation to executives.
• Experience with strategies to overcome resistance to change across Discovery to Live delivery.

Responsibilities

• Articulate product vision and strategy to align the team with the roadmap.
• Prioritize features and manage the backlog to maintain cross-functional focus.
• Establish and track measurable objectives to monitor progress.
• Decide when to ship software to deliver rapid customer value.
• De-risk product direction with validated customer problems and business opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to maintain momentum.

Skills

Communication & mediation

Change management

Issue prioritization & risk

Azure knowledge

Azure DevOps backlog mgmt

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

About the job RQ11027 - Sr. Product Manager

RQ11027 - Sr. Product Manager

Hybrid - St. Catherines / Toronto

Security Level: CRJMC

Must Have:

• 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
• 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
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
• Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as Azure DevOps

Nice to Have:

• OPS or public sector exp.

Description

• Identifying strategic and operational requirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.
• Providing ongoing advice on refinements and enhancements to the organization's product management delivery processes.
• Developing product design criteria, planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting protocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasing strategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.
• Directing, coordinating and monitoring product management activities to ensure timely, cost-effective and high-quality business and customer-focused results

Key Responsibilities

• Articulate the product vision and product strategy - so the product team knows why they are undertaking the effort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.
• Prioritize features & manage the backlog - So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design and development work.
• Establish and track against measurable objectives - So the product team knows whether they are on the right path or not.
• Decide when to ship software - So customers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, and the product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterate on the product.
• Continually de-risk product direction - So the product team only builds the features they should build, based on validated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase the likelihood that the product will be successful in the market
• Communicate effectively - So the product team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum is maintained.

Deliverables expected to be produced could include:

• Product vision and road map (now, near, and future timeline)
• Product strategy: target audience (end-users), problems you're trying to solve, value propositions
• Customer discovery insights through end-user research activities
• Product features and functions through product management backlog and the authoring of user stories with the business product owner
• Product key performance Indicators (KPIs) or success criteria including a metrics dashboard
• Product decision and direction rationales
• Product wins (success stories)
• Continuous shipping of product features to improve upon the minimal viable product produced by the product team through user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) delivery methodologies
• Communications to senior management level including executive summaries, and product status updates as required.

AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

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