Senior Product Owner

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in Canada is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive the digital strategy for their Simplii online banking platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile methodologies and a proven track record of successful project delivery. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, allowing for flexibility and the opportunity to make a significant impact on the customer experience in financial services.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Defined benefit pension plan

Employee share purchase plan

Vacations and wellbeing support

Paid day off for personal development

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a Product Owner.
• 3+ years' experience in an Agile scrum team.
• Excellent project delivery skills and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmaps and capabilities for digital growth initiatives.
• Support planning and development of new features and products.
• Engage stakeholders to contribute to the digital vision.

Skills

Agile Product Ownership

Business Objectives

Product Ownership

Education

Degree in Business, Engineering or Computer Science

Masters/MBA/Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What you’ll be doing

As part of the Simplii Digital team, you will work alongside Simplii’s Digital technology delivery team to build enhancements and deliver a best in class digital customer experience for the Simplii online and mobile banking platforms.As a Senior Product Owner you will be a key member of the team leading the Simplii digital strategy, execution to build the bank of the future.You will be defining the roadmaps and capabilities that enable Simplii’s growth objectives and modernization of our digital platforms.You are passionate about the intersection of business, design, and technology and strive to explore how financial services can become enjoyable digital experiences for our clients. You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are able to balance assertion and patience with perseverance.

At CIBC we enable the work environment optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you’ll succeed

• Curiosity & New Ideas - Support the teamin researching digital capabilities, consumer and competitive trends. You maintain an intimate understanding of key advancements in product features, technology innovations, and client experience advancements. You are able to challenge the status quo on the ways we work and have input in how Simplii is evolving.

• Strategy - Contribute to the digital vision and create buy-in of the strategy with stakeholders including the executive team and delivery teams. Support Product Management in maintaining the digital roadmap and continuously prioritize features. You'll find, analyze, and lead contracts with strategic suppliers and vendors.

• Delivery -Engage in the planning, development, and launch for new features and products. You'll work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of innovative thinkers to conceptualize, build, and ship digital experiences leveraging cutting edge technologies. You will be the point person for securing funding, mitigating risk, driving project requirements, and developing the go to market strategy and future iterations.

• Data & Research Driven - Understand key product metrics and KPIs. You'll work with cross functional team to collect research to identify, design, validate, launch, and iterate simple, smart, and inspiring banking features that reflect the needs of our customers.

Who you are

• You have a degree in Business, Engineering or Computer Science. It is an asset if you have a Masters/MBA/Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).

• You can demonstrate 5+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner with excellent project delivery skills and proven ability to lead cross-functional projects & teams to conceptualize, define and implement new features. You bring experience in prioritizing the backlog/user stories to best achieve business goals & be clear on the outcomes expected. Experience working in a technology company or top-tier technology consulting firm is considered an asset.

• You can demonstrate 3+ years’ experience working in an Agile scrum team and have excellent agile leadership competencies. You have experience in driving the creation and owning the Product Roadmap, through defining the vision right through to authoring, refining and approving backlog items, with clearly articulated “definitions of done.”

• You're strategic and infuse creativity into your work. You have experience in creating informed and data driven business cases to drive growth and you consistently achieve desired outcomes.

• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way. You solve complex issues using fact-based problem solving and drive actionable outcomes.

• You’re goal oriented. You’re motivated by accomplishing your goals and delivering your best to make a difference.

• You have excellent communication and presentation skills. You can prepare and present materials to an executive audience.

• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise.

• You’re passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You go the extra mile, because it's the right thing to do.

• You’re digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. Your knowledge helps you to easily communicate with developers about technical considerations that impact products, and you bring a desire to learn what you don’t know to help drive decision making. You bring experience working with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence etc.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [e-mail]

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location

Toronto-161 Bay St., 4th

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Agile Product Ownership, Business Objectives, Product Ownership