Senior Product Owner

Accenture; Toronto; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior product-focused leader in Canada to drive complex workstreams, shape digital product strategy, and lead small teams. You will craft business cases, manage roadmaps, and influence release strategy while leveraging AI to synthesize data and justify decisions.

This role requires strong client engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to mentor teammates. A focus on delivering human-centric, impactful outcomes in a fast-paced environment is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of management and delivery experience.
• Proven ability to create, manage, and deliver a product roadmap.
• Experience crafting a quantitative business case tying impact to features.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools on substantive product work with value view.
• English is required for interaction with stakeholders across Canada.

Responsibilities

• Define and influence product strategy and roadmap for complex workstreams.
• Lead client workshops, communications and cross-functional alignment.
• Develop business cases linking product outcomes to features.
• Mentor junior teammates and contribute to team growth.
• Apply AI for roadmapping and data synthesis to support decisions.

Skills

Management experience

Delivery leadership

Product roadmap creation

AI in product work

English communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree (bonus points)

Tools

JIRA

Rally

Version One

Job description

We Are:

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. As part of Accenture, we combine creativity, technology, and intelligence to deliver exceptional experiences that drive business outcomes. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content, and channel orchestration.

We Are:

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. As part of Accenture, we combine creativity, technology, and intelligence to deliver exceptional experiences that drive business outcomes. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content, and channel orchestration.

With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology, and intelligence. At Accenture Song, we believe in creating experiences that are human-centric, impactful, and sustainable. Visit us at: Accenture Song.

Digital Products create value for our clients, their employees, and their customers. We design and build impactful experiences fueled by technology that change the way people work and live. Our team collaborates cross-functionally across the US and Canada, leveraging expertise in product strategy, design, innovation, and delivery transformation at scale. By integrating design thinking, user-experience research, and impeccable development for native mobile, web, and embedded systems, we bring clarity to any omni-channel product vision.

You Are:

You're a self-sufficient operator leading more complex workstreams. You shape business cases and success metrics, begin to define the digital product strategy, and start to lead small teams.

The Work:

PRODUCT CRAFT

• Leads sprint backlog readiness and planning across larger, more complex workstreams
• Provides input to product vision and roadmap
• Begins to define the digital product strategy
• Crafts a compelling quantitative business case that ties business impact to prioritized features
• Understands the client's business strategy and industry; crafts product recommendations against business objectives
• Strategic product thinker — identifies new opportunities in a changing technical and market landscape
• Begins to define success metrics and influence product direction
• Formulates product roadmaps for epic definition and development; provides a POV to support release-strategy approach
• Works through cross-program team problems — product-related challenges
• Leverages AI for business casing, roadmap analysis, and data synthesis

CLIENT AND CONSULTING

• Recognized as a trusted partner to clients and senior stakeholders
• Manages client interactions confidently and professionally
• Anticipates client needs and proactively addresses risks
• Coaches others on stakeholder management and communication
• Balances client satisfaction with team health and delivery quality
• Shapes strategy and cross-functional alignment through compelling narratives
• Leads workshops, presentations, and critical conversations

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Helps lead pitches and proposal strategy
• Builds relationships that expand or deepen client engagements
• Spots new opportunities and brings them forward proactively
• Coaches others on storytelling, positioning, and value articulation
• Supports orals preparation

TEAM AND TALENT

• Actively mentors junior teammates
• Contributes to a supportive, inclusive team environment
• Participates in hiring, interviews, or onboarding
• Gives thoughtful feedback and supports team growth

6Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Minimum 3 years of management and delivery experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience with proven ability to create, manage, and deliver a successful product roadmap
• Experience crafting a quantitative business case that ties business impact delivered by product to prioritized features
• A minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required for this position
• Demonstrated use of AI tools on substantive product work — business casing, roadmap analysis, data synthesis — with a clear point of view on where AI adds value and where it does not
• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
• Must be eligible to obtain Reliability Security clearance

Bonus Points If:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience
• Experience with client-facing responsibility or accountability for product delivery
• Experience with people leadership, coaching, and training
• Experience guiding a team on responsible, effective use of AI in product work
• Analytical and strategic decision-making coupled with product planning and prioritization
• Ability to partner with clients to set goals and measures of success for product teams
• Extensive knowledge of product delivery models from inception to execution
• Proficiency in tools like JIRA, Rally, and Version One for tracking project scope
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in SAFe, Scrum, Lean, and Kanban methodologies
• Certification in Agile (POPM, APM, CSPO)

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $82,600 to $132,600