
Product Owner
Aviso Wealth
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$105,000 - CA$115,000 per year
About the role
- Draft product briefs that define objectives, strategies, and expected results
- Leverage data to make informed decisions about the product's direction to align with business goals
- Engage with stakeholders during visioning and concept development of the product, ensuring their input is considered, their expectations are managed, progress is reported, and concerns are addressed
- Perform discovery on relevant topics to gather information for requirements, initiating or advancing analysis efforts to inform product decisions
- Assess and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to align the team's work with the product strategy
- Manage the product backlog, plan iterations, and elaborate on user stories to provide the development team with clear and actionable tasks
- Take responsibility for the delivery of new features and updates, managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and ensuring the development team understands items in the backlog
- Implement user-centric decision making by balancing user needs, IT constraints, and relationships with external partners to prioritize activities that maximize user value
- Look for ways to continuously improve the product and enhance the customer’s experience through user feedback, performance data, and industry trends
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred
- Certifications in Product Ownership or Management, such as Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner are preferred
- 2+ years' experience as a Product Owner or Manager, ideally in a fast-paced, Agile development environment
- Experience in the Wealth/Investment industry or experience with similar products is preferred
- High digital savviness and comfort with a range of software, including MS Office Suite, SQL/Oracle database, Power BI, Smartsheet, Azure DevOPS, Google Analytics, MIRO, and Figma
- In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles and experience with prioritization methods like Value vs Effort and RICE
- Creative thinker with a vision and ability to conceptualize innovative solutions and features
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills and the ability to clearly articulate product vision and strategy
- Fluent communication skills in English are required and bilingual skills in French are an asset
- Excellent organizational and time management skills to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong collaboration and experience working with cross-functional teams
- Understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package that rewards and recognizes individual contributions
- Excellent health, dental and insurance benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees
- Generous vacation time, fitness benefit, parental leave top-up options
- Matching contributions to our retirement program
- Commitment to the continuous improvement of our staff through learning & development and an education assistance program
- Regular social events to foster teamwork
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementAgile developmentuser story elaborationbacklog managementdata analysisprioritization methodsSQLPower BIGoogle AnalyticsFigma
Soft Skills
communicationleadershiporganizational skillstime managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationcreative thinkingstakeholder engagementuser-centric decision making
Certifications
Certified Scrum MasterCertified Scrum Product Owner