TECHNICAL PRODUCT OWNER

TECHNICAL PRODUCT OWNER

WINNIPEG, MB

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Defined-benefit pension plan.
• Nine-day work cycle which normally results in every other Monday off, providing for a balanced approach to work, family life and community.
• Flex-time and partially remote work schedule (providing the option to work remotely 3 days per 2 week period), depending on nature of work, operational requirements and work location.

• Owns the product roadmap and orchestrates business and technical resources to work together in an Agile method to deliver incremental product releases using a sprint methodology. 
• Leads discovery workshops with business stakeholders to understand the requirements and translate them to technical requirements and dependencies in collaboration with various technical SMEs. 
• Creates user stories for new product features that provide clear requirements on product features and enable the Product squad to complete their design, development, and testing activities. 
• Coordinates with stakeholders across various business units to align the business needs with product features and articulate the requirements to the product squad. 
• Collaborates with Platform Solution Owners, Solution Architects, and Business Systems Analysts to ensure the technical architecture aligns with business requirements. 
• Applies and develops complex tools to measure business value through all decision-making processes. 
• Develops, presents, and manages personas, internal customer journey, and value maps. 
• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, product, and underlying technologies to guide technical and architectural changes in line with the product roadmap. 
• Continuously manages the product backlog with the Business Product Owner to ensure all features are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized. 
• Oversees development and testing activities through to completion to ensure product functionality is accurately developed and tested before deployment. 
• Drives sprint and release plans together with the scrum master and product squad. 
• Cultivates a working environment that fosters collaboration, minimum viable product mindset, and progressive attitude towards change. 

• A four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related disciplines from a university of recognized standing with a minimum of five years of directly applicable experience 
  OR 
• A two-year diploma from an institute of recognized standing with a minimum of seven years of directly applicable experience. 
• Experience leading technical and Product Delivery teams, including implementing products in a complex, matrixed organization, preferably in the Power and Utilities sector. 
• Experience in mobilizing product teams, maturing teams to scale, and creating a product-smart culture within organizations. 
• Very strong knowledge of and/or experience with Agile methodologies, development, and delivery. 
• Training and work experience in Six-Sigma, lean or equivalent business process improvement framework. 
• Experience with internal customer Journey and value stream mapping, customer segment and persona development. 
• Strong analytical skills, including a sound understanding of interpreting scorecard results to target, results relative to leading operational metrics. 
• Ability to understand and use data to extract actionable insights and develop recommendations. 
• Strong understanding of customer experience practices and proven success in executing major projects. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, and influence both business and technology teams. 
• Ability to understand, empathize and bridge multiple perspectives (e.g., leadership and technical specialists), including ability to communicate business product vision to technology teams and technical features or limitations to business teams. 
• Exceptional stakeholder partnership and collaboration; able to work across different functions, internal and external stakeholders. 
• Excellent consultative skills with a strong ability to understand underlying stakeholder needs and organizational goals. 
• Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with excellent communication and people-interaction skills, leading to co-creating collaborative solutions and opportunities for individual and organization growth. 
• Exceptional knowledge of the software development cycle and project management methodologies. 
• Experience in cultivating agile principles and values and applying these principles to working with or in Agile teams. 
• Extensive experience in working with technology engineering and design teams, demonstrating capacity to inspire, influence and achieve alignment up, down and across the organization.