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Product Owner

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOnsiteContractPosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

We are seeking a Product Owner to define and drive product vision and roadmaps for client organizations. This role involves facilitating product discovery using techniques like persona development, UX design thinking, and story mapping. You will collaborate closely with development teams to create product increments and MVPs, while also providing training on agile disciplines and product design. Key responsibilities include delivering business value through prioritization, managing the product backlog, and ensuring clear communication with all stakeholders. A Master's degree and at least 3 years of product/project management experience in Agile/Scrum environments are required.

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Vision and roadmap creation for client organizations
  • Understands Product Discovery
  • Facilitate product ideation/discovery phase. Confidence with techniques such as
  • Persona development
  • UX Design Thinking
  • Paper (whiteboard) Prototyping
  • Wireframes
  • Story Mapping
  • Work with development teams to rapidly develop product increments, potentially launching them into minimally viable products
  • Ability to facilitate teams in the organization on general agile disciplines and/or product design
  • Provide training sessions to Product groups to mentor individuals to become good Product Managers/Owners
  • Provides UX/UI Oversight to the design teams. Steer design sprints
  • Business Value delivery to the organizations through holistic prioritization of functional and nonfunctional requirements
  • Define product vision, and growth opportunities with the team.
  • Create a roadmap balancing business value, vision and technical requirements.
  • Define and create clear MVP products with your product team.
  • Lead sessions around epic sizing, refinements or other ways to help prioritize and create a high standard of output.
  • Ensure clear and timely communication with all stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with internal and external contacts to analyse needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals.
  • Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to create and maintain product backlog according to business value.
  • Lead the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities.
  • Enable the team to have focussed and productive sprints, for example by having prepared and prioritized tasks ready to be picked up and working with clear sprint goals.

Key Skills

  • Hands on experience in user story writing and elicitation techniques
  • Knowledge and concepts of Story Mapping, Empathy Mapping
  • Knowledge and concepts of INVEST, DEEP, DoD, DoR
  • Knowledge and concepts of Kano Model, MoSCoW, WSJF, Cost of Delay
  • Knowledge and concepts of Release Planning, Burndown Charts, Burn Up Charts
  • Knowledge and concepts on ROI, Business Value

Minimum Qualification

  • Master's degree in business and/or technical sciences.
  • At least 3 years’ experience with product and/or project management
  • Experience working with / and managing Agile / Scrum projects
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Excellent at building relationships to achieve success for your market
  • Ready to travel (Mandatory)
  • Product Management Certification (Preferred)
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