Product Manager (English/French)
Role summary
We are seeking a Product Manager to define requirements and prioritize features, facilitating communication between customers, business, and development teams. This role involves project management, initiative planning, and product management responsibilities, including reporting, governance, scope definition, and backlog alignment. You will work closely with stakeholders, Product Owners, and IT teams, acting as a key point of contact for technical issues and ensuring change management plans are implemented. Bilingual English/French proficiency is required, and experience in the automotive sector is a plus. The role operates in a hybrid environment.
Description
Product Manager
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Build the future with us
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for bringing innovative products to market? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? We are looking for a talented and driven Product Manager to join our team! In this role you will play a significant role in defining the requirements and prioritizing the features required in a project. Your primary objective is to facilitate communication and decisions between the customer, the business, and the product development teams.
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What You’ll Accomplish With Us
Project Management
- Produce and maintain consolidated reporting for business sector
- Implement and facilitate portfolio governance on business priorities for cross-initiative monitoring
- Help manage, plan, and organize the activities and schedules of large projects
- Contribute to defining project scope
- Assist in defining and managing project priorities
- Is involved in identifying the operating issues related to the technological and/or business architecture proposed to meet client needs.
Initiative Planning
- Support analysis to determine the best path for solving business problems/opportunities through process improvement, systems enhancement, user training, and/or software procurement.
- In conjunction with business partners, initiate IT project requests, perform initial analysis of the request, and provide initial business assessment. (Project Proposal, Lean Business Case or Strategic Business Case).
- Assist the Director of Projects in working with the business to integrate capacity planning and roadmaps into strategic planning and project implementations.
- Help define the set of strategic, core, and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries.
Product Management
- Ensure experience priorities are aligned across “one backlog”
- Participate in defining business requirements and identifying acceptance criteria for project features
- Actively involved in establishing the scope of initiatives
- Work with stakeholders to fully understand business needs and define the requirements
- Identify dependencies with other teams
- Participate in the resolution of various problems in collaboration with the business owners, Product Owner, and IT sectors
Relations with Stakeholders
- Work closely with Product Manager (PM), Product Owners (PO), Stakeholders, clients (internal partners), Architects and IT teams
- Be the point of contact for Key Partners / Large accounts regarding technical issues
- Ensure Change Management Plans are created and implemented for all projects or major features
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What Could Accelerate Your Success In This Role
We’re looking for someone who:
- Bilingual English/French
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration or computer science or equivalent work experience
- Five years or more in the Auto business sector would be an asset
- Demonstrable experience in supporting Owners and other stakeholders to support business decisions
- Basic knowledge of the principles of Lean and Agile software development
- Ability to anticipate problems and address challenges
- Demonstrate curiosity and be in “continuous exploration” mode
- Great ease to evolve in changing context and needs
- Ability to create a team synergy with all stakeholders
- Familiarity with the IA Project Management framework would be an asset.
- Knowledge of IA development methodology would be an asset.
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Why you’ll love working with us
- A work environment where learning and development merge with a collective pursuit of excellence;
- A healthy, safe, fair, and inclusive environment where potential can be freely expressed and developed;
- The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces;
- Competitive benefits: Flexible group insurance, competitive pension plan, stock purchase plan, vacation and wellness/personal development days, telemedicine, employee and family assistance program, ergonomic furniture program, performance bonus, discounts on iA products, and much more!
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Apply now and get ahead of your career, where your talent really belongs!
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Still unsure about applying?
At iA, we believe in potential and value diverse experiences. If this role inspires you, go ahead and apply – your place might be with us, and we want to get to know you!
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The base salary range for this role is between $90, 000 - $110, 000.