RQ11491 Product Manager Senior

RQ11491 - Product Manager - Senior

Organization: Government Services Integration Cluster

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Location: Toronto ON 1 year Onsite

Pay rate: 95-101/hr incorp for 7.25 hrs a day

Title: Product Manager

Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and maintain the product vision objectives and roadmap.
• Align product priorities with business goals strategic objectives and enterprise direction.
• Identify opportunities for innovation modernization and process improvement.
• Develop business cases value propositions and product investment recommendations.
• Establish product success measures KPIs and outcome-based performance metrics.

2. Stakeholder & Business Relationship Management

• Engage business partners executives subject matter experts and technology teams to understand business needs and priorities.
• Lead product discovery activities workshops and stakeholder consultations.
• Build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups and manage competing priorities.
• Communicate product status roadmap updates risks decisions and outcomes.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the product lifecycle.

3. Product Delivery & Agile Leadership

• Own and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and strategic objectives.
• Translate business requirements into user stories acceptance criteria and product features.
• Collaborate with Agile delivery teams during planning backlog refinement sprint reviews testing and releases.
• Support quality assurance user acceptance testing and release readiness activities.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet business operational security accessibility and regulatory requirements.

4. Technology Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with architects developers and technical teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and digital standards.
• Evaluate solution options balancing business value cost risk scalability and sustainability.
• Monitor product performance customer feedback and operational metrics.
• Drive continuous product enhancements and long-term product evolution.
• Support technology modernization initiatives leveraging cloud and enterprise platforms.

5. Governance Risk & Compliance

• Lead the development and maintenance of project governance artifacts including Project Charters Project Change Requests (PCRs) business cases decision records risk registers status reports and executive briefing materials.
• Identify assess and manage product risks issues dependencies and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with security privacy accessibility and regulatory requirements.
• Lead or support Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) Threat Risk Assessments (TRA) Security Risk Assessments and other governance reviews.
• Participate in governance investment planning architecture review and portfolio management processes.
• Maintain governance artifacts status reporting financial tracking and portfolio information within approved tools (e.g. Planview).

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Product Management Product Ownership Business Analysis or related IT leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale digital products from strategy through delivery and ongoing operations.
• Experience working within Agile Scrum and Lean product delivery environments.
• Proven experience managing complex stakeholder environments and influencing executive decision-making.
• Experience conducting product discovery requirements elicitation and roadmap development.

Technical Knowledge

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles cloud technologies APIs integration patterns and application modernization.
• Experience with Microsoft technologies including:
  • Dynamics 365
  • Power Platform
  • Azure
  • Dataverse
• Experience overseeing or participating in PIA TRA and related risk and compliance activities.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and digital service delivery.

Communication & Leadership

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven facilitation negotiation stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to present complex concepts to executives business stakeholders and technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality documentation presentations and executive briefings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience delivering products using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
• Experience supporting large-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Experience within Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environments.

Skills: Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills & Experience (30%)

• Minimum 5 years of Product Management experience.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale products from strategy through delivery.
• Strong product roadmap vision and discovery capabilities.
• Demonstrated backlog management prioritization and release planning experience.
• Proven track record aligning technology investments with business outcomes.
• Experience working with Agile Scrum and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

Technical Skills & Experience (30%)

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture cloud services APIs and integration patterns.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Platform Azure and Dataverse.
• Experience supporting solution modernization initiatives.
• Experience leading or coordinating PIA TRA and technology risk management activities.
• Ability to evaluate solution options from business technical and operational perspectives.

Communication & Documentation Skills (35%)

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Strong facilitation and workshop leadership abilities.
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to prepare executive presentations business cases roadmaps and status reports.
• Strong negotiation conflict-management and consensus-building skills.

Public Sector Experience (5%)

• Experience with OPS project architecture and governance processes.
• Knowledge of OPS Digital Standards privacy requirements and cybersecurity practices.
• Experience working in government or broader public sector organizations.

Must Have:

• 5 years of product management experience in IT or digital services
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture cloud services APIs and integration patterns.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Platform Azure and Dataverse.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Experience with OPS IT project and architectural governance
• Proven experience leading large-scale digital or IT transformation projects of delivering user-centric products in complex environments
• Hands-on experience with Agile delivery Scrum and Lean product development and working with cross-functional teams
• Ability to translate business needs into clear actionable requirements and user stories
• Ability to define and communicate a clear product vision and strategy conducting discovery work

Nice to have:

Knowledge of OPS Digital Standards privacy requirements and cybersecurity practices.

Previous OPS/public sector exp.