Product Manager - Senior

Job Title: Product Manager - Senior

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 5 months

Extension: 1 Time

Must Haves

• 10+ years of Integrated Enterprise project management experience across business and I&IT teams.
• Demonstrated experience with managing multi-year multi-million budget projects
• Experience with the management of Stakeholders, risks, changes, issues, time, scope and resources.
• Experience in validating financial forecasts, cost assumptions, and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
• Experience in formulating and determining business and technical requirements, business problems, business objectives, product visions, goals and outcomes.
• Experience with Lean-six sigma
• Experience working with stakeholders, roadmapping, prioritizing projects
• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products. (must have)

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including:
• Gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements
• Defining the product vision
• Ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
• Develop product pricing and positioning strategies

Responsibilities: (continued)

• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services

General Skills:

• Experience delivering MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
• Experience working with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Experience running beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples becoming an expert with respect to the competition
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Project Management - 35%

• Experience with Microsoft Office tools including Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Teams and other tools that support project management, collaboration and development of processes and plans
• Experience managing project life cycles including assigning resources and maintaining the project backlogs and in-progress/completed tasks with collaboration tools like: Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, KanBan, Workamajig, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, collaborate and inform policy, IT, legal, communication and privacy teams.

Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills - 35%

• Experience with IT project management specifically working with Oracle Siebel CRM
• Experience with I&IT technology site deployment/rollout.
• Experience leading, facilitating and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements.
• Experience in defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering the initiative including business, operational, and information technology deliverables as needed.
• Experience with underlying technologies and processes for the delivery of an end-to-end electronic solution.
• Technical knowledge of Oracle and related deployment environments in order to coordinate and lead activities
• Experience in leading QA activities and processes

Documentation Skills - 20%

• Experience creating privacy, financial, communication and IT documentation including business cases, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Impact Assessments, Requests for Service and Requests for Information.

Public Sector Experience - 10%

• Experience with Public Sector ITIL process including incident management, release management, problem management, support model etc.
• Experience with OPS business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements and business rules.
• Knowledge of Government network and desktop infrastructure procurement, implementation and support models.

Nice to have

• Experience with ServiceOntario projects
• Prior OPS or Public Sector Exp.