Senior Product Manager; Onsite

Assignment: RQ11491 - Product Manager - Senior

Job Title:
Product Manager

Requisition (SS): RQ117491

Start Date:

End Date:

Office

Location:

40 St Clair Ave W (Toronto)/300 Water Street (Peterborough)

Organization:
Government Services Integration Cluster

Ministry:
Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

# Business Days: 136.00

5 days onsite

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.

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…