About the role

Senior Product Owner shaping secure digital channels for FCC, a Canadian agriculture and food financing corporation. Prioritizing agile backlogs and delivering customer-facing online products.

Responsibilities

Create, maintain and prioritize a transparent product backlog supporting corporate and product goals
Work with product leaders and stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, product needs, gaps, issues and maintenance work
Manage and prioritize work for one or more agile teams
Organize stories into sprints or cycles and support the continual release process
Develop and communicate product requirements, including user stories, specifications, wireframes and prototypes
Use data to support product decisions
Demonstrate new and changing functionality and gather feedback to enhance future product features
Communicate product priorities and status
Negotiate competing needs
Help evolve agile practices through continuous improvement
Deliver secure, intuitive and accessible digital solutions for FCC customers and partners

Degree in business administration or a related discipline
Minimum eight years of financial institution or agricultural experience
Minimum four years of experience in project management or lead analysis
Proven knowledge of agile principles, methodologies and techniques, with the ability to coach others in their application
Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities and make and communicate priority decisions
Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation and mediation skills
Substantial experience with information technology industry standards, software development methodologies and the application of technology in business settings
Product Owner certification preferred
Knowledge of current theory and trends in project and program management preferred
Knowledge of project and program management best practices and industry standards preferred
English required