Product Owner
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Canada
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Job Title: Senior Product Owner
Duration: 12 Months (Hybrid – 4 days onsite)
Location: Toronto, ON
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:
Responsible for ensuring that a development team (pod) is creating value for the organization through the delivery of customer-focused product increments. This entails aligning with other Product Owners and senior management to follow a product vision, creating and maintaining a prioritized product backlog, managing delivery blockers, continuously assessing customer feedback. Additional responsibilities include considering how to maximize value, assessing how the product or the delivery process can be continuously improved, contributes to a positive work environment and ensures that work embodies the Agile principles of transparency, collaboration and engagement.
MUST HAVE Hard Skills:
- 5-7 years of experience banking/ financial
- Prior experience using Scrum/Kanban project management frameworks: 5-7 years
- JIRA and Confluence: 5-7 years
SOFT SKILLS:
- Strong Communication skills- communicating with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong organizational skills
- Leadership mindset- leading the pod
NICE-TO-HAVE
- Understanding of Architectural Design
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification and project management experience considered an asset
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications or experience operating in scaled agile delivery considered an asset
Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.
Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
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Responsibilities
Lead a development pod in delivering customer-focused product increments aligned with the product vision, maintaining a prioritized backlog and managing delivery blockers. Assess customer feedback and opportunities to maximize value and improve the product and delivery process while fostering transparency, collaboration, and engagement.
Requirements
Requires 5–7 years of banking or financial services experience and 5–7 years of experience with Scrum or Kanban, JIRA, and Confluence. Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills are required; architectural design knowledge, CSPO certification, project management experience, and SAFe experience or certification are assets.
Skills
- Product Ownership
- Banking and Financial Services
- Scrum
- Kanban
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Stakeholder Communication
- Organizational Skills
- Leadership
- Product Backlog Management
- Agile Delivery
- Customer Feedback Assessment
- Value Maximization
- Blocker Management
- Architectural Design
- Scaled Agile Framework
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Categories
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Product Owner
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Scrum
- Kanban
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Agile
- Product Vision
- Product Backlog
- Customer-Focused Product Increments
- Stakeholder Communication
- Leadership
- Organizational Skills
- Customer Feedback
- Delivery Blockers
- Continuous Improvement
- Architectural Design
- Certified Scrum Product Owner
- Project Management
- Scaled Agile Framework
- SAFe
- Product Value
- Pod Leadership