Senior Product Manager
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 5+ years of IT/digital product management experience.
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- English
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Original job description
Senior Product Manager
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite – 5 days/week (Monday–Friday)
Job Type: Contract
Job Description
MSZ Systems is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of a modern digital registration and permit management system
The successful candidate will drive product strategy, roadmap development, Agile delivery, and stakeholder engagement while supporting the modernization of government services.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
- Lead large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage product backlogs, user stories, sprint planning, and release priorities.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, architects, and vendors.
- Translate business requirements into actionable product features and acceptance criteria.
- Facilitate product discovery, stakeholder workshops, and demonstrations.
- Define and monitor product KPIs and performance metrics.
- Ensure alignment with Ontario's Service Design Playbook, accessibility, and cybersecurity standards.
Mandatory Requirements
- 5+ years of IT/digital product management experience.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale digital transformation projects.
- Strong hands-on experience with Agile, Scrum, and Lean product development.
- Demonstrated experience developing product vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
- Strong backlog management, prioritization, and user story development.
- Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous Ontario Public Service (OPS) or Canadian public-sector experience.
- Familiarity with OPS IT governance and Digital Service Standards.
- Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, MuleSoft, Java, and React.
- Experience with digital registration, licensing, permitting, or case management systems.
- Knowledge of AODA/WCAG accessibility standards.
Important: Candidates must be available to work onsite in Toronto five days per week.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a digital registration and permit management system, leading its development and delivery through Agile practices. Manage backlogs and priorities, facilitate discovery and stakeholder engagement, coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, and monitor product performance while ensuring alignment with service design, accessibility, and cybersecurity standards.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of IT or digital product management experience, a record of delivering large-scale digital transformation projects, and strong hands-on expertise in Agile, Scrum, and Lean product development. Candidates should demonstrate product strategy and roadmap development, backlog and user story management, stakeholder facilitation and communication, and collaboration with technical teams; Ontario public-sector experience and familiarity with the listed technologies and standards are preferred.
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Product Roadmap Development
- Agile
- Scrum
- Lean Product Development
- Backlog Management
- User Story Development
- Prioritization
- Stakeholder Management
- Facilitation
- Digital Transformation
- Product Discovery
- KPI Monitoring
- Accessibility Standards
- Cybersecurity Standards
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Categories
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Government & Public Sector
- Software
- Consulting
Keywords
- Digital Product Management
- Product Vision
- Product Strategy
- Product Roadmap
- Digital Transformation
- Agile
- Scrum
- Lean Product Development
- Product Backlog
- User Stories
- Sprint Planning
- Release Prioritization
- Product Discovery
- Stakeholder Workshops
- Product Demonstrations
- KPIs
- Service Design
- Ontario Service Design Playbook
- Accessibility
- AODA
- WCAG
- Cybersecurity
- Ontario Public Service
- Digital Service Standards
- IT Governance
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM
- MuleSoft
- Java
- React
- Permit Management