Product Manager

Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients.

Job Title: Product Manager

Location: Toronto ON (Hybrid)

Duration: 5 months (Possible extension)

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: $80 - $85/hour [CAD]

Must Have:

1. Product Road Map Development (5 year+ of exp)
2. Agile exp
3. Azure DevOps (5 year+ of exp)
4. Cross-Functional Role
5. The hiring manager wants to only see candidates who have product management Exp (5 year+ of exp)
6. Scrum Master (5 year+ of exp)

Roles and Responsibilities:

Relationship Management - 35%

• Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map
• Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building, and relationship management skills
• Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Product Management – Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%

• Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
• Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
• Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.
• Experience gathering and developing requirements to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan
• Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

Technical Skills - 10%

• Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams
• Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker

Soft skills - 20%

• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, high risk, complex initiatives

If this opportunity matches your experience and career goals, please share your most updated resume for consideration.