Product Owner
- Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Contract
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- 8+ years of Product Owner experience in complex technology environments
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Position: Product Owner
Location: Onsite in Calgary, Alberta- must be local
Duration: Long Term Contract
Job description
What You'll Be Doing:
- Create and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and customer impact
- Translate business requirements into detailed user stories and technical specifications for development teams
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and stakeholder demonstrations
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with billing, customer service, legal, finance, and other departments
- Make strategic prioritization decisions and communicate trade-offs when resources are limited
- Analyze customer feedback and usage data to identify pain points and drive product improvements
- Track cross-team dependencies to ensure seamless delivery and prevent blockers
- Resolve competing priorities and manage stakeholder conflicts diplomatically
- Ensure quality readiness by validating work meets acceptance criteria before release
- Monitor and report on product performance metrics and KPIs to leadership
- Maintain transparent communication on project timelines, releases, and roadmap updates
What You'll Need to Have:
- 8+ years of Product Owner experience in complex technology environments
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and ability to lead teams through the full delivery lifecycle
- Proven ability to make data-driven decisions and maintain a customer-first mindset
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence technical teams and executive stakeholders alike
- Demonstrated experience managing competing priorities and facilitating conflict resolution
- SAP platform experience highly preferred
- Energy industry or Canadian regulatory experience a plus
- Product Owner certifications (CSPO, PSPO) a plus
More about this job
Responsibilities
Own and prioritize the product backlog, translate business needs into user stories and specifications, and facilitate Agile delivery ceremonies. Align business and technical stakeholders, manage dependencies and competing priorities, validate release readiness, and report on product performance and roadmap progress.
Requirements
Requires 8+ years of Product Owner experience in complex technology environments and strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery. Candidates should demonstrate data-driven, customer-focused decision-making, excellent communication, and conflict-resolution skills; SAP experience is highly preferred, while energy or Canadian regulatory experience and CSPO/PSPO certification are advantages.
Skills
- Product Backlog Management
- User Story Development
- Agile
- Scrum
- Sprint Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Strategic Prioritization
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Conflict Resolution
- Acceptance Criteria Validation
- Product Performance Metrics
- SAP
- Customer Feedback Analysis
- Dependency Management
- Communication
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Categories
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Software
- Energy
Keywords
- Product Owner
- Product Backlog
- Business Value
- Customer Impact
- User Stories
- Technical Specifications
- Agile
- Scrum
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Standups
- Sprint Reviews
- Stakeholder Demonstrations
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Billing
- Customer Service
- Legal
- Finance
- Strategic Prioritization
- Customer Feedback
- Usage Data
- Product Improvements
- Cross-Team Dependencies
- Acceptance Criteria
- Product Performance Metrics
- KPIs
- SAP
- Energy Industry
- Canadian Regulatory Experience
- CSPO