RQ08742 - Product Manager - Senior

Description

• Required to develop user experience models and manage and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements and product features to assure effective sprint planning and deliver on effective digital solution design.
  
• Collaborate with development and user experience teams to plan for and execute on impactful digital products.
  
• Based on expert advice, research, and data analysis, develop a product roadmap, with the appropriate business and technical visualizations, and developing proof of concepts (minimal viable products) where applicable
  
• Coordinate product team resources to deliver according to business and technical stakeholder expectations.
  
• Motivate solution developers, testers and technical support teams through effective storytelling and communication techniques.
  
• Manage project risks (team, tech, business) to continually de-risk, setting the direction of the product team forward with confidence.
  
• Lead product development from concept to release, while ensuring smooth operations and continuous product improvement.
  
• Build solid relationships with partners to understand users' needs, program goals, and technical/architectural frameworks to assure products that are valuable, usable and feasible.
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Product Team Leadership:

Experience leading user research best practices to establish and maintain high standards for digital and data products.

Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (user experience designers, developers and quality assurance experts) to deliver complex a range of digital solutions.

Experience leading large scale, complex projects and initiatives with high levels of autonomy.

Experience providing leadership, and guiding the work of team members/colleagues, for example, training, mentoring and supporting the development of others.

Product Management:

Experience developing a product vision and strategy.

Understanding of the digital marketplace, digital platforms, technology & market trends to identify product opportunities.

Have led multi-disciplinary teams to achieve that vision from concept to launch using such methods as agile.

Demonstrated decision making and prioritization skills.

Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate the product vision into a backlog and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery

Experience working on a mature product, balancing the need to address technical debt with new product enhancements through continuous iterations.

Knowledge and experience with project management and agile methodologies, principles and processes

Experience in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out.

Has experience product managing an API service including oversight of the meta-data and data standards

Has experience product managing mobile applications on mobile phones and tablets

Digital Project Expertise:

Experience in undertaking & leading parts of complex projects of different sizes, ensuring alignment to project and sprint plans & best practice, incorporating user centered design processes & methodologies.

Experience prioritizing generative user research & promoting continuous user validation as early and as frequent as possible.

Experience working with management and colleagues to anticipate & resolve project issues.

Comfortable actioning ideas generated through user research & analysis to plan for a better user experience.

Experience with current web trends, & standards like the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and WCAG 2.0 AA, & FIPPA

Communications:

Demonstrated communications skills to participate in team discussions, make recommendations and document work.

Demonstrated experience establishing trusting and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints.

Demonstrated ability to sell ideas to colleagues, both technical and non-technical.

Experience working with multiple stakeholders and clients to understand and support their users needs.

MUST HAVES:

Experience with Emergency Health

Experience with Data Standards and Technology Interfaces (example API)

Has experience product managing an API service including oversight of the meta-data and data standards

Has experience product managing mobile applications on mobile phones and tablets

Experience developing a product vision and strategy.

Understanding of the digital marketplace, digital platforms, technology & market trends to identify product opportunities.

Experience working on a mature product, balancing the need to address technical debt with new product enhancements through continuous iterations.