Key Responsibilities
Product Delivery
- Be accountable for the success of the Product Ownership Function within the technology organization
- Ensure a steady flow of high-quality user stories to feed the SCRUM teams.
- Be accountable for product delivery in line with the strategic roadmap and tactical initiatives on committed delivery dates.
- Identify and solve dependencies within and beyond your product area to ensure efficient delivery.
Stakeholder Management
- Represent the business for the product area, fostering strong relationships with key global stakeholders to ensure that their views and requirements are captured in the product backlogs.
- Act as the ambassador for your product area, showcasing the key functionalities, driving product adoption, and assuring operational excellence together with IT peers.
- Manage relationships outside the product area efficiently to ensure that the product teams can work autonomously.
Backlog Management
- Drive the evolution of the product area backlogs in collaboration with the product managers.
- Coach the product owners to ensure that the product teams are delivering the right enhancements at the right time to drive consumer and business value.
- Influence backlog priorities.
People Management
- Lead the Product Ownership team. Ensure compliance with the staffing and contractor budgets, following the appropriate capitalization procedures.
- Build the appropriate structure and framework to be able to manage the team effectively, identify and develop the future talents and create realistic succession scenarios for key positions.
- Ensure appropriate leadership skills are present at every level by creating a motivational and supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained, and provided with career opportunities through development.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of data and team feedback and make appropriate changes to meet business needs.
- Provide team members with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and Purpl objectives.
- Regularly present the Product Ownership framework and practice to key stakeholders and ensure alignment to then effectively guide the team to produce high-quality output.
Requirements
Education & Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in financial services, managerial experience
- A technical or business degree
- Professional Scrum Product Owner certification, or equivalent, preferred
- AWS Cloud Practitioner certification preferred
- Experience working with stakeholders at various organizational levels
Soft Skills
- Strategic mindset and ability to prioritize and delegate high numbers of tasks with varying workload and importance
- Ability to handle ambiguity and untangle complex situations into actionable activities
- High resilience to change
- Proactive approach to solving problems, and willingness to brainstorm with key players to determine the best solution
- Very strong leadership skills
Hard Skills
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry
- Expert knowledge of Agile working methods (e.g., Scrum/Kanban)
- Comfortable working with enterprise-level platforms and technologies
- In-depth understanding of IT products and capabilities
- Fluent in English and French
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What We Do
At Fairstone Bank, we do things differently. We’re committed to strengthening how businesses connect with their customers, offering value-driven financial products and services that drive business success and deliver the right customer experience. We do this by building adaptable, innovative financial services, so clients can take full advantage of every opportunity that comes their way.
Fairstone Bank and its subsidiary, Fairstone Financial Inc. (“Fairstone”), form a leading consumer lending group, offering a complement of financial services designed to enhance customer loyalty and deliver confident borrowing experiences. From credit card issuance and program management to point-of-sale financing programs, automobile financing, broker deposits and direct-to-consumer lending, Fairstone Bank and Fairstone provide financial solutions that enable consumers and businesses to achieve their goals.
With a long-established Canadian history, the company is committed to improving the lives of Canadians with value-driven and accessible financial solutions. Fairstone Bank and Fairstone are powered by a diverse workforce located in three corporate offices and in over 240 Fairstone branches coast to coast.
In 2022, Fairstone was proud to receive the Parity Certification by Women in Governance for the third year in a row, and to be nominated for the second year in a row as a Montreal Top Employer. As an organization, Fairstone Bank of Canada is committed to supporting and empowering a workplace focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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