Branch Technology Product Owner

4 days ago

Toronto, Canada BMO Financial Group Full time

55 Bloor Street West Toronto Ontario,M4W 1A6

We're looking for a Technology Product owner to drive the design and delivery of technology transformation of the branch channel. The role requires a capable decision maker who works closely with business unit stakeholders and technology teams to develop innovative, end user solutions to meet the core goal of business needs. Success in this role requires you to work across functions, bringing together stakeholders to integrate technology across multiple channels, business groups, geographies and customer segments and ensure alignment with business goals. Additionally, they have an exhaustive understanding of the company’s technology. This allows them to guide the product strategy and communicate them with the development team and hold together the technical and business sides of an organization.

**What will you do?**
- Developing and maintaining a product vision
- Communicating Business, Client, and End User goals to all interested parties
- Leads change management programs of varying scope and type, including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation, and sustainment of initiatives.
- Leads a self-managed agile team focused on a designated branch channel transformation experience
- Product management:

- Creating and managing a Product Backlog
- Develop user stories, define acceptance criteria and be available to the Scrum team to provide clarity whenever required
- Organizing the backlog into incremental releases
- Communicating decisions and priorities to all interested parties
- Supports the execution of strategic initiatives with key business partners in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders (Product, Technology, Corporate Support Areas, business partners, etc.)
- Alignment with other Product Owners when needed from an overall product, company, or client perspective to ensure there is consistency across products and product releases
- Be an agile change agent - support organizational change management when required
- During Sprint Execution, the Product Owner will be involved in (along with the help of a Business Analyst):

- Sprint Planning preparation
- Participating in daily Scrum meetings
- Prioritizing the team’s backlog. Includes balancing new features, enablers, defect fixes, dependencies, and removing technical debt
- “Just in time” elaboration of the backlog into User Stories
- Answering the team’s questions and providing clarity on User Stories
- Articulate and validate the Definition of Done, the Definition of Release and validate/provide acceptance on user stories once they are completed
- Providing acceptance when User Stories are completed
- Chair Sprint Demo/Review sessions and participate in Retrospective ceremonies
- Assess risks, impacts and manage dependencies across teams (Waterfall, Agile, etc.), including communication strategies and coordination activities

**Qualifications**
- Strong consulting skills - make recommendations that meets end user needs and expectations, while supporting business needs/goals
- Desire to develop a clear understanding of business issues and priorities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively, develop solid relationships, manage differences, and influence change
- A capable decision maker, influencer that can drive decisions with executives and stakeholders
- Innovative problem-solving skills and excellent analytical abilities
- Strong leadership and people management skills and ability to develop/retain top talent
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strategic thinker, process driven, solutions and results oriented
- Ability to deal with ambiguity be flexible and adaptive to change
- Ability to work independently and exercise judgement
- Superior attention to detail
- Strong Technology background
- 8+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience (preferably with a STEM background in Grad or Undergrad degree)
- A high level of curiosity, comfort with ambiguity and willingness to challenge the status quo.
- Ability to translate strategy, market trends, and customer needs into requirements and integrated, deployable feature sets.
- A track record of building and deploying digital initiatives across mobile, tablet & desktop within the financial services industry.
- In-depth knowledge of digital technology user interfaces, UX design practices, usability testing and digital analytics.
- Experience leading Agile teams and/or working in cross-functional teams
- In-depth experience in product strategy, and business case management
- Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience, and industry knowledge
- Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth / Expert
- Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth / Expert
- Influence skills - In-depth / Expert
- Collaboration & team skills

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