Product Owner

2 months ago


Toronto, Canada Sun Life Full time

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Sun Life’s Wealth and Insurance Client Solution Centre (WICA) strives to deepen relationships with members, helping them to become Clients for Life. WICA supports the needs of transitioning all Sun Life Clients by determining the right wealth and insurance solutions through all stages of life. WICA also builds relationships with clients and cultivates client satisfaction and loyalty by pro-actively engaging with them.

As the Product Owner, you will focus on building relationships and collaborating with stakeholders and business partners to determine the high impact work to be prioritized. By aligning work with Outcomes (OKR), you will support strategy and additional data-based decision-making. The Product Owner will also guide and motivate the delivery team by ensuring the appropriate goals and success criteria are communicated, oversee product delivery, and ensure alignment with the roadmap.

**What will you do?**
- Lead the data-analytics intake process and ensure the outcomes and success criteria from Business partners are clear, understood and communicated with the delivery teams (Business Intelligence, Analytical Research, Data Science)
- Ability to articulate benefits and desired outcomes for Data-Analytics related initiatives
- Prioritize, manage, and explain backlog ensuring that workload is aligned with OKRs and intended outcomes
- Manage the delivery of Work in Progress (WIP) so that we maintain consistency and balance
- Be the foundation of the agile team, focusing on high value work to help drive data-based decision making and strategy
- Lead the team through agile ceremonies including demonstrations, refinement, and review
- Act as the voice of the client in the definition of product, own all outcomes and incorporate feedback from business partners and research
- Act as an advocate for the business and client experience by owning issues and outcomes as they move the roadmap forward to completion

**What do you need?**
- Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience in Business Intelligence and Analytics is required with an understanding of financial services (i.e., wealth and insurance), including Group Benefits, Individual Insurance and Investments and Group Retirement Services businesses
- Demonstrated knowledge of agile methodologies and experience in leading an agile delivery team (Kanban and SAFe in particular)
- Skilled in change management (e.g. ADKAR) and experienced in Design Thinking methodologies
- Strong collaboration skills and working with Cross-Business Unit partners to ensure roadmap alignment and delivery of desired capabilities
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills with a proven track record of fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration
- Great written and verbal communications skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills to analyze options, understand compromises and decide on the best approach
- Analytical skills to develop or leverage reporting tools to measure performance of capabilities delivered
- Inquisitive and constant learning mind-set
- ** You must be eligible for the enhanced reliability clearance**

**What will be nice to have?**
- Knowledge of AWS is an asset

**What’s in it for you?**
- Great Place to Work® award for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
- Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
- Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
- Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience
- Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

**Salary Range**:
76,000/76 000 - 125,000/125 000

**Job Category**:
Advanced Analytics

**Posting End Date**:
03/10/2024


  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Prodigy Labs Full time

    We are looking for a Product Owner to be responsible for ensuring that a development team (pod) is creating value for the organization through the delivery of customer-focused product increments. This entails aligning with other Product Owners and senior management to follow a product vision, creating and maintaining a prioritized product backlog, managing...

  • Product Owner

    3 weeks ago


    Toronto, Canada Atlantis IT group Full time

    **ROLE : PRODUCT OWNER** **LOCATION : TORONTO,ON** **JOB DESCRIPTION**: 10+ years of working experience as a Product Owner/Business System Analyst Strong knowledge and demonstrated use of various elicitation techniques. Demonstrated ability to document requirements in the format applicable to the project (user stories, requirements documents, use cases)...

  • Product Owner

    3 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Atlantis IT group Full time

    **ROLE : PRODUCT OWNER** **LOCATION : TORONTO** **JOB DESCRIPTION**: ollaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirementsDefining the vision for the team ?TMs product and maintaining a cohesive vision throughout the processCreating a product road map based on this...

  • Product Owner

    2 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Opentrust Consulting Inc Full time

    24th September, 2024Title: Product Owner Job Type: Full-time Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week in office in Toronto Start-Date: ASAP Must Haves: 8+ years experience in Product Owner roles within Banking This role is a 60/40 split between technical PO and P&L PO Extensive experience with del

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Air Canada Full time

    **Description** **Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.** The Product Owner is responsible for building out the product backlog and will work closely with the...

  • Product Owner

    7 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Viv Technologies Inc. Full time

    Salary: **Product Owner** Viv Technologies Company Overview At Viv Technologies, we're passionate about the power of digital transformation done right. That means continuously improving our home care software platform, built specifically for multi-site home care operators. We're proud to support some of North America's biggest home care operators....

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Atlantis IT group Full time

    **Job Title: Product Owner** **Location: Toronto, ON** **Duration: Long Term Contract** - Minimum 5+ years related work experience as a product Owner role related to digital experiences with delivery in SAFe Agile & traditional methodologies - Telecom eCommerce & Retail experience is must - Skilled in IT and Product Strategy, Management, System Deployment,...

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Mortgage Automator Full time

    **Product Owner** Mortgage Automator is an award-winning B2B SaaS in the financial technology (fintech) space with a strong focus on private lending. It’s a cloud-based loan management system that fully automates private lending businesses of any size: from document generation, compliance, and reporting, to helping manage investor relations, and...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Mortgage Automator Full time

    **Product Owner** Mortgage Automator is an award-winning B2B SaaS in the financial technology (fintech) space with a strong focus on private lending. It’s a cloud-based loan management system that fully automates private lending businesses of any size: from document generation, compliance, and reporting, to helping manage investor relations, and...

  • Product Owner

    3 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Sun Life Full time

    You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll...

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Full time

    Product Owner The opportunity The Product Owner, Core Trading & Compliance, is a key contributor in developing and delivering the vision and strategy for OTPP’s public market and traded OTC OMS/EMS capabilities in alignment with stakeholder objectives. The Product Owner collaborates with stakeholders to understand their business needs, proactively...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Peoples Group Full time

    **About us**: Peoples Group is a boutique Financial Institution with offices located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal that has been in the Canadian marketplace for over 30 years. Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations by providing exceptional customer service backed by extensive product knowledge and experience. Our culture here at...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Ezra Full time

    If this role is right for you, send your resume to: **Our mission**: Ezra's mission is to detect cancer early for everyone. By leveraging MRI, we’ve created a comprehensive way to screen your body for potential cancer that’s fast, accurate, and affordable. We’ve detected possible cancer for 13% of our members to date. We’re working towards new...

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada OLG Full time

    Range: 95,200.00 - 142,800.00 CAD **Job Description**: Product Owner (1 year Contract) GAME ON - OLG needs you We’ve said GAME ON, and we mean it - OLG is rapidly transforming its organization to better serve Ontarians by delivering great gaming experiences through our digital, retail lottery, and land-based gaming channels. Over the course of fiscal...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada Ezra Full time

    Ezra's mission is to detect cancer early for everyone. We’ve created a comprehensive way to screen your body for potential cancer that’s fast, accurate, and affordable by leveraging MRI. We’ve detected possible cancer for 13% of our members to date. We’re working towards new AI-based medical technology clearances that will improve the Ezra...

  • Product Owner I

    4 weeks ago


    Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Canada) Full time

    About the Role:The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Canada) is seeking a highly skilled Product Owner I to join our team. As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for ensuring the development teams are creating value through the delivery of high-priority projects for the Line of Business the pod supports.Key Responsibilities:Align with other Product Owners and...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada LifeWorks Full time

    TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider - encompassing physical, mental and financial health - TELUS Health is...

  • Product Owner

    3 weeks ago


    Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Raise Full time

    Product Owner – AdvancedLocation: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (3 days on-site per week)Contract Length: 12 Months Responsibilities:Manage day-to-day operation of RBC wealth Management’s global public web properties as a partner to global marketing teams. Tasks can include, but are not limited to platform readiness activities, issue solutioning, stakeholder...

  • Product Owner

    5 months ago


    Toronto, Canada McCain Foods Full time

    **Position Title**:Product Owner **Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time **Position Location**:Toronto HQ **Requisition ID**: 22667 **JOB PURPOSE**: Reporting to the Director, Finance Portfolio the Product owner: - Partners with product stakeholders and customers across the organization to develop and lead the product vision, strategy, features, and...

  • Product Owner

    6 months ago


    Toronto, Canada McCain Foods (Canada) Full time

    **Position Title**:Product Owner **Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time **Position Location**:Toronto HQ **Requisition ID**: 22667 **JOB PURPOSE**: Reporting to the Director, Finance Portfolio the Product owner: - Partners with product stakeholders and customers across the organization to develop and lead the product vision, strategy, features, and...