Product Visionary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Product Visionary to join our team at OLG. As a Digital Product Owner, you will be responsible for developing and driving the iLottery product vision and strategy, aligning with our broader business strategy.

• Develop and communicate a clear and ambitious product vision to key stakeholders and the team.
• Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception, determining business value once solutions enter production.
• Manage the iLottery P&L, including forecasting, revenue growth, and cost management.
• Ensure alignment of product features and stories, reviewing, providing feedback, and prioritizing user stories in line with your vision.
• Build, improve, and manage the backlog with the team, ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized.
• Drive customer-driven design, considering user pain points and usability test results, using market and industry knowledge, and continual research, to deliver a well-positioned product.
• Approve each feature and provide valuable feedback to the team.
• Monitor KPIs, verify against market trends, and suggest pivots to the backlog.
• Track progress towards OKRs and manage delays.
• Exercise strong decision-making mandate from the executive group to own the product end-to-end.
• Work with IT resources and the Technology Lead to understand risks and build modular and reusable solutions.
• Provide an environment that fosters collaboration, MVP mindset, and progression towards change.

• Experience in Agile Development, with Product Owner (or similar) experience preferred.
• Confidence in managing backlog, writing detailed user stories, refining stories with experts, and having a typical 'servant leader' mindset when working with the team.
• Minimum three (3) years in product/new product development, marketing, and/or development experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, minimum 6 years work experience).
• Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products.
• Solid knowledge of industry trends, user demands, and pain points to create a high-value product vision.
• Comfortable with technology/IT to engage in discussion with the tech team to understand risks.

• A socially responsible company that gives back all its profits to the province and people of Ontario.
• A flexible work environment to help balance both work and life.
• A family-friendly work practice and hybrid work arrangement.
• The freedom to innovate and support new and better ways to be successful.
• An environment that values diversity as a source of strength.
• 24-7 access to robust online learning programs.
• Participation in a major defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Government of Ontario.
• Performance-based incentives to share in our success (Permanent OLG Employees Only).