Technical Product Owner

**TECHNICAL PRODUCT OWNER**

**WINNIPEG, MB**

**_ Manitoba Hydro is consistently recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers_**

**_ Great Benefits_**
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Defined-benefit pension plan.
- Nine-day work cycle which normally results in every other Monday off, providing for a balanced approach to work, family life
- and community.
- Flex-time and partially remote work schedule (providing the option to work remotely 3 days per 2 week period), depending on

nature of work, operational requirements and work location.

Manitoba Hydro is a leader among energy companies in North America, recognized for providing highly reliable service and
exceptional customer satisfaction. Join our team of Manitoba's best as we continue to build a company that supports innovation,
commitment, and customer service, while actively supporting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.

We are looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our team. Reporting to the Product Management Lead, the Technical Product
Owner is tasked with leading, orchestrating, and overseeing the development of products and features, serving as the pivotal link
between business and technology teams for a specific product. This role possesses an in-depth knowledge of the product and its
foundational technologies and is responsible for turning business requirements into user stories. This role collaborates closely with
the Business Product Owner and the dedicated Product Squad, including business analysts, designers, developers, and architects
to bring the product vision to fruition.

Key to success in this role is having a robust understanding of Information Technology principles, processes, and technologies
alongside expertise in Product Management and Agile development methodologies. Additionally, project, product, and team
leadership skills are required to be able to effectively collaborate and orchestrate work across various business and technology
colleagues in a matrixed fashion.

**_ Responsibilities:_**
- Own the product roadmap and orchestrate business and technical resources to work together in an Agile method to deliver

incremental product releases using a sprint methodology.
- Lead discovery workshops with business stakeholders to understand the requirements and translate them to technical

requirements and dependencies in collaboration with various technical SMEs.
- Create user stories for new product features that provide clear requirements on product features and enable the product

squad to complete their design, development, and testing activities.
- Coordinate with stakeholders across various business units to align the business needs with product features and articulate

the requirements to the product squad.
- Collaborate with Platform Solution Owners, Solution Architects, and Business Systems Analysts to ensure the technical

architecture aligns with business requirements.
- Develop, present, and manage personas, internal customer journeys, and value maps.
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of business, product, and underlying technologies to guide technical and
- architectural changes in line with the product roadmap.
- Continuously manage the product backlog with the Business Product Owner to ensure all features are clearly described,
- estimated, and prioritized.
- Oversee the development and testing activities through to completion to ensure product functionality is accurately developed
- and tested before deployment.
- Drive sprint and release plans together with the scrum master and product squad.
- Cultivate a working environment that fosters collaboration, minimum viable product mindset, and progressive attitude towards

change.

MANITOBA HYDRO IS COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

Reference Code: CO56974054-01

**_ Qualifications:_**
- A four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related disciplines

from a university of recognized standing with a minimum of five years of directly applicable experience.
OR
- A two-year diploma from an institute of recognized standing with a minimum of seven years of directly applicable experience.
- Experience leading technical and Product Delivery teams, including implementing products in a complex, matrixed
- organization, preferably in the Power and Utilities sector.
- Experience in mobilizing product teams, maturing teams to scale, and creating a product-smart culture within organizations.
- Very strong knowledge of and/or experience with Agile methodologies, development, and delivery.
- Training and work experience in Six-Sigma, lean, or equivalent business process improvement framework.
- Experience with internal customer journey and value stream mapping, customer segment, and persona development.
- Strong analytical skills, including a sound understanding of interpreting scorecard results to target and results relative to
- leading operational metrics.
- Ability to unde