Data Platform Owner

**Posting Date**: Oct 24, 2025, 7:02:20 PM

**Primary Location**: Ontario-Ottawa

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Schedule**: Full-time

**Application deadline: November 7, 2025**

**Join the EDC Team**

At EDC, we support Canadian businesses to succeed globally. We provide the financial tools and expertise they need to explore new markets, reduce risks, all towards the goal of making Canada and the world better through trade. #LI-Hybrid

**Position**: Data Platform Owner

**E**mployment Type**: Permanent

**Compensation Details**:

- Product Owner 18: Salaries typically range from $94,664 to $126,219 annually, based on qualifications and experiences, plus a performance-based incentive.

**Lo**cation**:- This role can be performed from EDC's headquarters in Ottawa or from one of our Community Hubs located in Toronto, Mississauga, Montreal, Laval, Brossard, Vancouver, Calgary or Halifax.**About EDC**:
At Export Development Canada (EDC), we empower Canadian businesses to succeed globally. As a financial Crown corporation, we offer innovative financial solutions and expert insights to help businesses explore new markets, mitigate risks, and achieve growth.

**Why Join EDC?**
- ** Comprehensive Benefits**:EDC offers a competitive compensation & benefits package, work-life balance, & the opportunity to help make Canada and the world better through trade.
- ** Work-Life Balance**:EDC offers a competitive compensation package & work-life balance. We have hybrid work options, 3 to 4 weeks paid vacation, a corporate closure period, summer early Friday’s & no meeting Fridays.
- ** Professional Development**:Take advantage of our continuous learning opportunities, including training programs, workshops and language training.
- ** Inclusive Culture**:Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that champions employment equity & values diversity of ideas, strengths, & backgrounds to succeed.
- ** Wellness Programs**:Access to wellness initiatives, mental health support, and fitness programs to keep you healthy and happy.
- ** Community Engagement**:Participate in volunteer opportunities and give back to the community through our various social responsibility programs.

**Team and Job Overview**:
The Digital & Technology Solutions (DTS) group under the leadership of the Chief Information Officer was established in 2023 with the mission of empowering our customers and colleagues to take on the world, by seamlessly delivering secure and reliable digital experiences. Digital & Technology Solutions has set out to achieve the following objectives for EDC:

- Define, execute, and sustain the integrated technology target state, target data model and technology operations required to enable EDC’s 2030 business transformation.
- Establish and manage the rolling 3 Year Digital Roadmap that sequences the technology outcomes required to achieve the technology target state and facilitate its execution across all domains in the organization.
- Keep pace with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring EDC has access to the digital technology tools it needs to stay relevant in the market and grow Canadian global trade.
- Lead and ensure integrated digital, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity implementations to create excellent customer, user, and employee experiences.

This role uses a systematic and scientific approach to assess and continuously improve the fit of existing and new platform solutions in meeting customer needs and provides on-going platform/product management throughout the platform/product lifecycle including retirement of solutions. This role collaborates effectively with a wide range of EDC employees and external business and technology stakeholders, understanding dependencies across stakeholders to properly coordinate and deliver platform results that fit with customer and end user expectations. The Data Product Owner maintains a strong relationship with their stakeholders and business sponsors, demonstrating a strong understanding of business priorities and aligns investments that are both sustainable and will drive a clear ROI in direct support of those priorities.

**What you will be doing**:

- Develop Product vision, Operational Key Responsibilities (OKRs) and synchronize them with the Family. Communicate these clearly and effectively with stakeholders.
- Define the business value and develop business cases for the Product and support messaging, communication and customer outreach as necessary.
- Build relationships with Business/IT stakeholders regularly to gather feedback and refine the future of the Product factoring in business priority, pacing, risk, funding and scope parameters.
- Scope the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) considering existing resource constraints and sustained product development.
- Build Product Backlog (user stories), prioritize the backlog based on business value, and continuously keep the backlog up to date.
- Identify and raise dependencies and roadblocks to Family PO, Architec