Product Manager

**Introduction**:
As one of the leaders in the development and implementation of asset management software, Deighton offers an exciting combination of challenging opportunities and career diversity; where customer satisfaction is a fundamental value and where you can realize your personal and professional goals. Explore Deighton's opportunities, whether you're a student, recent graduate, experienced professional, or someone looking for new career growth in a dynamic industry.

**Company**:
Deighton Associates Ltd. (Deighton) has established itself as one of the world leaders in providing asset management systems and asset management expertise at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels for agencies around the world. Recognized as the premier software product for infrastructure asset management, dTIMS® is used to manage large infrastructure networks in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States. These infrastructure networks include hundreds of thousands of miles of pavements, thousands of bridges, and millions of wastewater, storm water, and fresh water distribution pipe assets.

**Position Overview**:
Product Management Process

Be a visible leader of product management best practices, keeping up to date with industry trends and bringing new approaches to Deighton.
- Work closely with Director Product Management and product team (Business Analysts, Product Managers) to establish product management processes. Provide suggestions on improvements.
- Ensure compliance of your work to product management processes and corporate standards
- Ensure product direction is properly documented and communicated to members of the Deighton Team.

Product Management-Product Roadmap, Backlog Management

Develop the product strategy, own the product roadmap, and ensure features are effectively prioritized to deliver to the release schedule for the dTIMS suite of products.
- Ensure the Epic and Feature level of the product backlogs are maintained for the products you own and for other products. Act as a lead and mentor for all Product Owners. Process and analyze customer requests.
- Deliver product releases to planned scope, schedule, cost objectives, closely monitoring progress and reporting results.
- Escalate conflicts and prioritization issues not within your power to resolve to the Director Product Management in a timely fashion.
- Engage successfully with the Scrum process forming collaborative relationships with developers and QAs.

Development Support & Product Advocate
- Act as a dTIMS advocate relating feature delivery to user need, enabling marketing and sales initiatives.
- Establish cross-business relationships including Business Development, Research & Innovation and Executive staff to advocate for your products.
- Fully engage with customer interactions including presentations on dTIMS products and ensure product related slides are available to internal (and external) customers.

**Required Skills**:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of product management experience with asset management products
- Experience in leading the product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.
- Experience in creating strategic product roadmap from conception to launch.
- Experience driving elements of the product development lifecycle such as product vision, go-to-market strategy, driving requirements, and product launch.
- Ability to influence stake holders without direct authority.
- Experience working with cross-functional (e.g., engineering, UX/UI, Program Management, etc.) teams.
- 2+ years of experience in relevant roles in asset management (i.e., Product Manager, Product Owner, Product Engineer, or other software development positions)

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in Infrastructure/Transportation Asset Management Certification in Product Management, Product Owner, or other SCRUM roles
- Design and Implementation experience in Enterprise Resource Planning systems
- Design and Implementation experience in Master Data Management
- Design and Implementation experience in System Integration
- Design and Implementation experience in Data Visualization and Data Mining

Benefits and Perks: Market competitive total compensation package, flex hours,
**_HYBRID_** working approach, and great total rewards.

Deighton Associates Ltd. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

**Location**: Whitby, ON (Hybrid Working)