Technical Product Manager

Our client, a leader in the provision of cloud-based solutions for the life sciences industry, is building its next generation platform for managing documentation specific to the life sciences industry.

Our client brings together passionate individuals and experts who have many years of experience in life science methodology, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, system design and development. Their team has built a reputation through the industry for excellence and commitment to quality.

They are looking for a Montreal based
**Technical Product Owner**
***interested in pioneering the way in growing and evolving our flagship product “Connect” built on the Microsoft Azure platform ecosystem in a cloud-native and microservices architecture.

Reporting to the Director of Product, the
**Technical Product Owner (TPO)**
***is pivotal to development squads short
- and long-term operations and execution.

As a member of the
**Product** group, you will:
**_
Be central to the Product and Engineering operations of the company:_**
- Define the end-to-end execution of the product development, supporting the business & customer-centricity from discovery to support.
- Take the lead of scrum teams as the TPO while working in collaboration with all technical and support functions under Engineering and Montrium.
- The TPO is the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and development teams.
- Act as an ambassador for the product internally and externally and as the primary contact for queries and requests related to the product development.
- Works in an Agile environment and continuously review the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
- Build, manage, and prioritize product backlogs, weighing priorities according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders.
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to identify and organize the steps required for the next iteration and manage expectations.
- As product backlog change frequently, the TPO must make the backlog accessible and available to all stakeholders (particularly developers) to ensure optimized performance and product outcomes.
- Develop appropriately detailed specifications for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development teams.
- Build and present bi-weekly burndown and velocity chart to key stakeholders.
- Ensure synergy with other parallel initiatives to ensure optimum outcomes.
- Define, govern & report success indicators on the journey to delivering value.
- Work with internal and external customers to analyze and understand their goals, their preferences and discover insights through continuous customer, user, and stakeholder engagement and data analysis.
- Build hands-on experience of the product line.
- Work in close collaboration with Development, CX, and Quality teams to ensure that appropriate attention is given to Reliability Engineering.
- Write technical system documentation (_e., Change Controls, Configuration Specifications_) based on the solution’s Requirements document in support of Product and development initiatives.
- Possible domestic and international travel may occur on occasions in support of Product mandates.

**_Actively contribute to the operational excellence of the company._**
- Participate in Product and Engineering strategic and operational planning to achieve business objectives by driving innovation, prioritizing digital initiatives, the assessment, and implementation of current and future product evolutions.
- Achieve operational service objectives and levels within the team.
- Keep informed of Digital & Cloud industries trends, cybersecurity, and related emerging technologies.
- Help advance the teams software development and DevOps practices.
- Remain informed of Agile, Lean startup best practices and new trends.
- Ensure compliance of all operations with safety, regulatory and legal policies, and guidelines.
- Proactively identify non-conformances and potential areas for improvement and facilitate the development and deployment of standard solutions with an eye towards scalability.

**_Be an inspiring and motivating team member and leader._**
- Support team members, share knowledge and participate in various learning activities.
- Be collaborative, accountable, autonomous, and stimulating within your work environment.
- Know how to adapt to change and be a promoter of the Agile state of mind.
- Be an advocate for a culture that is high-performing, data and technology-focused.
- Have a drive to learn, enjoy taking initiative, and grow into leadership within the organization.
- Be an example of work-life balance by managing your own schedule.

**Informations contractuelles**:
**Benefits**:

- Flexible remote working environment _(flexibility to work remote with one day in office from our amazing Old Montreal office)_
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) _(Vacations & Sick days)_
- Healthcare benefits
- Voluntary