Product Manager - Senior
Senior Product Manager assignment supporting the Government Services Integration Cluster. Requires 10+ years of integrated enterprise project management experience, Oracle Siebel CRM experience, Agile/Scrum knowledge, and OPS/public sector experience. Five days onsite in Toronto.
- Organization
- Government Services Integration Cluster
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Contract
- Compensation
- $734/day
- Reference
- RQ11502
Overview
Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and ensuring that the product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including:
• Gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements
• Defining the product vision
• Ensuring that the product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals
• Gain a deep understanding of customer experience:
• Identify and fill product gaps
• Generate new ideas that grow market share
• Improve customer experience
• Drive growth
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
• Develop product pricing and positioning strategies
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services
Mandatory Qualifications
• 10+ years of Integrated Enterprise project management experience across business and I&IT teams.
• Demonstrated experience with managing multi-year multi-million budget projects.
• Experience with the management of Stakeholders, risks, changes, issues, time, scope and resources.
• Experience in validating financial forecasts, cost assumptions, and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
• Experience in formulating and determining business and technical requirements, business problems, business objectives, product visions, goals and outcomes.
• Experience with Lean-six sigma.
• Experience working with stakeholders, roadmapping, prioritizing projects.
• Experience delivering MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification.
• Experience working with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities.
• Experience running beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples becoming an expert with respect to the competition.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience.
• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products. (must have)
• Experience with IT project management specifically working with Oracle Siebel CRM.
• Experience with I&IT technology site deployment/rollout.
• Experience leading, facilitating and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements.
• Experience in defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering the initiative including business, operational, and information technology deliverables as needed.
• Experience with underlying technologies and processes for the delivery of an end-to-end electronic solution.
• Technical knowledge of Oracle and related deployment environments in order to coordinate and lead activities.
• Experience in leading QA activities and processes.
• Experience creating privacy, financial, communication and IT documentation including business cases, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Impact Assessments, Requests for Service and Requests for Information.
• Experience with Public Sector ITIL process including incident management, release management, problem management, support model etc.
• Experience with OPS business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements and business rules.
• Knowledge of Government network and desktop infrastructure procurement, implementation and support models.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with ServiceOntario projects.
• Prior OPS or Public Sector Exp.
Skills and Experience
Project Management - 35%
• 10+ years of Integrated Enterprise project management experience across business and I&IT teams.
• Demonstrated experience with managing multi-year multi-million budget projects.
• Experience with the management of Stakeholders, risks, changes, issues, time, scope and resources.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools including Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Teams and other tools that support project management, collaboration and development of processes and plans.
• Experience managing project life cycles including assigning resources and maintaining the project backlogs and in-progress/completed tasks with collaboration tools like: Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, KanBan, Workamajig, etc.
• Experience in validating financial forecasts, cost assumptions, and provide on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
• Experience in formulating and determining business and technical requirements, business problems, business objectives, product visions, goals and outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, collaborate and inform policy, IT, legal, communication and privacy teams.
Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills - 35%
• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products. (must have)
• Experience with IT project management specifically working with Oracle Siebel CRM.
• Experience with I&IT technology site deployment/rollout.
• Experience leading, facilitating and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements.
• Experience in defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering the initiative including business, operational, and information technology deliverables as needed.
• Experience with underlying technologies and processes for the delivery of an end-to-end electronic solution.
• Technical knowledge of Oracle and related deployment environments in order to coordinate and lead activities.
• Experience in leading QA activities and processes.
Documentation Skills - 20%
• Experience creating privacy, financial, communication and IT documentation including business cases, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Impact Assessments, Requests for Service and Requests for Information.
Public Sector Experience - 10%
• Experience with Public Sector ITIL process including incident management, release management, problem management, support model etc.
• Experience with OPS business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements and business rules.
• Knowledge of Government network and desktop infrastructure procurement, implementation and support models.