Job title: Business Information Management Analyst IV (Product Owner)
Company: Robertson & Company
Job description: Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private client, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.Introduction: Robertson is seeking a skilled Business Information Management Analyst (Product Owner) to join our client.Contract Period: 12 months with potential to extend or convert
Pay Rate: Starting from $70 per hour
Location: Toronto, ON
Location Type: Hybrid; onsite 2 days, flexible on the days for now
Business Hours: Monday to Friday; Core Business HoursJob Responsibilities:
- Partner with management to support the delivery of a product vision
- In alignment with the product vision, create and maintain a product backlog and continuously re-prioritize user stories that will provide the most customer or end user value
- Continuously align with senior management on the product delivery roadmap, defined Minimum Marketable Features or Minimum Viable Products and release cadence
- Review performance analytics; recommend and champion strategies to enhance the customer or end user product experience
- Participate in scrum or Kanban events (e.g. stand-ups, retrospectives), express new ideas for improving product value or delivery efficiency, sharing with leadership as appropriate
- Proactively engage established business process partners to ensure customers or end users are prepared for application changes and establish Day 2 processes
- Create a value-focused product backlog and continuously iterate, ensuring there are user stories scoped and prioritized
- Provide user story design, development and completion oversight; accepting / rejecting user stories based on the agreed upon Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
- Manage delivery initiatives and oversee development team (pod) backlogs
- Proactively raise issues that impede the efficient delivery of customer-focused increments
- Responsible for defect management and prioritization
- Create release notes with feature description for implemented solutions
- Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for own business area / journey
- Ensure on-going strategic alignment with senior management, providing feedback as appropriate
- Consider development team and stakeholder feedback in backlog management, facilitating conversations with multiple stakeholders representing competing priorities
- Understand the internal business and technical environment, proactively defining, aligning or integrating with relevant stakeholders, shared services control groups (or platform as appropriate
- Lead the submission and discussion on the Quarterly Business Review, with respect to their product
- Proactively manage business stakeholders to obtain inputs needed for product development in a timely manner
- Monitor the regulatory environment and partner with the senior management to consider changes to product strategy as needed
- Actively coordinate and engage in risk, quality and/or business testing management
- Empowered to make product delivery decisions, escalating to senior management as appropriate
- Actively communicate to business, technology and senior management regarding product changes and backlog priorities
- Single point of escalation for development team, providing guidance and decisioning as needed
- Work cohesively with peers to reinforce Agile processes
- Compile performance metrics and share with relevant stakeholders
- Define the OKRs in partnership with numerous stakeholders across the organization
- Protect the interests of the organization- identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high-risk activities as necessary
- Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
- Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
Experience & Qualification Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree and / or product certificate
- 7+ years relevant experience
- 3+ years Product Owner or Agile related delivery experience
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification and project management experience considered an asset
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications or experience operating in scaled agile delivery considered an asset
- Business requirements
- Jira
- Presentation/ Power point decks
- Marketing skills
- Business process mapping
- Visio experience
- Product owner experience/exposure – 3 years
- Corporate experience
****ALL CANDIDATES MUST COMPLETE A CRIMINAL AND CREDIT CHECK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS****How to Apply: If you are a motivated professional looking to contribute to a leading team, please submit your resume outlining your qualifications and experience relevant to this role. Robertson & the clients we represent, value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We invite all qualified individuals to apply.Robertson & the clients we represent are equal opportunity employers, committed to diversity and inclusion. Robertson is a certified diverse supplier and actively seeks to foster a representative and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, Aboriginal status, or any other legally protected factors. We champion building a diverse and inclusive environment.
Expected salary: $70 per hour
Location: Toronto, ON
Job date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:46:03 GMT
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