Product Owner - CommStar

Company: CGIC
Department: Commercial and Farm
Employment Type: Temporary Full-Time (x months)
Work Model: Hybrid (2 days in office)
Language: Bilingualism in English and French is an asset.

The Opportunity:

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients and our communities.

Our Farm & Commercial insurance team aspires to be the industry leader by meeting the evolving needs of Canadian businesses and farm operations. Our passionate team is committed to enhancing the client experience and delivering operational efficiencies by investing in leading edge technology and leveraging analytics to achieve strategic objectives.

As the Product Owner, you will play a key role in conveying the vision of the business stakeholders, to an Agile team, accountable for delivering on approved initiatives. The Product Owner takes direction from the business stakeholders and leads the Agile Teams in delivering on the initiatives in the backlog that align to strategy and meet the current and future goals and needs. This is a joint project initiative to develop the Pricing of Fleet and Garage Auto for Sovereign and CGIC.

How you will create impact:

• Participating in the development of roadmaps and delivering solutions that will maximize value.


• Applying incremental delivery principles to drive the delivery of business value, communicating progress, eliciting feedback, and enabling stakeholder reviews to validate processes.


• Maintaining a good understanding of business partners, their expectations, needs and points of pain to effectively communicate this knowledge to the development team to focus on deliverables and priorities.


• Being an advocate for the clients/users by owning issues, forming solutions, and defining outcomes as you move the delivery of the roadmap to completion.


• Serving as the primary source of information for the team, offering clear definitions of the targeted capability, the intended value to the customer and all requirements.

To join our team:

• You have three to five years of experience in P&C Pricing and Rating experience and having experience in change management in a product owner or business system/analyst capacity would be seen as an asset.


• You have completed a post-secondary degree in Actuarial Science, Business Administration, Finance, , Information Technology (IT), Computer Science or a relate discipline.


• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with team members as well as both internal and external stakeholders at various levels.


• Having experience in project management and/or people leadership is an asset.


• This position primarily works with majority non-francophone groups, and teams located outside of Québec, and requires proficiency in English. The essential non-French duties are not assignable to adjacent or other team members. 

How you will succeed:

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.


• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.


• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.


• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

What you need to know:

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What’s in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.


• Flexible work options to support personal and family needs.


• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.


• Volunteer opportunities to give back to your community.

Expected salary range $91,058 - $141,000+.

The salary amount for the successful candidate is determined by Co-operators in its discretion and will vary depending on several criteria including but not limited to: local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualification, experience and education. ​

​ Employees may also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn additional compensation tied to individual and/or business performance, or other business metrics.

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