Product Manager / Leader

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Product Manager / Leader (Contract, Hybrid Remote/Onsite "Toronto") - On-Year Contract with possible extension

Throughongoing product management, monitoring and reporting, services required to perform by the product manager shall include:

• Identifying strategic and operationalrequirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.
• Providing ongoing advice on refinementsand enhancements to the organization’s product management delivery processes.
• Developing product design criteria,planning activities, business objectives, communication and reportingprotocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasingstrategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.
• Directing, coordinating, and monitoringproduct management activities to ensure timely, cost-effective and high-qualitybusiness and customer-focused results

Key Responsibilities

• Articulate the product vision andproduct strategy - so the product team knows why they are undertaking theeffort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.
• Prioritize features & manage thebacklog - So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design anddevelopment work.
• Establish and track against measurableobjectives - So the product team knows whether they are on the right path ornot.
• Decide when to ship software - Socustomers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, andthe product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterateon the product.
• Continually de-risk product direction -So the product team only builds the features they should build, based onvalidated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase thelikelihood that the product will be successful in the market
• Communicate effectively - So theproduct team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum ismaintained.

Requirements

• Deliverablesexpected to be produced could include:
• Product vision and road map (now, near,and future timeline)
• Product strategy: target audience(end-users), problems you’re trying to solve, value propositions
• Customer discovery insights throughend-user research activities
• Product features and functions throughproduct management backlog and the authoring of user stories with the businessproduct owner
• Product key performance Indicators(KPIs) or success criteria including a metrics dashboard
• Product decision and directionrationales
• Product wins (success stories)
• Continuous shipping of product featuresto improve upon the minimal viable product produced by the product team throughuser-centred design processes and agile (scrum) delivery methodologies
• Communications to senior managementlevel including executive summaries, and product status updates as required.