Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly strategic Product Owner to drive the product vision and roadmap for critical banking solutions.
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In this high-visibility role, you will act as the primary voice of the customer, utilizing a human-centered design approach to shape, manage, and continuously refine the product backlog. Operating within a distributed Agile framework, you will lead cross-functional delivery teams, validate ideas through iterative feedback loops, and make key decisions that ensure technology solutions align with customer needs and business strategy. As a subject matter expert in software product management, you will provide strategic advisory, resolve complex multi-team challenges, and foster a culture of product innovation and continuous improvement.
Duration: 1-Month Contract (with potential for extension)
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week on-site at the corporate office)
Advantages
High-Impact Enterprise Scope: Drive product vision and innovation strategy for key digital initiatives within a top-tier banking institution.
Agile Leadership: Champion modern Agile methodologies (ADM for Distributed Agile Development) and human-centered design principles across cross-functional squads.
Strategic Advisory Influence: Serve as a subject matter expert with the autonomy to influence enterprise decisions, solve multi-team bottlenecks, and shape product strategy.
Predictable Hybrid Cadence: Enjoy a balanced hybrid work schedule combining remote flexibility with 3 collaborative on-site days per week.
Responsibilities
Vision & Roadmap Management: Lead the development and continuous refinement of the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with customer insights, market trends, and business objectives.
Backlog Governance & Prioritization: Define, groom, and prioritize the product backlog, translating customer feedback and data into actionable user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
Human-Centered Design Execution: Validate and test ideas through recurrent user feedback loops to ensure continuous discovery informs timely direction changes and product enhancements.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with design, engineering, business, and QA teams to ensure seamless communication, goal alignment, and on-time delivery across sprints.
Agile Mentorship & Innovation: Champion best practices in Agile project management and innovation strategy to boost team productivity, product quality, and delivery velocity.
Qualifications
Professional Product Leadership: Proven track record as a Product Owner managing software products within an enterprise environment.
Banking Industry Depth: Mandatory experience operating within the Banking or Financial Services domain.
Agile Mastery: Master proficiency in Agile Project Management and software product management, with expertise in Agile methods and distributed Agile development.
Data-Driven & Customer-Centric Mindset: Deep experience applying human-centered design principles, analyzing user feedback, and using data to guide strategic decision-making.
Stakeholder & Advisory Skills: Outstanding communication, advisory, and negotiation skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence decision-making across multiple cross-functional teams.
Summary
If you are a tech-savvy Product Owner who pairs a passion for human-centered design with deep banking industry experience and expert Agile backlog management, this 1-month contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your strategic vision, product innovation mindset, and collaborative leadership to our client's digital product team today!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly strategic Product Owner to drive the product vision and roadmap for critical banking solutions.
In this high-visibility role, you will act as the primary voice of the customer, utilizing a human-centered design approach to shape, manage, and continuously refine the product backlog. Operating within a distributed Agile framework, you will lead cross-functional delivery teams, validate ideas through iterative feedback loops, and make key decisions that ensure technology solutions align with customer needs and business strategy. As a subject matter expert in software product management, you will provide strategic advisory, resolve complex multi-team challenges, and foster a culture of product innovation and continuous improvement.
Duration: 1-Month Contract (with potential for extension)
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week on-site at the corporate office)
Advantages
High-Impact Enterprise Scope: Drive product vision and innovation strategy for key digital initiatives within a top-tier banking institution.
...
Agile Leadership: Champion modern Agile methodologies (ADM for Distributed Agile Development) and human-centered design principles across cross-functional squads.
Strategic Advisory Influence: Serve as a subject matter expert with the autonomy to influence enterprise decisions, solve multi-team bottlenecks, and shape product strategy.
Predictable Hybrid Cadence: Enjoy a balanced hybrid work schedule combining remote flexibility with 3 collaborative on-site days per week.
Responsibilities
Vision & Roadmap Management: Lead the development and continuous refinement of the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with customer insights, market trends, and business objectives.
Backlog Governance & Prioritization: Define, groom, and prioritize the product backlog, translating customer feedback and data into actionable user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
Human-Centered Design Execution: Validate and test ideas through recurrent user feedback loops to ensure continuous discovery informs timely direction changes and product enhancements.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with design, engineering, business, and QA teams to ensure seamless communication, goal alignment, and on-time delivery across sprints.
Agile Mentorship & Innovation: Champion best practices in Agile project management and innovation strategy to boost team productivity, product quality, and delivery velocity.
Qualifications
Professional Product Leadership: Proven track record as a Product Owner managing software products within an enterprise environment.
Banking Industry Depth: Mandatory experience operating within the Banking or Financial Services domain.
Agile Mastery: Master proficiency in Agile Project Management and software product management, with expertise in Agile methods and distributed Agile development.
Data-Driven & Customer-Centric Mindset: Deep experience applying human-centered design principles, analyzing user feedback, and using data to guide strategic decision-making.
Stakeholder & Advisory Skills: Outstanding communication, advisory, and negotiation skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence decision-making across multiple cross-functional teams.
Summary
If you are a tech-savvy Product Owner who pairs a passion for human-centered design with deep banking industry experience and expert Agile backlog management, this 1-month contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your strategic vision, product innovation mindset, and collaborative leadership to our client's digital product team today!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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