We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the vision, strategy, and end-to-end delivery of complex IT initiatives. This role acts as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring that products are built based on validated customer problems and business opportunities. You will lead a balanced team through the full product lifecycle—from Discovery to Live—while maintaining a focus on continuous shipping, high-quality results, and measurable success criteria.
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Pay Rate: $562.69- $598.13/Diem
Advantages
- Lead a product from initial Discovery through to Live operations, shaping the direction at every stage.
- Articulate vision and strategy directly to senior executive levels, influencing investment and product direction.
- Work within a "balanced team" structure that values user-centered design and iterative feedback loops.
- Drive high-profile, high-risk, and complex initiatives that deliver tangible value to end-users and the business.
Responsibilities
- Articulate the "why" behind the product. Develop and maintain a multi-horizon product road map (now, near, and future) that aligns with organizational goals.
- Manage and prioritize features within the product backlog. Author user stories in collaboration with business owners to ensure tactical design and development work stay focused.
- Direct product activities through Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live stages. Decide when to ship software to ensure customers experience benefits early and often.
- Proactively identify risk events and issues before they occur. Develop and implement mitigation strategies to de-risk the product direction and increase the likelihood of market success.
- Serve as the primary point of communication and mediation between business teams and core technical members to ensure products progress according to the road map.
- Establish and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) via metrics dashboards. Provide authoritative reporting and executive summaries to senior management.
- Lead a balanced team (UX designers, developers, and product owners) utilizing Agile (Scrum) methodologies. Ensure continuous improvement upon the Minimal Viable Product (MVP).
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in communication, mediation, and consensus-building within complex team environments.
- Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks at a program and executive level before they impact delivery.
- Demonstrated experience delivering products within a balanced team using Scrum. Previous experience as a Scrum Master is preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Pivotal Tracker.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Azure. Proficiency in MIRO, Confluence, Trello, Slack, and MS Teams.
- Experience in organizational development, strategy development, and business planning for IT initiatives.
Summary
If you are a Senior Product Manager who excels at navigating the space between business requirements and technical execution, and you have a passion for de-risking complex projects through validated discovery, we encourage you to apply 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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We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the vision, strategy, and end-to-end delivery of complex IT initiatives. This role acts as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring that products are built based on validated customer problems and business opportunities. You will lead a balanced team through the full product lifecycle—from Discovery to Live—while maintaining a focus on continuous shipping, high-quality results, and measurable success criteria.
Pay Rate: $562.69- $598.13/Diem
Advantages
- Lead a product from initial Discovery through to Live operations, shaping the direction at every stage.
- Articulate vision and strategy directly to senior executive levels, influencing investment and product direction.
- Work within a "balanced team" structure that values user-centered design and iterative feedback loops.
- Drive high-profile, high-risk, and complex initiatives that deliver tangible value to end-users and the business.
Responsibilities
- Articulate the "why" behind the product. Develop and maintain a multi-horizon product road map (now, near, and future) that aligns with organizational goals.
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- Manage and prioritize features within the product backlog. Author user stories in collaboration with business owners to ensure tactical design and development work stay focused.
- Direct product activities through Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live stages. Decide when to ship software to ensure customers experience benefits early and often.
- Proactively identify risk events and issues before they occur. Develop and implement mitigation strategies to de-risk the product direction and increase the likelihood of market success.
- Serve as the primary point of communication and mediation between business teams and core technical members to ensure products progress according to the road map.
- Establish and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) via metrics dashboards. Provide authoritative reporting and executive summaries to senior management.
- Lead a balanced team (UX designers, developers, and product owners) utilizing Agile (Scrum) methodologies. Ensure continuous improvement upon the Minimal Viable Product (MVP).
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in communication, mediation, and consensus-building within complex team environments.
- Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks at a program and executive level before they impact delivery.
- Demonstrated experience delivering products within a balanced team using Scrum. Previous experience as a Scrum Master is preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Pivotal Tracker.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Azure. Proficiency in MIRO, Confluence, Trello, Slack, and MS Teams.
- Experience in organizational development, strategy development, and business planning for IT initiatives.
Summary
If you are a Senior Product Manager who excels at navigating the space between business requirements and technical execution, and you have a passion for de-risking complex projects through validated discovery, we encourage you to apply 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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