Product Owner - HR - Remote

Overview

Are you an experienced Product Owner who loves the pace of global startups and is looking for your next challenge or opportunity? We’re looking for a passionate individual to join our Canadian Product Team as a Product Owner. You will make an immediate impact by building products to support our business’s rapid growth.

In Short

• Be responsible for product delivery, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and cross-functional coordination.
• Define the scope of development for new product features and ongoing feature enhancements.
• Write and prioritize epics, user stories, and define acceptance criteria.
• Establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage your analytical ability to back your decisions with data.
• Effectively use data and analytics layered against high-quality user research to inform the direction of the product line.
• Be responsible for tracking progress, assessing risks, coordinating delivery, and actively communicating contingency and mitigation plans for the team.
• You will run various ad-hoc research and business analyses to assess opportunities and risks.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Product Management experience with a SaaS product.
• Ability to create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows to articulate ideas to cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented with a high bar for quality when writing PRDs, user stories, reviewing designs, brainstorming technical approaches, and testing a feature before it is released.
• Be humble, willing to learn, and do whatever is needed to help your team members accomplish the team goals.
• Experience using agile development methodologies with globally distributed teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• World-class individual contributor and team player to thrive at Employment Hero.
• Financial and accounting math knowledge or a sophisticated understanding of the digital finance space.
• Ability to influence others through leadership and strong communication skills.
• Ability to keep up in a fast-paced and pivot in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to analyze data as well as conduct research through various discussions with customers and teammates.
• Completed Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• A generous budget for your home office.
• Remote First - Work 100% remotely from anywhere within Canada.
• Cutting-edge tools and technology.
• Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognized and rewarded.
• Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero.
• Annual Global Gathering - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and are excited to meet in Dubai in September 2025.