Senior Product Manager - Remote

Overview

The Senior Product Manager resides at the intersection of business, service design, and technology. Responsible for product outcomes, they own the digital strategy behind a product, or a suite of products, for Mitacs, including the development and delivery, specifying functional requirements, managing feature releases. This position provides clear and focused leadership to successfully execute and advance digital products in support of Mitacs's strategic goals and contributes to maximizing the technology investment in support of Mitacs's Digital Transformation Strategy.

In Short

• Prioritize and manage the backlog for Mitacs+ while collaborating with the Product Lead, Service Design and Operational Excellence team.
• Work with business stakeholders across the company to understand their business, operational, and system requirements.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of the Mitacs+, power platforms and powerapps.
• Develop deep internal and external process and workflow knowledge.
• Identify and outline areas within Mitacs+ to capture analytics and track product performance.
• Represent the needs of both end user and internal stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ensure focused collaboration and promote cohesiveness between team members and stakeholders.
• Manage product portfolio and release management.
• Translate stakeholder needs to Agile Teams and vendors.
• Coordinate activities across the software development lifecycle to meet user needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field.
• 10+ years of experience working as a Product Manager or similar within technology.
• Extensive stakeholder management experience.
• Motivational leader that can inspire productivity and teamwork.
• Strong understanding of business systems and operational needs.
• Drive to design innovative solutions.
• Prior experience collaborating with designers in defining Client Experience (CX) and User Interface (UI).
• Experience with customer-facing web applications.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values at Mitacs.
• Encouragement for diverse candidates to apply.
• Accommodations during the recruitment process.