Product Manager / Leader

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

Through
ongoing product management, monitoring and reporting, services required to be
performed by the product manager shall include:

• ^{Identifying strategic and operational
  requirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.}
  
• ^{Providing ongoing advice on refinements
  and enhancements to the organization’s product management delivery processes.}
  
• ^{Developing product design criteria,
  planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting
  protocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasing
  strategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.}
  
• ^{Directing, coordinating, and monitoring
  product management activities to ensure timely, cost -effective and high -quality
  business and customer -focused results}
  

Key
Responsibilities

• ^{Articulate the product vision and
  product strategy - so the product team knows why they are undertaking the
  effort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.}
  
• ^{Prioritize features & manage the
  backlog - So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design and
  development work.}
  
• ^{Establish and track against measurable
  objectives - So the product team knows whether they are on the right path or
  not.}
  
• ^{Decide when to ship software - So
  customers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, and
  the product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterate
  on the product.}
  
• ^{Continually de -risk product direction -
  So the product team only builds the features they should build, based on
  validated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase the
  likelihood that the product will be successful in the market}
  
• ^{Communicate effectively - So the
  product team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum is
  maintained.}
  

Requirements

Specific
Deliverables

• ^{Deliverables
  expected 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 through
  end -user research activities}
  
• ^{Product features and functions through
  product management backlog and the authoring of user stories with the business
  product owner}
  
• ^{Product key performance Indicators
  (KPIs) or success criteria including a metrics dashboard}
  
• ^{Product decision and direction
  rationales}
  
• ^{Product wins (success stories)}
  
• ^{Continuous shipping of product features
  to improve upon the minimal viable product produced by the product team through
  user -centred design processes and agile (scrum) delivery methodologies}
  
• ^{Product risk mitigation strategies}
  
• ^{Communications to senior management
  level including executive summaries, and product status updates as required.}