JOB DESCRIPTION
- Partner with management to support the delivery of a product vision
- In alignment with the product vision, create and maintain a product backlog and continuously re-prioritize user stories that will provide the most customer or end user value
- Continuously align with senior management on the product delivery roadmap, defined Minimum Marketable Features or Minimum Viable Products and release cadence
- Review performance analytics; recommend and champion strategies to enhance the customer or end user product experience
- Participate in scrum or Kanban events (e.g. stand-ups, retrospectives), express new ideas for improving product value or delivery efficiency, sharing with leadership as appropriate
- Proactively engage established business process partners to ensure customers or end users are prepared for application changes and establish Day 2 processes
- Create a value-focused product backlog and continuously iterate, ensuring there are user stories scoped and prioritized
- Provide user story design, development and completion oversight; accepting / rejecting user stories based on the agreed upon Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
- Manage delivery initiatives and oversee development team (pod) backlogs
- Proactively raise issues that impede the efficient delivery of customer-focused increments
- Responsible for defect management and prioritization
- Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for own business area / journey
- Ensure on-going strategic alignment with senior management, providing feedback as appropriate
- Consider development team and stakeholder feedback in backlog management, facilitating conversations with multiple stakeholders representing competing priorities
- Understand the internal business and technical environment, proactively defining, aligning or integrating with relevant stakeholders, shared services control groups (or platform as appropriate
- Lead the submission and discussion on the Quarterly Business Review, with respect to their product
- Proactively manage business stakeholders to obtain inputs needed for product development in a timely manner
- Monitor the regulatory environment and partner with the senior management to consider changes to product strategy as needed
- Actively coordinate and engage in risk, quality and/or business testing management
- Empowered to make product delivery decisions, escalating to senior management as appropriate
- Actively communicate to business, technology and senior management regarding product changes and backlog priorities
- Single point of escalation for development team, providing guidance and decisioning as needed
- Work cohesively with peers to reinforce Agile processes
- Compile performance metrics and share with relevant stakeholders
- Define the OKRs in partnership with numerous stakeholders across the organization
- Protect the interests of the organization- identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk activities as necessary
- Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impactsMaintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
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JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Key subject matter expert professional role requiring substantial knowledge / expertise in a complex field and knowledge of broader related areas
- Accountable for specialized product development support based on sound product expertise and knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes, roles and practices
- Integrate knowledge of the enterprise sub-function’s or business line’s overarching strategy in developing solutions across multiple functions or operations
- Interpret internal/external business challenges and the industry environment, recommends course of action and best practices to improve products, processes or services
- Lead and integrate cross-function understanding within their own field of specialty, and /or projects with significant resource requirements, risk and / or complexity
- Solve or may lead others to solve complex problems; leads efforts or partners with others to develop new solutions
- Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify solutions
- Impact the achievement of sub-function or business line objectives within the area they are accountable for
- Communicate difficult concepts; converts information to compelling business context and advice; influences and gains alignment across increasingly senior stakeholders
- Work autonomously as the lead and guide others within area of expertiseTypically reports into a Product Group Owner
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EXPERIENCE AND / OR EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business, or related field.
- Familiarity with CIAM concepts & technologies:
- Understanding of Authentication and Authorization protocols (OAuth, SAML, OpenID)
- Knowledge of Identity and Access Management Systems and Technologies
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity and data protection principles
- 3+ years Product Owner or Agile related delivery experience including but not limited to:
- Experience working with Agile tool. E.g., Confluence & Jira
- Experience writing user stories
- Managing roadmap and respective backlog
- Awareness of data protection regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, or HIPAA is a plusCertified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification and project management experience considered an asset
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WHO WE ARE:
TD is one of the world’s leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.
TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.