Senior Product Owner, People Technology and Experience

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Why FCC?

At FCC, we’re proud to be 100% invested in Canadian agriculture and food. As a federal Crown corporation, we provide financing, knowledge resources and business management software to over 103,000 customers nationwide.

Here’s what you can expect when you join our team:

• Competitive total rewards packages: market-aligned and performance-based salary and incentive programs, flexible and comprehensive group benefit and savings plans, and well-being support through benefits and wellness programs

• Purpose-driven work: We build strong relationships, share knowledge and support the people who feed the world

• Growth: Learning and development opportunities to help you thrive

• Hybrid work options

How you’ll make an impact

Bring your technology product-delivery experience, stakeholder influence and ability to make clear, data-informed priority decisions to a role that shapes employee-facing technology and workplace experiences.

You’ll own product outcomes by building and prioritizing a transparent backlog, clarifying the problems that need to be solved and helping stakeholders understand trade-offs. Your work will span a diverse portfolio that may include HR platforms, employee devices, meeting-room technology, workplace tools and technology-enabled office initiatives.

This senior role is well-suited to an organized, adaptable product owner who communicates in business-focused language, leads through influence and connects employee needs with practical technology delivery.

What you’ll do

• Create, maintain and prioritize a transparent product backlog that supports corporate, divisional, operational and product goals
• Engage stakeholders to understand needs and clarify the business problems to be solved
• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable work for product teams
• Use data, business value and capacity information to evaluate competing priorities
• Identify and communicate the trade-offs created by priority decisions
• Manage backlog items in JIRA
• Organize work into Agile delivery units such as sprints or cycles
• Develop clear user stories and product specifications
• Develop wireframes, prototypes or business cases when they are needed to clarify the solution
• Demonstrate new or changing functionality to stakeholders
• Gather feedback and use it to improve product outcomes
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Agile and product-delivery practices

What you’ll bring to the team

Required qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, mathematics or a related discipline
• At least eight years of progressive experience in technology, product ownership, business analysis, project management or a related field
• Minimum four years of experience in a project management, lead analysis, product owner or similar delivery leadership role (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Experience creating, maintaining and prioritizing an Agile product backlog
• Experience delivering technology solutions in complex business environments
• Experience translating business problems and stakeholder needs into clear product requirements
• Experience managing backlog items in JIRA or a comparable work-management platform
• Ability to apply an Agile mindset to backlog management, refinement and delivery planning
• Experience refining work and organizing delivery into Agile units such as sprints or cycles
• Demonstrated experience evaluating competing priorities using data, business value and delivery capacity
• Sound judgment in making priority decisions and clearly communicating the rationale
• Proven skill in facilitating trade-off conversations with stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder-influence skills, including leading without formal authority
• Skilled at tailoring the level and detail of information for different audiences
• Clear, business-focused communication skills for explaining technology decisions
• Proven organizational skills to structure complex work and maintain clear priorities across multiple products and stakeholders
• A track record of building trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders
• Working knowledge of information technology and software-delivery concepts and their application in business settings

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification or training in one or more of the following: product ownership, product management, Agile methodology, user-centered design or project management
• Experience with Workday, PeopleSoft, Dayforce or another HR platform solution
• Experience with employee technology, end-user computing or large device fleets
• Experience with workplace technology such as meeting-room equipment, Teams rooms or Microsoft Places
• Experience supporting workplace logistics, facilities, real estate, office construction or renovation initiatives

Not sure you meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. 

You belong here  
At FCC, we’re committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace – one that reflects the communities where we live, work and play. Our team is made stronger through diversity, and we’re dedicated to building a workforce that brings together a range of backgrounds, abilities and perspectives.  
   
We encourage qualified applicants to apply, including members of these four employment equity groups:  
• Indigenous Peoples  
• Members of visible minority groups  
• Persons with disabilities  
• Women  

Accessibility and accommodations   

To support an inclusive and accessible candidate experience, we encourage anyone needing an adjustment or accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process to email us at:  TalentSupplyRecherch@fcc-fac.ca. An HR partner will respond and work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation. Information received in relation to accommodation requests will not impact hiring decisions.