What we're looking for
Our Analysis Guild is seeking a Product Owner, someone who can truly understand client requirements and clearly communicate them to a team with diverse expertise.
As a Product Owner, you will be a key player in the projects you're involved in, working closely with Project Managers in a synergistic partnership to successfully deliver initiatives. You will primarily act as an ally and support for both the design teams (UX, UI) and the delivery teams (Development, QA), while also being responsible for drafting functional specifications.
You will serve as the guardian of the project scope and requirements, ensuring alignment throughout the process. You must feel confident when facing clients, able to guide them in making the right choices.
If you enjoy taking on challenges, excel at handling multiple projects simultaneously, are motivated by team coordination, and communicate fluently in both French and English, this position is a great fit for you.
Job Tasks and Responsibilities
- Represent our clients' interests with internal design and development teams.
- Validate and refine functional and application requirements with clients.
- Draft functional specifications (mainly in Confluence and JIRA).
- Develop and map out functional flows.
- Serve as the go-to person for project scope during execution.
- Manage product backlogs and document user stories following Agile/Scrum methodology in JIRA.
- Ensure that the functional requirements expressed by the client remain aligned with those documented in the requirement specifications and/or service proposal.
- Maintain a clear understanding of requirements across UX, UI, development, and QA teams.
- Actively participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
- Negotiate requirement and scope changes with the client and internal project team.
- Lead and facilitate client workshops (analysis presentations, training sessions, demos, etc.).
Required Qualifications and Characteristics
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a similar position.
- A strong understanding of the development lifecycle, technical challenges, and complexities involved in web development.
- Excellent writing and documentation skills.
- Strong organizational and planning abilities.
- Knowledge of Atlassian tools (especially Jira and Confluence), a significant asset.
- Knowledge of Shopify (a major asset).
- Excellent command of French, both spoken and written, with working proficiency in English considered an asset.
- A university degree in Information Technology or other relevant experience.
What we offer
- Competitive salary.
- 37.5-hour workweek with a flexible schedule.
- Hybrid work mode (2 days per week at the office).
- Summer schedule.
- Paid vacation and sick leave.
- Group insurance.
- Contribution to a collective RRSP.
- Access to a free gym.
- Telemedicine and employee assistance program.
- Renowned clients and large-scale projects.
- Various and modern technologies.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Reimbursement of training and development activities.
- Events and social activities.
- Experienced colleagues and diverse fields of expertise.