Product Owner - Toronto, Canada - OLG

OLG

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Range:
95, ,800.00 CAD

Job Description:

Product Owner (1 year Contract)

GAME ON - OLG needs you

We've said GAME ON, and we mean it - OLG is rapidly transforming its organization to better serve Ontarians by delivering great gaming experiences through our digital, retail lottery, and land-based gaming channels.

Over the course of fiscal , OLG delivered a record $2.5 billion in net profit to the Province of Ontario.

OLG is now expanding our horizons even further, with a new strategic direction, to become a world class gaming entertainment leader with a globally admired digital platform.

We are ready to take this game to the next level and need a passionate Product Owner to develop and drive the product vision and strategy, in alignment with the business strategy, to the customer, providing constant feedback to the team and helping to set and drive goals toward the vision.

Through an agile team-based methodology, the role will be accountable for the implementation of business solutions to meet the digital strategy to ensure our gaming offerings, features and products are exceeding the needs of our customers, increase revenue and profitability and drive excellent customer experiences.

In this capacity, the Product Owner applies deep knowledge of domain expertise, product, and journey as well as an eye on industry trends, user demands, and pain points.

YOUR ROLE IN THE GAME
Reporting to the Vice President Digital Product Integration, you will be empowered to:

Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate the story effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team.
Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production.
Ensure alignment of product features and stories, i.e., review, give feedback, and prioritize user stories in line with own vision.
Continuously building, improve and manage backlog with the team, ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized.
Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points and usability test results, using market and industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver a well-positioned product.
Approve each feature and provide valuable feedback to the team
Drive sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Master and organizational technology teams in
Monitor KPIs, verify against market trends, and suggest pivots to backlog
Track progress towards OKRs and manage delays
Exercise strong decision-making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
Work with IT resources and Technology Lead to understand risks and build modular and reusable solution
Provide an environment that fosters collaboration, MVP mindset and progression towards change.
The role works in close collaboration with Lab teams across the Digital business unit to share product vision and strategies and leverage knowledge and skills across teams.
Partners with IT resources when identifying risks, developing risk mitigation strategies and building modular and reusable solutions.
Works in close collaboration with Centres of Expertise within the Digital business unit (i.e. Technology Engineering and Operations, Marketing. Agile COE, Customer Experience and Design, Digital Transformation, Planning and Performance) when developing and sharing product vision and strategy and leveraging in-house knowledge and skills for the specific area of discipline.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY

Work Experience:_
Experience in Agile Development, with Product Owner (or similar) experience preferred
Should be confident in managing the backlog; writing detailed user stories, refining stories with experts, and having a typical 'servant leader' mindset when with the team
Minimum three (3) years in product and development experience
Minimum two (2) years experience driving and delivering product roadmap in agile environment and/or cross functional team
Education & Knowledge: _Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience). Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products, Solid knowledge of industry trends, user demands, and pain points to be able to create a high value product vision, Comfortable with technology/IT to be able to engage in discussion with tech team to understand risks.
Critical Skills:_ Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and tradeoffs to tell a compelling story. Sufficient authority to make realtime decisions. Ability to influence a diverse group of SMEs and key stakeholders; strong leadership skills. Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress. Able to 'let go' of authority where needed, allowing team to thrive.
Negotiation and Influence_: ability to negotiate and influence effectively while being open to perspectives and maintaining strong relationships
Strategic Thinker_: st