Product Owner - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Information:

Job Requisition ID: 39396

Ministry:
Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction

Location:
Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
March 27, 2023

Classification:
Subsidiary 02B 3625 Program Services 4 Market Adjustment

About Us:

The Consumer, Registry, and Strategic Services (CRSS) division within Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, has a mandate to modernize registry services to deliver efficiencies across these registry areas to ensure that Albertans needs are meet and the economy continues to be stimulated.

The Registries Evolution branch advances this mandate by leading enterprise-level transformational service design projects through the identification, planning, and implementation of opportunities to achieve modernized, innovative, and client-centric registries service delivery.

Role:

Do you want to make a difference in how registry services are delivered in Alberta?
Are you an innovative thinker who thrives in change and exploring new ways of transforming business?
Are you interested in advancing the Registries Modernization multiyear roadmap?
Do you love working with people and building long lasting and effective relationships?

If you answered yes, the Registries Evolution branch wants to hear from you

We are looking for 12 Product Owners with registries expertise, but this competition may be used to fill other Product Owner vacancies throughout the GoA.

Reporting to the Product Director, you will serve as the lead of a digital Product Team that executes decisions on behalf of the Product Director.

Working in conjunction with the Ministry of Technology and Innovation, you will plan, design and implement the new modern services to address business needs and champion the product to end users.

You are responsible for leading Product Teams following an Agile Scrum approach to advance the GoA's digital plan and the Registries Modernization roadmap, a multi-year investment by government in registries service digitization.

Your responsibilities include:

Redesigning operational processes and effective planning to introduce and implement new services to users.
Developing recommendations for required changes to operational programs as digitization occurs.
Identifying barriers to change and recommending mitigation strategies including legislative and divisional policies and programs enable and align with digitization initiatives.
Supporting the Product Director with the establishment of structures and mechanisms to engage staff at all levels to identify and prioritize service modernization opportunities to design and innovate the delivery of registry services.
Collaborating with government technology partners within the Ministry of Technology and Innovation, ensuring the ongoing and incremental delivery of benefits to Albertans and staff.

To be successful in this position, you will possess:

The ability to manage change and achieve positive results.
Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate messages to a broad and diverse audience.
The ability to motivate staff, through managing workloads, and providing clear communication.
Demonstrable planning skills, and the ability to work autonomously within strict timelines to meet deadlines.
An understanding of the business requirements of the Ministry, clients, registry agents, legal community, and other partnering ministries and divisions.
Knowledge about public administration, including the formalized decisionmaking structure and function of Government.
Tactical problem solving and decisionmaking skills that support innovation and ensure that the most efficient and effective outcomes are achieved.
Planning skills, and the ability to work autonomously within strict timelines to meet deadlines.

Qualifications:

University graduation in a field related to the position assignment such as Business, Commerce, Public administration, Economics, Political Science, Statistics, supplemented by four (4) years progressively responsible related experience.

See below for equivalencies.

Applications must include a well-written cover letter and resume that indicates how your experience aligns with the scope of this position in order to be considered for this competition.

Knowledge of the Alberta registries (including the business requirements of the Ministry, clients, registry agents, legal community, and other partnering ministries and divisions) is preferred.

The following will be considered assets:

Understanding of the legislation, regulations, policies and processes governing the operations of the GoA vision, mission, goals and strategies.
Knowledge of the Agile Scrum method, including process mapping, organizational analysis, benefits management, and risk/issue management.

Equivalencies are:
A related two-year diploma and a minimum of six (6) years of related experien