Specialist Product Manager - Montréal, Canada - Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward.

Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion.

From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks.

You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM.

The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

Job Summary

The role of Specialist Product Manager is to assess and fully understand the business needs and translate those needs into business and technical requirements.

The Specialist Product Manager must have a strong mix of technical and business acumen and be capable of assessing the cost/benefit of a feature so they can collate a product backlog and prioritize a roadmap that best serves the business.

The Specialist Product Manager works closely with the business and I&T stakeholders to operationalize these roadmaps for initial development, and lifecycle evolution/enhancements of the product.

The Specialist Product Manager supports the full lifecycle of the product and as such seeks regular customer feedback related to the product to understand and improve customer satisfaction and net promoter scoring.

The Specialist Product Manager must ensure the product, and related enhancements meet business needs based on their comprehensive understanding of the user journey and pain points.

Main Responsibilities

Business Partnering

Create trusted relationships between the Business and I&T organization, ensuring that there is a clear communication channel between the two and that product expectations are aligned
Work to understand the business processes, tools and all related pain points and priorities
Translate business and operations feedback into solutions through product requirements, product plan, and roadmap that is aligned to the business vision
Work with the business, service offering managers, and product owners to capture and develop pipeline of product opportunities, cost optimizations, and innovative ideas
Work with the business to build business cases (including the need for change / objective, strategic alignment, benefits, highlevel implementation plan, financial analysis, risks, etc.), and were necessary promote business sponsorship
Support the annual and 3 year rolling capital planning exercise to ensure product is capitalized to deliver expected benefits to the business
Provide business leaders with insight into innovative technologies that can disrupt or enhance business models / capabilities and be capable of building out business case to prove the idea
Measure satisfaction through various feedback channels and KPI's (e.g. Net Promoter Score)
Based on satisfaction results, develop an action plan to address issues and escalate to leadership, as appropriate

Product Life-Cycle Management

Work with service operations and or the business to capture, translate and enrich business requirements for new and existing products and related services to ensure continued utility
Engage with key stakeholders to achieve a shared vision of product goals and priorities and socialize with all stakeholders
Develop a product roadmap aligned to business needs and priorities
Monitor and analyze technical components to identify potential issues and new capacity requirements for future demands of the Business
Build working models of the product for demonstration purposes or as part of the development process to enable faster feedback loops, engage end users earlier and jumpstart implementations
Work with crossfunctional teams to ensure innovation productization / realization into new products
Employ appropriate techniques to capture requirements and manage them on an ongoing basis through the project lifecycle
Analyze competitive and alternative products so as to understand what capabilities the product must have to delight internal and external customers
Maintain a product lifecycle perspective, and facilitate the balancing of shortterm achievements with longterm goals
Be able to understand the lifecycle of a product and when the time is right to transition functionality and decommission

Evolving Product Management Discipline

Prioritize product development activities to ensure alignment to both the business and technology strategies
Support prioritizing new products and related projects and programs
Facilitate the definition and tracking of key metrics related to the product (e.g., performance, financials, ROI, etc.)
Collaborate with Specialist Product Managers and other stakeholders (e.g., procurement, security, architects, innovation) to avoid duplication and manage dependencies as required

Requirements:

**Education/Certification