Product Group Owner - Toronto, Canada - TD Bank

TD Bank

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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398786BR

Technology Solutions

Toronto, ON

February 8, 2023

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Job Profile Summary

The Product Group Owner is responsible to ensure that a Product Group and its Pods are creating value for the organization through the delivery of customer-focused product increments.

This entails aligning with other Product Owners and senior management to follow a product vision, creating and maintaining a prioritized product backlog, managing delivery blockers, continuously assessing customer feedback, taking the pulse of the market and bringing in innovation and collaborating with stakeholders.

The Product Group Owner should always be considering how to maximize value, assessing how the product or the delivery process can be continuously improved, contributes to a positive work environment and ensures that work embodies the Agile principles of transparency, collaboration and engagement.

Job Description:

CUSTOMER

Partner with senior management to support the delivery of a product vision
In alignment with the product vision, create and maintain a product backlog and continuously reprioritize user stories that will provide the most customer or end user value
Continuously align with senior management on the product delivery roadmap, defined Minimum Marketable Features or Minimum Viable Products and release cadence
Review performance analytics; recommend and champion strategies to enhance the customer or end user product experience
Participate in scrum or Kanban events (e.g. standups, retrospectives), express new ideas for improving product value or delivery efficiency, sharing with leadership as appropriate
Create a valuefocused product backlog and continuously iterate, ensuring there are user stories scoped and prioritized
Provide user story design, development and completion oversight; accepting / rejecting user stories based on the agreed upon Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
Manage delivery initiatives and (depending on complexity) oversee multiple development teams (Product Group or Pod) backlogs
Proactively raise issues that impede the efficient delivery of customerfocused increments
Responsible for defect management and prioritization

SHAREHOLDER

Adhere, and ensure pods adhere, to enterprise frameworks and methodologies related to overall business management activities
Assess / identify key issues and escalate to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and business management where required
Lead the submission and discussion on the Quarterly Business Review, with respect to their product
Identify, mitigate and report on risk issues per enterprise policy / guidance and ensure appropriate escalation processes are followed
Ensure business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets)
Lead relationships with business lines / corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
Define the OKRs in partnership with numerous stakeholders across the organization
Protect the interests of the organization identify and manage risks, and escalate nonstandard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
Manage oversight process, riskbased identification and monitoring of related risks and regulatory compliance across the supported functions, while ensuring key controls and processes are effectively managed
Oversee or lead the facilitation and/or implementation of action / remediation plans to address performance / risk / governance issues
Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

Requirements:

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

Responsible for management of the overall team providing both leadership and guidance
Set targets and objectives for the team, and deliver results
Grow team expertise to align with business/enterprise demand and direction; assess team skills and capabilities and continually look for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
Lead a high performing team; provide ongoing feedback and performance reviews, coach and develop employees and ensure performance management activities are undertaken and completed for all employees
Lead the process of setting performance objectives for the team; track, monitor and effectively address and/or reward performance in a timely manner
Manage employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct
Support an environment where team freely escalates business challenges; facilitate change through positive reinforcement of milestones and successes
Recruit for all hires to ensure a highly diverse, qualified workforce to achieve business objectives