IT Product Manager

Job title: IT Product Manager

Company: Desjardins

Job description: Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, and one of the largest employers in the country. It offers a full range of financial products and services and is home to a wealth of expertise in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, wealth management, services for businesses of all sizes, securities brokerage, asset management, venture capital, and secure, leading-edge virtual access methods.

Job Level NV-11

IT Foundations and Cloud Services comprises over 250 individuals specializing in software development, testing, Agile project management, product management, software architecture and platform administration. We design and deliver IT solutions in Agile mode and are responsible for the company’s central and highly critical platforms. We work in mission-critical 24/7 environments with the discipline and practices that such work entails (automated testing, continuous non-regression, proactive alerts, stress and intrusion testing, etc.).

Do you enjoy being actively involved in the IT transformation of a rapidly developing organization that stands out for its modern and human aspects? Being part of a large team that develops key solution platforms for various business sectors? Having access to new technologies and building the foundation of the Desjardins of tomorrow? From design to development and end-to-end maintenance of solutions used by the entire Desjardins Group, our activities are highly visible and at the core of all the company’s strategic projects. Our large team uses DevOps squads to deliver services in keeping with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and is a leader at Desjardins in implementing and using such practices.

As an IT Product Manager, you will help ensure IT efficiency by analyzing, designing and updating programming algorithms (computer software and Web applications) and the architecture of IT tools (software, networks, databases, etc.). You ensure consistency with the organization’s current and future needs and structure, while also ensuring that new components are compatible with the existing architecture (software applications, products, services, etc.).

You will lead and influence development projects and complex, highly innovative strategic initiatives involving multiple sectors. You will help develop and recommend strategic directions and business positions. Your initiatives will require extensive knowledge of your field.

You will make recommendations on solutions architecture and the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you will frequently interact with stakeholders working in a wide range of other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential.

You will serve as expert advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for senior management and decision-making bodies.

General Information on the Position

Additional responsibilities

• Help draw up a roadmap that is in keeping with Desjardins Group’s needs and target business solutions
• Maintain the platform roadmap
• Relay instructions and guidelines, segmentation criteria and all information related to platform technologies to the platform product owners (PO)
• Monitor the market and internal needs
• Participate in design reviews
• Teach, share and spread the word about SOA and EDA concepts, the micro-services approach, etc.

Other working conditions

• Number of jobs available: 1

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• A minimum of eight years of a relevant experience
• Experience with an enterprise platform of the same scope

Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

• For vacant positions available in Quebec, please note that knowledge of French is required

Specific knowledge

• Knowledge of the SAFe model (an asset)
• Advanced French oral and written communication skills
• Independent speaker, upper intermediate knowledge of English

Desjardins Cross-sector skills Action oriented, Collaborates, Customer Focus, Innovation

Key competencies for the job Ambiguity, Communicates effectively, Decision quality, Engagement, Interpersonal Savvy, Networks, Persuades, Strategic mindset

Work Location 400, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest Montréal

Trade Union Non Syndiqué

Unposting Date 2021-02-4

Job Family Information technology (FG)

Expected salary:

Location: Montreal, QC

Job date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:22:11 GMT