Technical Product Owner

We areAt Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.Role: Technical Product Owner Location: Montreal, QC(3 Days Hybrid)Type: Full-time Primary Responsibilities:The candidate should be able to:• Develop and maintain a product vision in alignment with program goals.• Define and communicate the product roadmap to stakeholders and development teams.• Create, maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on business goals and customer needs.• Collaborate across the organization to deliver high quality products.• Coordinate across various IT and Operations groups spread across North America / EMEA / Asia to understand project progress / issues / risks, and remediate critical issues to the program. • Understand and document dependencies and communicate timeline impacts.• Act as the liaison between technical teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment.• Understand the technical architecture and ensure it aligns with product requirements.• Make informed tradeoff decisions between technical constraints and product goals.• Lead the planning and execution of feature development including Sprint planning.• Ensure the delivery of products and features meets the timelines and quality expectations.• Communicate product progress release plans and challenges to stakeholders.• Create communication materials to deliver information to different levels of the organization from the technologists and business users to senior managers.• Gather feedback from customers and stakeholders to refine product features.• Track product performance through KPIs and user feedback..• Collaborate with the customer team together user feedback and ensure the product is solving real problems.• The role requires the candidate to have an understanding of program and project management fundamentals, process analysis and design best practices, system architecture principles, and data management.• The need to balance work on multiple projects will make this role complex, challenging and rewarding. Skills required • 10+ years in product ownership, project/program management, and/or business analysis.• Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups to prioritize work and understand dependencies.• Experience tracking and communicating program and project status.• Excellent oral & written communication skills, people-interaction and stakeholder management skills.• Strong Data Analysis capability.• Ability to communicate complex analysis in a clear, precise and actionable manner.• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and comfortable working with a certain level of ambiguity.• Ability to multi-task with good organizational and time management capabilities.• Excellent in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for work.• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall projects.• Bachelors in Computer Science or a related field.Skills Desired• Financial Services experience is a significant plus• Prior experience in modernization projects• Prior experience of working in global and remote teams• Sharepoint skills• JIRA skillsWe can offer you:A highly competitive compensation and benefits packageA multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroadLaptop and a mobile phone15 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)Retirement savings plansA higher education certification policyExtensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal developmentOn-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated coursesCoaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groupsCutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firmsA flat and approachable organizationA truly diverse, fun-loving and global work cultureSYNE CHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENTDiversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity, and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.