Lifeworks
Bilingual Software Product Owner (100% remote)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago
JavaScriptAngularAzureDevOpsProduct StrategyAgileJiraRecruitingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationActuarial Science
About the role
- TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life.
- As a global-leading health and well-being provider - encompassing physical, mental and financial health - TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.
- This team is experiencing strong growth, creating a unique professional development opportunity for someone who can orchestrate the evolution of a large multifunctional team.
Responsibilities
- Manage a complex backlog for a large team and ensure alignment with product strategy, technical roadmap, and business objectives
- Define sprint objectives and support the team in progressive delivery during each iteration
- Support alignment of expectations regarding testing, quality, usability, and delivery across teams
- Validate and deliver quality - verify that work meets acceptance criteria and customer expectations
- Prepare the team's future - document processes, train talent, and establish foundations for progressive transition toward autonomy
Requirements
- Experience working with SAFe or large-scale Agile methodology
- In-depth knowledge of Agile tools such as Azure DevOps
- Experience delivering complex software products or digital solutions
- Prior experience with legacy systems or actuarial architectures
- Experience with growing or restructuring teams
- Familiarity with technical debt management - you understand the trade-offs between innovation and technical stability
- Experience with modern stacks (Angular, JavaScript, or equivalent)
Skills
- Fluency in French and English, oral and written
- 3+ years of experience as a software product owner, Scrum Master, or similar Agile role
- Demonstrated experience managing large backlogs (50+ items) or multi-team Agile leadership
- Experience managing and prioritizing a team backlog (Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent)
- Experience participating in PI planning or similar cross-team planning activities
- Good understanding of Agile delivery practices
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle, quality practices, and product delivery
- Ability to translate customer needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ability to balance business value, technical feasibility, risk, and delivery capacity when prioritizing work
- Ability to clearly connect business objectives to backlog priorities
- Soft Skills
- Learning capability: You demonstrate curiosity and learn quickly while recognizing the expertise of those around you
Benefits
- Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health.
- Join the WebTools team as a software product owner and contribute to a major strategic project on the retirement solutions and benefits side at TELUS Health.
- You are comfortable working in tandem - sharing the vision, decisions, and responsibility without friction or role ambiguity
- Collaborate closely in tandem with another SPO - share the vision, decisions, and responsibility, ensuring clear roles and constructive synergy
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