Product Owner

Summary

Join Altera, a health IT solutions provider, as a remote Product Owner in Canada. You will be the primary liaison between stakeholders and business analysts, defining requirements, managing the product backlog, and ensuring alignment with product vision and business objectives. Responsibilities include backlog management, collaboration with development and business analyst teams, creating detailed work items, writing business requirements, and driving backlog refinement. You will monitor product performance, identify risks, and contribute to scope management decisions. The role also involves designing with UX designers, managing user feedback, and communicating market research. This is a remote position with up to 30% travel required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent/years of experience required
• 4-7 years Relevant work experience
• 1-3 Years Product Owner/Management Experience
• Software Design experience in complex, multi-tasking, real-time, highly available systems
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience working in small, highly focused teams
• Experience with complex software solutions across multiple generations of product, preferably in agent-based solutions. Must be able to define and manage complex process and/or product issues of a broad scope using independent judgement
• Experience writing technical functional specifications
• Project Management Skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication and management skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Agile methodologies
• Deep understanding of customer needs and business goals

Responsibilities

• Manages the product backlog to ensure readiness and priority
• Works closely with the business analyst and development team to ensure features are built according to specifications
• Creates Epic level work items with detailed Acceptance criteria
• Writes high-level business requirements
• Responsible for knowledge transfer and requirement collaboration with the Business Analyst
• Drives backlog refinement, incorporates feedback from stakeholders, and adjusts requirements as necessary
• Ensures the team focuses on features that provide the most value to the business or customer
• Monitors product performance, sets KPIs, and ensures the product meets business goals including on-time delivery
• Identifies potential risks and creates contingency plans to be reviewed with Product Managers and stakeholders
• Contributes to: Scope Management decisions with Portfolio Leaders
• Demos & documentation
• Designs by working closely with UX designers to ensure the product delivers expected user experience
• Management of user feedback sessions
• Compiling and communicating market research and trends pertaining to product

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical experience preferred

Benefits

• Work is performed in a remote environment with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards
• $65,591 — $77,398 CAD