Remote Product Owner

Summary

The job is for a Product Owner at Ratehub, a Canadian fintech company helping Canadians make better financial choices. The role involves understanding customer needs, defining business requirements, collaborating with stakeholders, managing the team, and owning the product roadmap. The ideal candidate has post-secondary education, 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Agile/Sprint/Scrum development process experience, web analytics, user testing, and AB testing tools knowledge, communication skills, project management abilities, and a strong understanding of processes.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education: our ideal candidate has completed a program of relevance (i.e. Product Management)
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner
• Experience in Agile/Sprint/Scrum development processes
• Experience with web analytics, user testing, and AB testing tools
• A passion for UX/Design and exceptional ability to translate customer and business needs into outstanding products that you would use yourself
• Sound communication skills and the ability to influence and manage cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage project plans, multi-task, and meet deadlines
• A strong understanding of what makes processes effective, and how they can be modified to meet the needs of a growing organization
• Detail orientation, but able to pivot and re-prioritize efforts as required
• Creativity in solution design - the candidate identifies opportunities to test concepts without necessarily requiring a full-scale technology build

Responsibilities

• Developing a strong understanding of customer needs and desires through user research, AB testing, and other quantitative/qualitative analysis
• Working with key stakeholders to define business requirements for a successful and legally compliant product
• Collaborate in the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of landing pages, optimizing user experience to boost SEO effectiveness
• Working with designers and the development team to transform business strategy into actionable sprint plans
• Identifying and tracking key metrics associated with the success of the product/features, and communicating product performance to the rest of the organization through the product life cycle
• Owning the product roadmap, backlog prioritization, and release plan for the product and related features
• Managing day-to-day (scrum) activity and prioritizing efforts for a team consisting of Developers, Designers, and Quality Assurance
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for product launch and implementation, including operational readiness, and any other launch requirements
• Developing expertise in their focus area, and keeping on top of constantly changing competitor and industry trends
• Continually looking for improvements to Product and Project processes we use in our daily work for efficiency and clarity

Preferred Qualifications

Startup/scaleup experience is considered an asset, especially in fintech and/or a SaaS/B2C platform business

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote-first organization: we love opportunities to get together as a team, but for the most part we offer our employees the flexibility to work anywhere in Canada
• Flexible hours: Enjoy a couple more hours of sleep in the morning, if you want
• Benefits: Health is wealth! A benefits package with no employee contribution required
• Perks: RRSP matching program, individual training allowance, fun team socials (remote AND in-person) and more!