Product Manager

Job Description

BMO is currently sourcing for a Product Manager Consultant, to support the Data & Analytics Centre of Excellence within Personal & Business Banking Canada.
This is a hybrid contract role in Toronto (2 to 3 days in office per week).

Role Overview

This role supports digital product management within Agile pods focused on personal banking deposit products, including checking, mutual funds and savings. The consultant helps design, develop and launch new and enhanced products and services, including an offer management platform and automated offer processes for Everyday Banking products. The work spans requirements, backlog management, testing oversight and delivery across a cross-functional team. This is a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements and write user stories for the product pod
• Groom and prioritize the product backlog in line with line of business and channel strategy
• Review end-to-end product flows and system integrations with technology partners
• Oversee QA, end-to-end and user acceptance testing
• Monitor product performance metrics and use the data to inform prioritization and recommendations
• Partner with Risk, Compliance and Regulatory teams to define and implement controls
• Document processes and support materials for transition to BAU run teams

Must-Have Skills

• 3 to 7 years of experience in business analysis or product roles within financial services
• Requirements gathering and user story writing
• Product backlog management and prioritization
• Agile (Scrum) delivery, with working knowledge of waterfall
• End-to-end systems thinking, including system flows, integrations and solution design constraints
• Testing oversight across QA, end-to-end and UAT
• Software development lifecycle (SDLC) knowledge
• Retail banking or deposit product knowledge
• Product metrics analysis and fact-based business case development
• Working with Risk, Compliance and Regulatory requirements

Nice to Have Skills

• BMO or Canadian banking experience
• Offer management, personalization or marketing platform experience
• Checking, savings or mutual fund product experience
• Design thinking and customer insight interpretation
• Vendor management experience

Ideal Candidate

• Business analyst background moving toward digital product ownership
• Experience working in an Agile pod alongside a Scrum Master and product owner
• Exposure to complex, multi-system banking environments in a regulated financial institution

Qualifications

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