Product Manager

Summary:

• Duration: 12 Months Contract
• Work Mode: Hybrid
• Location: Montreal (Day 1 onboarding onsite/in office presence 3x/week)

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain a multi-year product roadmap aligned with enterprise Data & Analytics strategy, architectural direction, and leadership priorities.
• Drive lifecycle management activities including enhancements, upgrades, and end of life planning.
• Maintain a strategic view of product demand and backlog.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and architecture to prioritize initiatives based on business value, risk, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Define and oversee the product operating and support model, ensuring clear ownership, appropriate coverage, and alignment with contractual obligations and service expectations.
• Own the product from a governance and catalog perspective, ensuring accurate representation in enterprise product catalogs and a clearly understood end-to-end provisioning lifecycle.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of vendor offerings, roadmaps, and contracts.
• Support renewals, extensions, and negotiations in partnership with sourcing and procurement, proactively managing lifecycle, pricing, and commercial risks.
• Understand product financials, including pricing models, total cost of ownership (TCO), chargeback/showback, and cost allocation.
• Validate volumes and costs, support financial planning and modeling, and respond to business unit cost inquiries.
• Act as the primary point of contact for product stakeholders and users.
• Gather and evaluate feedback, communicate roadmap and product changes, and ensure stakeholder input informs prioritization and investment decisions.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Product Manager.
• Ability to integrate into existing team and work methods.
• Excellent communication skills; proficiency in Excel.
• Understanding of product lifecycle and roadmaps.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of Kafka, MongoDB, Redis Cloud, MQ.
• Knowledge of PowerBI.
• Financial understanding of chargeback and cost allocation.

This role is for an existing vacancy.