Director POD Owner
About The Position
The Intermediate Pod Owner is accountable for the end-to-end outcomes of a cross-functional pod, owning the “what and why” and ensuring delivery aligns to business objectives, portfolio strategy, and platform fundamentals. This role operates with full outcome accountability, balancing value, risk, quality, and sustainability within the technology delivery model.The role provides clear prioritization and decision-making, maintains alignment across stakeholders, and enables the pod to deliver iteratively with transparency and quality. Mackenzie Investments is a key part of IGM's business model, serving as a comprehensive asset-management partner for Canadian financial advisors and their clients. At Mackenzie Investments You Can Build Your Career with Confidence. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the fourth consecutive year and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. Our vision and strategy aim to innovate the industry and support Canadians in achieving their financial goals. Join our team to engage in continuous learning and skill development in a supportive environment. Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work environment, where you spend three days a week in the office, connecting, collaborating, and enjoying quality time with your amazing colleagues! Our Values: Be better; we strive for improvement in everything we do. Be accountable; we foster clarity and are empowered to act responsibly. Be a team; we are united to drive collective impact to achieve our goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree considered an asset
- 7–10 years of progressive experience in product, technology, or delivery leadership roles
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and partner effectively across stakeholders
- Agile ways of working and backlog management
- Strong product and delivery management capability
- Proven ability to manage complexity, risks, and dependencies
- Demonstrated outcome-focused decision-making and stakeholder leadership
Responsibilities
- Act as the end-to-end accountable owner of pod outcomes, setting the pod vision, priorities, and roadmap and ensuring alignment to agreed objectives.
- Own and continuously refine the pod backlog, making informed trade-offs across value, risk, capacity, quality, and technical sustainability.
- Ensure intended outcomes are clearly understood by pod members and stakeholders before execution begins.
- Provide leadership within the pod, fostering clarity of purpose, engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead and develop pod team members through regular 1:1s, clear expectations, timely feedback, and coaching to improve outcomes and delivery maturity; leverage Chapters for upskilling and practice guidance.
- Ensure effective onboarding, role clarity, and ways of working within the pod; address performance or conduct concerns early and coordinate with appropriate leaders/partners.
- Partner with Product and Delivery Chapters on talent planning (skills gaps, development priorities, and future capability needs), providing input to staffing and succession discussions.
- Serve as the primary point of accountability for quality, stability, and technical health within the pod.
- Represent the pod in governance forums, demos, and stakeholder engagements, communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions with transparency.
- Proactively manage cross-pod, cross-platform, and vendor dependencies, escalating and resolving issues that could impact outcomes.
Benefits
- competitive base salary
- performance-weighted bonus
- education/career support
- option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matching component
- competitive health and dental coverage
- flexible plan for you and your family
- short-term & long-term disability plans
- voluntary Group RRSP enrolment with employer matching component
- paid volunteer days
- competitive time off including 10 wellness days off
- WorkPerks discount program
- hybrid & flex work arrangements
- living our core values: Be a Team, Be Accountable, Be Better
- engaging with community through Business Resource Groups (BRG communities are volunteer employee-led groups formed around a common interest, identity, or background)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
