Product Owner

Valtech

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Valtech is seeking a Product Owner who will act as a strategic force on every engagement. This role involves shaping the direction of work, aligning teams and stakeholders, and ensuring clear progress towards shared goals. The ideal candidate possesses a blend of product expertise and leadership presence, comfortable engaging with C-suite executives and participating in sprint reviews. They will actively explore how AI and emerging tools can enhance digital product development, team efficiency, and product quality. The role requires a minimum of 8 years of experience, a growth mindset, and a drive for lasting impact. Valtech offers an environment focused on continuous learning, meaningful contributions, and professional development, enabling employees to pioneer digital solutions and transform industries.

Requirements

Demonstrable experience as a Senior Product Manager in a digital consultancy or agency environment, with a track record of leading product delivery on complex client engagements.
Proven ability to align cross-functional teams and senior client stakeholders around a shared product direction by navigating competing priorities, ambiguity, and organizational complexity with confidence.
Strong executive presence and communication skills; able to frame problems, present recommendations, and lead difficult conversations with clarity and credibility at all levels.
Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate the SDLC (e.g., AI-assisted synthesis, requirements generation, prototyping, documentation, delivery reporting, development).
Genuine curiosity about how AI and emerging technology can be applied to product work, with informed perspectives on practical and valuable applications.
Experience owning product roadmaps and backlogs end-to-end, with a strong sense of prioritization and a clear methodology for making and communicating trade-off decisions.
Solid commercial awareness, including understanding of SOW management, budget health, and the connection between delivery decisions and revenue/margin outcomes.
Experience in Agile delivery environments, with the ability to adapt frameworks to engagement needs.
A track record of developing others through formal mentorship, line management, or leading by example.
Natural collaborator and dot-connector, aligning people through clarity, empathy, and conviction.
Strong intellectual curiosity, particularly regarding the AI landscape and its implications for digital product development and management.
Confident and polished communicator, adapting style to different audiences (technical discussions with engineers, board-level strategy conversations).
Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking, with the ability to identify and develop opportunities within client relationships.
Leading by example on engagements, setting a high bar for quality, professionalism, and creative ambition.
Focusing on outcomes over outputs, prioritizing real impact and value.
Strong initiative and bias toward action, balanced with the judgment to pause, align stakeholders, and move forward with clarity.

Responsibilities

Define and own the product vision for engagements, ensuring alignment between the Valtech team and client stakeholders on direction and decision-making.
Steer client and internal teams towards shared alignment, proactively resolving conflicts between business priorities, delivery constraints, and user needs.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, serving as a credible point of contact for product decisions, trade-offs, and strategic direction.
Lead discovery and delivery by maintaining a clear, prioritized roadmap that balances user needs, client goals, and technical realities, focusing the team on outcomes.
Champion the use of AI tooling across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to accelerate research, analysis, requirements, and delivery, coaching teams and clients on practical applications.
Demonstrate executive presence in client interactions, communicating with clarity and confidence during roadmap presentations, scope discussions, and escalations.
Identify and surface delivery, stakeholder alignment, and commercial risks early, proposing mitigations and leading rapid responses when necessary.
Own or co-own the product roadmap, making confident prioritization decisions based on user insights, data, and client strategy, and clearly articulating the rationale.
Identify opportunities to extend or expand Valtech's engagements within client accounts, supporting commercial conversations with delivery credibility and strategic insight.
Develop junior product and delivery team members through mentorship, coaching, and leading by example.
Contribute to the evolution of Valtech's Product Practice by sharing learnings on AI tooling, delivery approaches, and client engagement.

Benefits

Comprehensive insurance plan (Gold, Silver, or Bronze modules with employer contribution up to 80%) including short- and long-term disability coverage.
Virtual healthcare services via Dialogue (Sun Life) for emergencies, prescription renewals, etc.
Employee and Family Assistance Program.
Complete mental health support program.
$500 Personal Spending Account for healthcare reimbursements, gym memberships, public transit passes, office supplies, or RRSP contributions.
Retirement plan with Valtech matching 100% of RRSP contributions through a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) up to 4% (DPSP contributions start after 3 months, vesting after 24 months).
Flexible vacation policy (5 days during probation, prorated for the remainder of the year).
Personal Technology Reimbursement ($30/month from day 1).
Winter holiday closures.
Flexible scheduling.