Product Solutions Manager Sr FCC

Fidelity Canada • Toronto, ON

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a Senior Product Manager within Fidelity Clearing Canada's (FCC) Product Solutions team, operating in a highly collaborative agile environment. FCC is a leading independent clearing broker and custodian in the Canadian market, providing trade execution, clearing, custody, and back-office support services. The Product Solutions team drives innovation in digital financial technology. The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for delivering high-quality products by working closely with Product Owners and Delivery teams, ensuring solutions meet user needs and business objectives. The position focuses on ensuring the successful delivery of cross-platform initiatives by driving the implementation of cross-functional product strategy and maintaining alignment to the vision across all agile teams. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative agile environments and can effectively lead while working alongside Product Owners, Business Systems Analysts, Product Operations, and Internal Operations teams. The role offers a flexible hybrid schedule, with the work location initially in Toronto and later transitioning to Mississauga.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in product management.
• At least 2 years of experience in a senior role within the financial services industry.
• Experience managing products that span multiple development teams and business domains.
• Strong background collaborating with Product Owners and delivery teams in agile settings.
• Proven experience working in dual-track scrum agile environments.
• Completion of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience.
• Agile certifications CSPO or equivalent.
• Highly effective research skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Detailed oriented with excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, both written and oral.
• The ability to drive consensus amongst key stakeholders.
• Leadership and presentation skills to articulate product vision throughout the organization.
• Ability to see discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information, explain variances and recommend a course of action for resolution.

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• ACSPO or equivalent
• Certifications such as a CFA, CSC

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with partners across many disciplines, and at all levels across the organization to create and manage product strategies that will directly influence FCC Product backlogs.
• Conduct regular and effective group exercises and workshops with stakeholders to identify valuable product innovation opportunities.
• Conduct regular touchpoints to consult VP, Product Solutions and Director, Product Solutions in order to develop and remain aligned on the long term program strategy.
• Create and maintain high level strategic program roadmap, focused on discovery work, informing the underlying product roadmaps.
• Research and conduct competitive analysis on automated toolsets, and remain current in industry best practices related to their product program.
• Run various ad-hoc research and business analyses to assess new innovation opportunities and risks.
• Remain current in knowledge of vendor solutions and how suitable they would be for any problems we are trying to solve.
• Work with Product Solution Managers to ensure program strategies are implemented in the right product, and in the best interest of our clients.
• Communicate strategy to Product Solutions Managers to inform the appropriate product roadmaps and backlogs.
• Effectively communicate the desired user journey.
• Collaborate with Product Solutions Managers to fit the right part of the user journey to the appropriate product area based on user personas and product fit.
• Ensure clear communication across organization on automation goals and delivery.
• Identify where a new innovation or feature enhancement is the best solution to a problem.
• Focus stakeholder discussion onto the problem space, to understand at a deep level what problems to solve.
• Actively assess and mitigate product risk (financial, partner, marketing, sales, legal and ethical risks).
• Create meaningful strategies based on deep understanding of FCC business objectives and key problems we are trying to solve.
• Work with internal Stakeholders to translate FCC business objectives into specific product program objectives.
• Work with all stakeholders to define overall program success metrics.
• Inform Product team of key program initiatives to inform product specific metrics.
• Communicate strategies to product solutions managers for execution by product delivery teams, and to stakeholders.
• Facilitating opportunity assessment discussions as a means of prioritization: identifying and communicating objective, key results, target market and customer problem being address.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements - 100% remote, hybrid, and in office options
• Competitive total compensation, including company contributions to your group RRSP without a matching requirement from you
• Comprehensive health benefits that start on your first day, with 100% employer-paid premiums, that include up to $5000 annually for mental health services and therapy
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for a period of 25 weeks
• Up to $650 for home office equipment
• Generous time off policy, including 2 paid days annually to volunteer at a charity of your choice
• Diversity and inclusion programs, including an active network of Employee Resource Groups
• Extensive professional development opportunities, including access to over 11,000 training and development courses, tuition reimbursement, and monetary rewards for completing a required designation
• Base Salary and Discretionary Performance Bonus
• RRSP Contribution (after 6 months of employment, no employee matching required)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees