Senior Manager Digital Product Management

Job title: Senior Manager Digital Product Management

Job description: IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada’s leading diversified wealth and asset management companies with approximately $271 billion in total assets under managements. The company provides a broad range of financial planning and investment management services to help more than two million Canadian meet their financial goals. Its activities are carried out principally through IG Wealth Management, Mackenzie Investments and Investment Panning Counsel.

Under IGM Financial’s unique business model based on leading brands and multi-channel distribution strategy is Mackenzie Investment, founded in 1967. Mackenzie Investments is a holistic asset-management partner for thousands of Canadian financial advisors and the investors they support.

At Mackenzie Investments You Can Build Your Career with Confidence

We have a vision and a strategy that will challenge the way business in this industry is done and help Canadians be successful in the ways that mean the most to them. As part of our team, you will do some of your best work, develop some of your most valuable skills and give back in ways that make a difference in the lives of Canadians. Join an unstoppable team that is embedded in continuous learning, understanding, and knowledge sharing. You will thrive in our supportive environment where you can indulge your curiosity to learn, while receiving the feedback you need to refine your skills and abilities.

Mackenzie Investments is a diverse workplace committed to doing business inclusively – this starts with having a representative workforce! We encourage applications from all qualified candidates that represent the diversity present across Canada – including racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender diverse and neurodiverse individuals, as well as all who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

We are currently looking for a Digital Product Manager to join our Digital Marketing department as part of IGM Financial team, to support all the upcoming and ongoing Digital transformation efforts at IG Wealth Management on our Public Sites team. Do you have a passion for fintech and believe in the ability to drive brand objectives through digital products and experiences?

The Digital Product Manager (Public Sites) is responsible for creating and maintaining their portion of the product backlog for our public facing websites (including Mackenzie Investments, IG Wealth Management and IGM Financial). This includes writing stories, gathering requirements, refining the work, and setting priorities. This role requires a deep understanding of stakeholder business priorities, market trends and activation outlook (campaigns, product launches and more). The Digital Product Manager effectively communicates and prioritizes feature requirements with input from key stakeholders and can articulate the digital and web requirements to ensure products and features build towards both the business needs and measurable KPIs/OKRs.

What will the successful candidate do?

• Think of our users: Build delightful, valuable experiences for our users that deliver business value for our stakeholders
• Be a PO: Develop, own, refine, prioritize, and execute the product backlog; write, edit, and validate user stories all within an agile framework
• Keep learning: Always be tuned in to Agile best practices and share back with teams where appropriate
• Bring transparency: Engage with stakeholders and partners to maintain and prioritize product roadmap and support the product vision – effectively distill, communicate, and refine your product vision – build and maintain a 12-month roadmap (Now, Next, Later)
• Lead the team: Be active during all Scrum ceremonies (able to run any as-needed) and stay involved in key day-to-day activities, including maintaining JIRA, performing UAT, and capturing / clarifying requirements
• Build things: Define and prioritize new features and experiences to deliver timely, valuable increments (MVPs)
• Build trust: Understand and validate brand objectives to ensure products align with business priorities, while establishing a successful collaboration model with brand teams and functional delivery teams
• Know the process: Own and support product delivery (working with Design, Development, Marketing Tech and Performance)
• Know your stuff: Have a full understanding of product and website metrics; be able to understand and interpret industry insights and KPIs – identify trends and opportunities, and share back to your stakeholders
• Be the champion: Vocal, active SME, focused on helping our stakeholders understand the direction of the product strategy, and distill learnings, metrics, and insights to the stakeholders
• Be the voice of your products: Effective change management with partners, users, and stakeholders, be able to clearly articulate objectives and core journeys
• Be aware: Maintain an inclusive competitive view on industry trends, channel tendencies, client needs, competitor capabilities and developments – leverage on-site data
• Be a team player: Support the Marketing Technology team roadmap and Marketing Performance teams to deliver strategies to increase personalization to improve digital products, user experiences, and increase engagement
• Bring everyone along: A champion for digital transformation in how you approach and communicate with internal teams and stakeholders

What skills and experience will you need?

• 5+ years in a product ownership role
• Product management experience (1+ years) is ideal
• Deep and practiced understanding and practical experience of Agile Methodology (2+ years’ experience)
• Strong technical knowledge of development practices and processes (how the team builds)
• General knowledge of the financial services industry, preferably in wealth management is beneficial
• Experience working with Brand teams is not a must, but IS a plus
• Experience collaborating with Design Experience teams and a past demonstrated understanding of UX/UI best practices
• Demonstrated success launching new products (full development cycle)
• Detail-oriented, can outline SLA timelines and frameworks and hold teams to them
• Able to leverage knowledge and experience to lead teams in problem solving
• Exceptional communication skills, can easily and effectively present materials and ideas to senior leadership

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We thank all applicants for their interest in Mackenzie Investments; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Company: Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:07:25 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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