Product Owner

Job summary

The role involves owning the vision, roadmap, and end-to-end delivery of a digital business banking product and open banking initiatives. You will lead agile pods, manage the product backlog, and partner with engineering and data science teams to drive product adoption.

Job details

Full time permanent Hybrid downtown Toronto Must Haves: 5+ years as a Product Owner / Product Manager owning products end‑to‑end (vision → delivery → adoption) Banking/FI experience Strong experience owning and prioritizing a product backlog, writing acceptance criteria, and translating strategy into roadmaps Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering, data science, design, and business stakeholders Experience delivering enterprise‑scale digital products with clear business outcomes Strong stakeholder management, communication, and decision‑making skills Experience operating in Agile product delivery environments Plusses: Small business banking experience Open banking experience Day-to-day: Insight Global is seeking a Senior Product Owner (traditional Product Manager-level responsibilities) for a Big 5 banking client. This role focuses on owning and adjusting an existing product roadmap (and eventually creating new roadmaps) for a digital business banking product, ensuring successful partner and technology integration. You will oversee the end-to-end delivery of a product roadmaps. Own the vision, roadmap, delivery and lifecycle of an open banking initiative for small business customers Translate business priorities into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria Prioritize and manage the product backlog, balancing strategic and tactical needs Partner daily with engineering, data science, design, and analytics teams to deliver value Drive stakeholder alignment, product adoption, and usage across the organization Monitor product performance, remove blockers, and continuously improve customer experience Ensure solutions are desirable, viable, scalable, and responsibly built Lead delivery teams on roadmaps, leading agile pods through ceremonies and sprints (backlog refinement, sprint planning and execution). $120-130,000 annually with 15% bonus. We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position. This posting is for a currently vacant role, and the successful candidate will be hired into an existing open position.

What you’ll do

The role involves owning the vision, roadmap, and end-to-end delivery of a digital business banking product and open banking initiatives. You will lead agile pods, manage the product backlog, and partner with engineering and data science teams to drive product adoption.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or Manager, specifically within the Banking or Financial Institutions sector. Proficiency in Agile delivery, stakeholder management, and translating business strategy into technical requirements is required.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus

Listed skills

• Product management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Product Ownership
• Product Management
• Backlog Prioritization
• Acceptance Criteria Writing
• Roadmapping
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Methodology
• Digital Product Delivery
• Open Banking
• Business Banking
• User Story Creation
• Cross-functional Collaboration

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Software
• Consulting