398786BR
Technology Solutions
Toronto, ON
February 8, 2023

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Job Profile Summary
The Product Group Owner is responsible to ensure that a Product Group and its Pods are creating value for the organization through the delivery of customer-focused product increments. This entails aligning with other Product Owners and senior management to follow a product vision, creating and maintaining a prioritized product backlog, managing delivery blockers, continuously assessing customer feedback, taking the pulse of the market and bringing in innovation and collaborating with stakeholders. The Product Group Owner should always be considering how to maximize value, assessing how the product or the delivery process can be continuously improved, contributes to a positive work environment and ensures that work embodies the Agile principles of transparency, collaboration and engagement.
CUSTOMER

• Partner with senior management to support the delivery of a product vision
• In alignment with the product vision, create and maintain a product backlog and continuously re-prioritize user stories that will provide the most customer or end user value
• Continuously align with senior management on the product delivery roadmap, defined Minimum Marketable Features or Minimum Viable Products and release cadence
• Review performance analytics; recommend and champion strategies to enhance the customer or end user product experience
• Participate in scrum or Kanban events (e.g. stand-ups, retrospectives), express new ideas for improving product value or delivery efficiency, sharing with leadership as appropriate
• Proactively engage established business process partners to ensure customers or end users are prepared for application changes and establish Day 2 processes
• Create a value-focused product backlog and continuously iterate, ensuring there are user stories scoped and prioritized
• Provide user story design, development and completion oversight; accepting / rejecting user stories based on the agreed upon Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
• Manage delivery initiatives and (depending on complexity) oversee multiple development teams (Product Group or Pod) backlogs
• Proactively raise issues that impede the efficient delivery of customer-focused increments
• Responsible for defect management and prioritization

SHAREHOLDER

• Adhere, and ensure pods adhere, to enterprise frameworks and methodologies related to overall business management activities
• Assess / identify key issues and escalate to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and business management where required
• Lead the submission and discussion on the Quarterly Business Review, with respect to their product
• Identify, mitigate and report on risk issues per enterprise policy / guidance and ensure appropriate escalation processes are followed
• Ensure business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets)
• Lead relationships with business lines / corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations
• Define the OKRs in partnership with numerous stakeholders across the organization
• Protect the interests of the organization \xe2\x80\x93 identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
• Manage oversight process, risk-based identification and monitoring of related risks and regulatory compliance across the supported functions, while ensuring key controls and processes are effectively managed
• Oversee or lead the facilitation and/or implementation of action / remediation plans to address performance / risk / governance issues
• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

Requirements
EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Responsible for management of the overall team providing both leadership and guidance
• Set targets and objectives for the team, and deliver results
• Grow team expertise to align with business/enterprise demand and direction; assess team skills and capabilities and continually look for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
• Lead a high performing team; provide on-going feedback and performance reviews, coach and develop employees and ensure performance management activities are undertaken and completed for all employees
• Lead the process of setting performance objectives for the team; track, monitor and effectively address and/or reward performance in a timely manner
• Manage employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct
• Share knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team and ensure the timely communication of issues and encourage good working relationships with other functions and teams
• Support an environment where team freely escalates business challenges; facilitate change through positive reinforcement of milestones and successes
• Recruit for all hires to ensure a highly diverse, qualified workforce to achieve business objectives
• Establish and foster a cohesive team; promote a fair and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce and encourage the team to achieve common goals and objectives
• Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

BREADTH & DEPTH

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Oversee and lead a large and/or highly complex and diverse reporting function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope while growing talent, developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals, support project / initiative success and achieve business results
• Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to practitioners, business, executives within area of expertise
• Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends
• Set operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals
• Focus on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)
• Generally reports to an executive

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate and/or
• Graduate degree, preferred and/or
• 10+ years of relevant experience from a business administration, statistical, mathematical, scientific or financial background

Hours
37.5 Inclusiveness
At TD, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.