Job Description

Working at CBC:

At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What\xe2\x80\x99s yours?

If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you\xe2\x80\x99ll want to be! Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.

You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and diversity of perspectives is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.

This role offers the possibility of full-time telework or Hybrid.

Why is this role important?

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Content Management and Distribution, we are looking to hire a Product Owner, Content Services and Integrations to help us as we deliver CBC\xe2\x80\x99s content to Canadians and audiences around the world. As our product owner, you will work with an established team building content workflows using the latest technology. The team you will lead creates the technical infrastructure that connects CBC\xe2\x80\x99s content to developers and audiences. You will collaborate with teams from content production to delivery and be part of the team responsible for bringing CBC\xe2\x80\x99s content to Canadians. This is a chance to play a critical role in a collaborative and focused environment, where discoverable, engaging, accessible, and well-merchandised products are valued. It\xe2\x80\x99s an opportunity to help CBC/Radio-Canada better interact with our audiences and to improve our products and services, which reach an audience of approximately 40 million.

If you\'re passionate about Canada and you love technology, learning and bringing out the best in others, you\xe2\x80\x99ll love working at CBC.

Here\xe2\x80\x99s why we should work together:

Our digital teams\xe2\x80\x99 values - collaboration, learning, improvement, and inclusivity - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach. Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.

Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, we want you to be happy and feel good at work. It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions.

How You Will Make an Impact:

You will play an active role in CBC/Radio-Canada\xe2\x80\x99s digital development, by providing our publishing teams with new tools that will enable them to reach Canadians.

Own the integrations and microservices backlog for the products that power publishing at the CBC

You will work on a product and its features that will effectively utilize the federated data across our systems to create an enriched understanding of our target audience.

You will contribute to define and refine the strategy and select the tools to enable custom content workflows and integrations of new tools to our CMS ecosystem

You will work with a team of talented software architects to integrate our publishing platforms and tools.

You will guarantee a roadmap aligned with our technological ecosystem, listen to the business needs of the business and communicate the technology choices to the broader CBC / Radio-Canada.

You will maintain close collaboration with the web and mobile application development and business intelligence teams. You will nurture a culture of collaboration, learning and creativity.

Qualifications

What you bring to our team:

Education. A post-secondary degree in a field related to web technologies, engineering, business management, or equivalent experience. You have the knowledge and understanding of best practices in product development and release.

Expertise. You have 5+ years in Agile product development with hands-on experience working with databases, data integration and content delivery architecture. You also have an understanding of:

Schema design and how to create a unified schema across federated data sources

APIs - how they send and receive data

Data security and privacy

GraphQL and where it fits into an organization\'s data delivery platforms

CDN\xe2\x80\x99s and how they apply to consent delivery

Microservice architecture

Approach. You are comfortable taking on the role of subject matter expert, transforming requirements into digestible elements. You have experience identifying product iterations based on data from customers, feedback from testing, and strategic initiatives.

Passion. You have a genuine interest in technology, product development, and linking the two to satisfying audience experiences and engagement. A continuous learner, you seek out information and new ways to work.

Communication skills. You know how to listen and relay empathy and understanding for diverse perspectives. You can convey insights from complex analysis to non-technical business users

Collaborative Agile experience. You can build strong two-way relationships with internal and external stakeholders and thrive in a team-focused environment. You believe in the Agile methodology deeply, but you are flexible and open to the real world twists and turns.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

Perks you can look forward to:

Flexible work schedules and location, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work

Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology

Opportunities for continued learning and professional development

Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups

Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent

A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected

A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity

An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation

If this sounds interesting, please click on \'\'Apply online\'\'. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country\xe2\x80\x99s diversity. That\xe2\x80\x99s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada\xe2\x80\x99s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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