Client: Government Services Integration Cluster (GSIC) – Government of Ontario

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite – 5 days per week

Contract: August 10, 2026 – March 31, 2027

Extension: Up to 1 extension

Openings: 1

Security Clearance: No clearance required

Position Overview The Government of Ontario is seeking a Senior Product Manager with 8+ years of product management experience to lead product planning, strategy, roadmap execution, stakeholder engagement, and delivery within a data and AI environment.

The successful candidate will serve as the key liaison between clients, business stakeholders, and development teams, translating business strategy and customer needs into product strategy, high-level requirements, roadmaps, and actionable delivery plans.

This role requires a strong combination of product management expertise, Agile and traditional project management experience, stakeholder management, influencing skills, and excellent communication abilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Act as the liaison between clients and development teams, ensuring business and customer needs are clearly understood and translated into delivery outcomes.

- Translate business strategy into product strategy and subsequently translate product strategy into high-level requirements.

- Own and execute the product roadmap, including prioritization based on business and customer impact.

- Lead product planning and execution throughout the entire product lifecycle.

- Gather, analyze, and prioritize product and customer requirements.

- Define and communicate the product vision, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and goals.

- Develop a deep understanding of the customer experience, identify product gaps, and generate ideas to improve customer outcomes.

- Manage all aspects of the product lifecycle, including customer feedback, requirements, issues, priorities, and enhancements.

- Provide insights, information, and collateral to stakeholders relating to specific product areas.

- Create buy-in for the product vision among internal stakeholders and key external partners.





- Act as the Product Owner in Agile ceremonies and actively support Agile delivery practices.

- Scope and prioritize activities based on business value and customer impact.

- Translate product strategy and requirements into detailed requirements and prototypes, where appropriate.

- Work closely with engineering and development teams to support timely delivery and optimal use of resources.

- Drive product launches and coordinate with executives, communications/public relations teams, and other product management stakeholders.

- Develop and support product pricing and positioning strategies, where applicable.

- Evaluate promotional and communication plans to ensure alignment with product strategy and that product messaging is effectively communicated.

- Act as a product evangelist, building awareness and understanding of the product across stakeholder groups.

- Represent the product and organization when engaging with customers and stakeholders to solicit feedback on products and services.

- Operate effectively in an Agile, fast-paced, data-driven environment.

Requirements

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate the following:

- 8+ years of experience in Product Management.

- Experience in the Data & AI domain.

- Experience with both Agile and traditional project management methodologies.

- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Demonstrated ability to act as a liaison between clients and development teams.

- Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into product strategy and high-level requirements.

- Demonstrated experience owning and executing product roadmaps.





- Experience providing insights and collateral to stakeholders concerning specific product areas.

- Experience managing products throughout their lifecycle, including customer feedback, requirements, and issues.

- Experience acting as a Product Owner in Agile ceremonies.

- Ability to work effectively in an Agile, fast-paced, data-driven setting.

- Relevant education.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.

- Experience working within environments involving multiple stakeholders and clients.

- Strong understanding of customer experience, product gaps, product opportunities, and product growth.

- Experience working closely with engineering teams to achieve quick time-to-market and optimal resource utilization.

Core Competencies

Product Management – 50%

- Product strategy and vision

- Product roadmap ownership

- Product lifecycle management

- Requirements gathering and prioritization

- Customer experience

- Data & AI product environments

- Product Owner responsibilities

- Agile product delivery

- Business-to-product strategy translation

Interpersonal Skills – 50%

- Stakeholder management

- Influencing and negotiation

- Client relationship management

- Executive communication

- Cross-functional collaboration

- Verbal and written communication

- Ability to create stakeholder buy-in

- Communication between business, clients, product, and technical teams

Work Arrangement

100% onsite – 5 days per week

Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario

Candidates must be comfortable working onsite in Toronto five days per week.

Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a Senior Product Manager with 8+ years of hands-on product management experience, preferably within complex enterprise or government environments. They should have strong Data & AI domain experience, a proven track record of owning product roadmaps, translating business strategy into product requirements, and working closely with technical/development teams.

Strong stakeholder management, influencing, communication, Agile delivery, and Product Owner experience are critical to success in this position.

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