Business Architect, Level 3 – Product Owner & Business Transformation Lead Department: Transport Canada (TC)
Employment Type: Contract / Temp
Location: Canada
Description About the role Orangutech is looking for a senior Product Owner and Business Transformation Lead to support a federal marine safety modernization initiative.
You'll own the product for a new mobile inspection application built on Microsoft Power Platform. It lets marine safety inspectors across Canada capture inspection notes, deficiencies, photos and service requests in the field, and it integrates with existing enterprise case-management systems. You'll work directly with Power Platform developers, inspectors and program leadership, and run the backlog in Azure Dev Ops. You'll also coach an internal subject matter expert to take on the product management role.
In the second half of the engagement, the focus moves to business transformation. You'll lead a Lean current-state assessment of Vessel Registry operations and produce a practical future-state improvement roadmap.
Key Responsibilities What you’ll do Product ownership (Oct–Dec 2026, ongoing through March 2027)
Act as Product Owner for a Power Platform mobile inspection app, owning product vision, roadmap and release priorities
Build and manage the backlog in Azure Dev Ops: epics, features,



user stories and acceptance criteria
Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demos and release planning with the development team
Gather, validate and prioritize business, functional and integration requirements with inspectors and operational staff
Assess a legacy inspection platform and define what to migrate, replace, modernize or retire
Make sure the recent app integrates with existing enterprise systems and shared components
Support testing, user validation and UAT
Coach and mentor an internal SME in product management, agile practices and Azure Dev Ops
Business transformation (Jan–Mar 2027)
Run a current-state assessment of Vessel Registry business processes, workflows and service delivery
Lead process mapping and value-stream analysis to find bottlenecks, duplication and waste
Apply Lean and continuous improvement methods to find automation, simplification and standardization opportunities
Develop future-state recommendations, quick wins and an implementation action plan
Throughout
Run interviews, workshops, journey mapping and validation sessions with stakeholders from frontline staff to Directors General
Prepare executive briefings, reports and presentations
Provide monthly progress reporting and knowledge

📌 Business architect, level 3 – product owner (Winnipeg)
🏢 Orangutech
📍 Winnipeg