Product Owner Manager Description - Job Summary The Product Owner Manager will lead the transformation of the existing Product Owner organization into a high-performing, product-centric capability. This leader will establish clear role expectations, operating practices, competency standards, career and development pathways, and measurable performance mechanisms for Product Owners. The role will elevate the Product Owner discipline using SAFe principles and modern product-management practices while identifying responsible, practical ways to use AI to improve product discovery, backlog quality, prioritization, decision support, stakeholder communication, and team productivity.

This is both a people leadership and organizational transformation role. The successful candidate will be accountable for the collective effectiveness of the Product Owner team, the maturity of the Product Owner capability, and the sustained adoption of the current operating model.

Lead the Product Owner organization Provide direct leadership, direction, coaching, and development for the Product Owner team.

Establish clear outcomes, expectations, accountabilities, and performance measures for Product Owners.

Conduct regular performance, development, talent, and succession discussions.

Identify capability gaps and create individual and team development plans.

Ensure Product Owners have the skills, context, authority, and support required to make effective product decisions.

Address role ambiguity, inconsistent practices, and barriers that prevent Product Owners from operating effectively. Define and elevate the Product Owner discipline Define the Product Owner mandate, role expectations, decision rights, interfaces, and accountability model.

Create and maintain a Product Owner capability and competency framework.

Establish consistent Product Owner practices while preserving appropriate flexibility across products.

Develop role-based learning, coaching, onboarding, and accreditation pathways.

Establish a Product Owner community of practice and mechanisms for sharing learning, patterns, and reusable assets.

Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to clarify the relationship between Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering Managers, architects, delivery roles, and other stakeholders. Adapt and embed relevant SAFe principles and practices across the Product Owner organization.

Improve Product Owner effectiveness in PI Planning, backlog management, iteration planning, stakeholder engagement, dependency management, and review of delivered outcomes.

Define priority use cases for AI within Product Owner workflows.

Help Product Owners use AI to improve research synthesis, backlog preparation, requirements quality, prioritization analysis, meeting preparation, stakeholder communications, and knowledge discovery.

Partner with relevant security, privacy, legal, technology, and governance stakeholders when introducing AI-enabled practices.

Track whether AI adoption results in meaningful improvements to quality, cycle time, decision-making, or team capacity.

Maintain human accountability for product decisions and customer outcomes. Develop and execute the change strategy for the Product Owner capability transformation.





Build awareness of why the Product Owner role is changing and what the change means for Product Owners, Product Managers, Engineering teams, and leaders.

Engage Product Owners in shaping the future model and identifying barriers to adoption.

Sequence communications, learning, coaching, and implementation according to organizational readiness.

Establish reinforcement mechanisms that make the new practices part of day-to-day work rather than a one-time transformation effort. Define a balanced measurement framework covering capability maturity, adoption, product flow, predictability, quality, engagement, stakeholder confidence, and business or customer outcomes.

Establish transparent mechanisms for reviewing Product Owner team effectiveness.

Performance and development of the Product Owner team.

Clarity and consistent application of the Product Owner role.

Maturity and sustainability of the Product Owner capability.

Effectiveness of Product Owner interfaces with Product Management, Engineering, and Product Operations.

Responsible adoption of AI-enabled Product Owner workflows.

Evidence that the capability is improving product decisions and customer or business outcomes. Significant experience leading Product Owners, Product Managers, business analysts, agile practitioners, or comparable product-delivery roles.

Demonstrated experience defining or transforming Product Owner roles, practices, or capability models.

Experience leading people, including setting expectations, coaching, developing talent, and managing performance.

Applied experience with agile product delivery and scaled planning environments.

Ability to partner effectively with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Operations, and other functions.

Experience creating competency frameworks, assessments, learning pathways, coaching programs, or communities of practice.

Product Owner/Product Manager, product management, agile coaching, or Scrum certification.

Change-management certification or equivalent transformation experience.

Experience leading the transition from project-centric to product-centric ways of working.

Experience building or scaling Product Owner or Product Management capabilities.

Experience with organizational design, role clarification, and career‑path development.

Experience implementing AI‑supported product management or Product Owner workflows.

Combine strategic thinking with hands‑on coaching and implementation.

Address performance and accountability directly, constructively, and consistently.

Focus teams on customer and business outcomes, not simply process completion.

Product Owner mandate, decision rights, and key interfaces are defined and agreed.

Current Product Owner capabilities and operating practices are assessed.

Target capability model and transformation roadmap are established.

Product Owners understand why the role is changing and what will be expected.





Capability‑building outcomes Competency framework and development pathways are operating.

Product Owners receive structured coaching and applied learning.

Community practice and knowledge‑sharing mechanisms are active.

Consistent standards exist for product backlogs, planning readiness, stakeholder engagement, and outcome measurement.

Leaders reinforce the Product Owner mandate consistently.

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Owners demonstrate greater ownership and decision‑making effectiveness.

Capability and performance improvements are reinforced through ongoing leadership, measurement, coaching, and recognition. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

A Fortune 500 Company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients. HP Canada’s Talent Acquisition processes involve the use of technology, including but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI) tools, to support the screening, assessment, and selection processes.

These tools are designed to enhance fairness and efficiency, and all hiring decisions are reviewed by our recruitment team to ensure alignment with HP’s hiring standards and applicable Provincial employment laws. The on‑target earnings (OTE) range for this role is $140,350 to $190,850 CAD annually .

Pay within this range will be based on the review of experience, skills, and internal equity. As a full time, employee of HP Canada, you will be eligible to participate in the company’s group benefit programs, including medical, dental, life insurance, and disability coverage, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. During your employment term, you will receive 15 paid vacation days per year prorated based on your start date.

We welcome the many dimensions of diversity. Upon request by qualified candidates, accommodation of special needs may be considered during all stages of the selection process within the framework of the HP Accommodation Policy.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing a reasonable accommodation related to a disability. In order to satisfy our contractual obligations with clients, the successful candidate will be required to pass a basic, standard Criminal Records check. Job - Software Schedule - Full time Shift - No Shift premium (Canada) Travel - Relocation - Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).

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📌 Product Owner Manager (Vancouver)
🏢 HP
📍 Vancouver