As a Director, Product Owner within the New Products & Activities team at National Bank of Canada, you will play a key role in driving strategic transformation initiatives across our Capital Markets business. Partnering closely with business, operations, compliance, technology, and risk stakeholders, you will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, ensuring the successful delivery of business outcomes, operational efficiency, and sustainable value.
This mandate focuses on streamlining processes, enhancing stakeholder and client experiences, reducing operational friction, and strengthening controls across multiple business lines and support functions. This highly visible initiative sits at the intersection of business transformation, process excellence, technology enablement, and regulatory requirements, offering the opportunity to shape the future state of client and counterparty onboarding at National Bank.

Maintain backlog health and oversee delivery governance, including the management of technical and architectural debt, validation of Definition of Ready and Definition of Done criteria, and confirmation that increments meet business needs.
Own business risks related to scope, value realization, stakeholder readiness, operational readiness, and solution adoption, providing business decisions, priority updates, value realization reporting, and risk assessments to governance forums.
You will work closely with specialized experts (trading, risk solutions, operations), with strong visibility and fast learning on strategic, regulatory, and optimization initiatives.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree and 10+ years of relevant Capital Markets experience.
Strong expertise in the counterparty onboarding process (data, processes, regulatory requirements, etc.).




Previous experience on large initiative, process optimization and senior executive management.
Willingness to travel as needed.

As a Director, Product Owner within the New Products & Activities team at National Bank of Canada, you will play a key role in driving strategic transformation initiatives across our Capital Markets business. Partnering closely with business, operations, compliance, technology, and risk stakeholders, you will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, ensuring the successful delivery of business outcomes, operational efficiency, and sustainable value.
This mandate focuses on streamlining processes, enhancing stakeholder and client experiences, reducing operational friction, and strengthening controls across multiple business lines and support functions. This highly visible initiative sits at the intersection of business transformation, process excellence, technology enablement, and regulatory requirements, offering the opportunity to shape the future state of client and counterparty onboarding at National Bank.
Maintain backlog health and oversee delivery governance, including the management of technical and architectural debt, validation of Definition of Ready and Definition of Done criteria, and confirmation that increments meet business needs.
Own business risks related to scope, value realization, stakeholder readiness, operational readiness,



and solution adoption, providing business decisions, priority updates, value realization reporting, and risk assessments to governance forums.
You will work closely with specialized experts (trading, risk solutions, operations), with strong visibility and fast learning on strategic, regulatory, and optimization initiatives.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree and 10+ years of relevant Capital Markets experience.
Strong expertise in the counterparty onboarding process (data, processes, regulatory requirements, etc.).
Previous experience on large initiative, process optimization and senior executive management.
Willingness to travel as needed.
Languages: French, English
Reason to require this language: you will need to discuss frequently with our service providers or partners who speak a language other than French.
Accountability, Agility, Capital Markets, Collaboration, Communication, Courage, Critical Thinking, Digital literacy, Diversity & Inclusion, Initiative, Innovation Management, Scrum Professional Product Owner, Self-Awareness, Teamwork
In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of adaptable benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

Flexible group insurance
Generous pension plan
Employee and family assistance program
Involvement in community initiatives
Virtual sleep clinic
Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.
We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments.

📌 Product Owner - Banque (F/H) (H/F)
🏢 National Bank of Canada
📍 Montreal