Bilingual Software Product Owner (100% remote)
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About the Role
TELUS Health is seeking a Bilingual Software Product Owner to join the Data Task Force team, driving product delivery for a transformational project on the Retirement & Benefits Solutions side.
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Responsibilities
- Master the internal system and understand the complex issues underlying the team's work
- Structure and optimize a technical backlog to ensure alignment with product strategy, technical roadmap, and business objectives
- Maintain constant dialogue with end users and internal customers by gathering feedback and adapting priorities
- Translate business needs, customer feedback, and product priorities into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items
- Make informed decisions and provide clear priorities to the development team
- Define sprint objectives and support the team in progressive delivery during each iteration
- Actively participate in SAFe/Agile ceremonies — cycle and iteration planning, backlog refinement, demos, and inspection/adaptation activities
- Collaborate closely with a senior team of experts to shape, refine, and deliver product capabilities
- Represent the team to internal and external colleagues as the primary point of contact
- Orchestrate resources and navigate multi team dependencies by mobilizing the right people and proactively managing blockers
- Support alignment of expectations regarding testing, quality, usability, and delivery across teams
- Prioritize and manage critical bugs and system fixes to maintain product stability
Requirements
- Fluency in both French and English, oral and written
- 3+ years' experience as a Software Product Owner, Scrum Master, or similar Agile role
- Experience managing and prioritizing a team backlog (Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent)
- Experience participating in PI planning or similar cross team planning activities
- Interest or experience in actuarial science, pension plans, insurance, or financial services — OR a very strong ability to learn quickly in a complex and highly specialized technical domain
- Good understanding of Agile delivery practices
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle, quality practices, and product delivery
- Ability to translate customer needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ability to balance business value, technical feasibility, risk, and delivery capacity when prioritizing work
- Ability to clearly connect business objectives to backlog priorities
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Overview
- TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life.
- Join our Data Task Force team as a Software Product Owner. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a transformational project on the Retirement & Benefits Solutions side at TELUS Health.
What You'll Do
- Master the internal system and understand the complex issues underlying the team's work
- Structure and optimize a technical backlog to ensure alignment with product strategy, technical roadmap, and business objectives, ensuring items are well understood, properly sized, sequenced, and ready for delivery, broken down into small deliverable increments
- Maintain constant dialogue with end users and internal customers by gathering feedback, understanding their satisfaction, and adapting priorities to ensure ongoing alignment with business expectations
- Translate business needs, customer feedback, and product priorities into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items
- Make informed decisions and provide clear priorities to the development team
- Define sprint objectives and support the team in progressive delivery during each iteration
- Actively participate in SAFe/Agile ceremonies — cycle and iteration planning, backlog refinement, demos, and inspection/adaptation activities
- Collaborate closely with a senior team of experts to shape, refine, and deliver product capabilities
- Represent the team to internal and external colleagues as the primary point of contact, communicating progress, challenges, and impacts with clarity
- Orchestrate resources and navigate multi team dependencies by mobilizing the right people (from your team or others) and proactively managing blockers
- Support alignment of expectations regarding testing, quality, usability, and delivery across teams
- Prioritize and manage critical bugs and system fixes to maintain product stability, organizing rapid response to critical incidents, determining the best resolution strategy with the team, and identifying associated risks and blockers
What You Bring
- Fluency in both French and English, oral and written
- 3+ years' experience as a Software Product Owner, Scrum Master, or similar Agile role
- Experience managing and prioritizing a team backlog (Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent)
- Experience participating in PI planning or similar cross team planning activities
- Interest or experience in actuarial science, pension plans, insurance, or financial services — OR a very strong ability to learn quickly in a complex and highly specialized technical domain
- Good understanding of Agile delivery practices
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle, quality practices, and product delivery
- Ability to translate customer needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ability to balance business value, technical feasibility, risk, and delivery capacity when prioritizing work
- Ability to clearly connect business objectives to backlog priorities
Soft Skills
- Learning Ability: You demonstrate curiosity and learn quickly while recognizing the expertise of those around you
- Clear Communication: You communicate effectively with stakeholders (business teams, Dev, QA, UX)
- Facilitation and Alignment: You build consensus among different perspectives and encourage the team to contribute to decisions
- Product Ownership: You demonstrate strong accountability for quality, customer value, and results
Assets
- Experience working in SAFe or large scale Agile methodology
- In depth knowledge of Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or equivalent
- Experience delivering complex software products or digital solutions
- Previous experience with legacy systems or actuarial architectures
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