Product Portfolio Manager – Group Benefits Administration
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About the Role
TELUS Health is looking for a Product Portfolio Manager to own the strategic direction of the Group Benefits Administration portfolio.
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Responsibilities
- Define and maintain a unified portfolio vision that addresses regulatory, compliance, and market needs across Canada and the U.S.
- Develop multi year roadmaps that balance innovation, client commitments, modernization investments, and regulatory requirements
- Make tough prioritization calls on where to invest, what to standardize, and how to reduce platform fragmentation
- Partner closely with Engineering and Architecture leaders to ensure portfolio strategy drives scalable platform improvements
- Oversee large scale client migrations and platform modernization initiatives
- Serve as the senior product leader for cross functional stakeholders, communicating complex portfolio topics to executives
- Support channel and carrier partnerships by aligning product roadmaps with market opportunities
- Ensure portfolio strategies align with evolving North American regulatory, legislative, privacy, and security requirements
- Proactively identify and manage portfolio level risks
- Monitor and communicate portfolio health metrics
Requirements
- 10+ years in Product Management, Product Portfolio Management, or Platform Leadership roles, ideally in enterprise, complex environments
- Deep expertise in Group Benefits Administration, with particular strength and knowledge of the U.S. market, legislation, and compliance landscape
- Proven track record leading multi product portfolios with the ability to think and operate at enterprise scale
- Experience overseeing modernization and large scale migration programs, including managing legacy platforms, multi tenant complexity, and change at scale
- Strong executive level communication skills and proven ability to influence across matrixed organizations with distributed ownership models
- Sound judgment in prioritization and trade off decisions
- Working knowledge of North American regulatory and compliance environments, with demonstrated expertise in U.S. Group Benefits market requirements
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What we'll accomplish together
- At TELUS Health, we're modernizing Group Benefits Administration. We're not just updating technology; we're fundamentally rethinking how employers deliver benefits that truly matter to their workforce.
- As Product Portfolio Manager, you'll own the strategic direction of our entire Group Benefits Administration portfolio—setting the vision, steering investment decisions, and partnering with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Sales, and Delivery.
What You'll Do
- Define and maintain a unified portfolio vision that addresses the unique regulatory, compliance, and market needs across Canada and especially the U.S. Group Benefits landscape
- Develop multi year roadmaps that balance innovation, client commitments, modernization investments, and regulatory requirements
- Make tough prioritization calls—deciding where to invest, what to standardize, and how to reduce platform fragmentation without losing market competitiveness
- Work collaboratively with Product Managers and Architects to translate strategy into executable plans
- Partner closely with Engineering and Architecture leaders to ensure your portfolio strategy drives real, scalable platform improvements
- Oversee large scale client migrations and platform modernization initiatives—defining readiness gates, success metrics, and governance checkpoints
- Drive consistency across products to reduce complexity while managing both short term client needs and long term platform health
- Serve as the senior product leader for cross functional stakeholders—communicating complex portfolio topics to executives and enabling informed, strategic decision making
- Support channel and carrier partnerships by aligning product roadmaps with market opportunities and partner enablement needs
- Position our solutions in the market, translating portfolio strategy into compelling client and partner narratives
- Ensure portfolio strategies align with evolving North American regulatory, legislative, privacy, and security requirements
- Proactively identify and manage portfolio level risks—scalability challenges, data integrity, support models, and delivery risks
What you bring
- 10+ years in Product Management, Product Portfolio Management, or Platform Leadership roles, ideally in enterprise, complex environments
- Deep expertise in Group Benefits Administration, with particular strength and knowledge of the U.S. market, legislation, and compliance landscape
- Proven track record leading multi product portfolios with the ability to think and operate at enterprise scale
- Experience overseeing modernization and large scale migration programs, including managing legacy platforms, multi tenant complexity, and change at scale
- Strong executive level communication skills and proven ability to influence across matrixed organizations with distributed ownership models
- Sound judgment in prioritization and trade off decisions—you're comfortable making tough calls and explaining the 'why' to senior stakeholders
- Working knowledge of North American regulatory and compliance environments, with demonstrated expertise in U.S. Group Benefits market requirements
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan
- Flexibility to work in office, virtually or a combination of both
- Generous company matched pension
- Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
- Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills
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