Business Architect, Level 3 – Product Owner, Business Transformation Lead

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Business Architect owning a marine inspection app on Microsoft Power Platform for Transport Canada. Leading Vessel Registry process transformation, Lean assessment and modernization planning.

Responsibilities:

  • 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 DevOps: 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
  • Ensure the new 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 DevOps
  • Run a current-state assessment of Vessel Registry business processes, workflows and service delivery
  • Lead process mapping and value-stream analysis to identify bottlenecks, duplication and waste
  • Apply Lean and continuous improvement methods to identify automation, simplification and standardization opportunities
  • Develop future-state recommendations, quick wins and an implementation action plan
  • 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 transfer
  • Deliver a product roadmap and prioritized product backlog
  • Deliver a business requirements package
  • Produce a legacy system capability assessment and transition strategy
  • Produce modernization and implementation recommendations
  • Deliver an SME coaching and enablement plan
  • Produce Vessel Registry current-state assessment, process maps and improvement action plan
  • Prepare executive briefings

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in business architecture, business transformation or product ownership (Level 3)
  • Proven experience as a Product Owner on agile delivery teams
  • Hands-on Azure DevOps experience managing backlogs, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Experience gathering and prioritizing requirements with operational or field-based users
  • Experience with current-state process mapping and Lean or continuous improvement methods
  • Experience assessing legacy systems and planning their transition or modernization
  • Strong facilitation skills, and comfort presenting to executive stakeholders
  • Enhanced Reliability Clearance
  • Experience delivering Microsoft Power Platform solutions (Power Apps, Dataverse) preferred
  • Mobile or field-inspection application experience preferred
  • Government of Canada experience, ideally in a regulatory, inspection or compliance program
  • Experience coaching or mentoring staff in product management or agile practices preferred
  • Lean certification (e.g., Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt) or a product owner certification (CSPO, PSPO) preferred
  • Experience with marine, transportation or registry operations preferred