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



















