Product Owner - Emerging Markets (TWN+) - 8 Month contract - Remote

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A WORKPLACE THAT HAS...

Summer Hours 🌞

Start your weekend earlier during the summer months!

Paid Days Off (in addition to Personal Days) 🌅

An IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Awareness, Solidarity) team ⚖️

Weather is inclusive, we will be too. Our IDEAS team is committed to making this happen!

📣HAVE WE GOT YOUR ATTENTION? WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Read about us here! (spoiler alert… we are the home of The Weather Network )📍Canada’s #1 most trusted brand in media for the third year in a row!

WHY WE NEED YOU? GLAD YOU ASKED...

The Product Owner, Emerging Markets (TWN+) will play a key role in supporting the Senior Manager, New Product Development, with implementing the product strategy, management, and day-to-day operations of products in Emerging Markets (TWN+). This is a great opportunity to put your expertise to work while identifying how we can continuously improve, leveraging new and innovative ways to engage customers on our Emerging Markets (TWN+) platforms.  We aim to disrupt the market with a next-generation weather experience that will make checking the weather easier, personalized, and hyper-local, powered by the innovative capabilities of AI. This enhanced experience will drive user frequency, offering simplicity and reducing friction in accessing essential weather information.

Please note this is a 8 Month Contract role until July 2025 and despite being a remote position, but we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work and are currently located in Canada only.

The role requires working in East Standard Hours.

WHAT IS THE DAY TO DAY LOOK LIKE

• Work with the Product leadership to execute a core roadmap to drive adoption, usage and revenue to meet business objectives, including new products and product enhancements focused on the consumer experience 
• Work with Senior Manager, New Product Development, to prioritize product features and enhancements with new ideas based on ongoing customer feedback, market/competitive analysis, product performance, revenue needs.
• Be the champion and voice of the product (both from a user and revenue perspective) within the agile team.  
• Work as the product owner in a scrum team to deliver against your roadmap and drive continual product improvements 
• Perform all product owner responsibilities within the scrum team (writing and prioritization of user stories, defining and clarifying acceptance criteria, explaining business rationale, etc) 
• Work with a cross-functional team (Technology, Meteorology, Design, Sales, Editorial, and Marketing) to produce and successfully launch an exceptional user experience
• Provide input to the Product leadership in developing annual strategic plans, budgets and prioritize business opportunities
• Define success metrics and reporting needs to monitor post-launch performance, consumer adoption and behavior, and modify plans accordingly
• Research and stay up-to-date on trends, developments and best practices in the industry, competition, interactive technologies and services, and develop appropriate competitive market responses
• Performance in this role is measured by financial results, subscriber growth, market reach, engagement, new product enhancements, strategic foresight and planning and execution of roadmap initiatives.




Roles, responsibilities and duties may evolve and change over time.

WE ARE HOPING YOU HAVE

• Demonstrated leader in product management with a minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in any of: websites, mobile applications, software development, mobile technology and innovative new product platforms
• Experience working in agile development environment with Business to Consumer experience

YOU ARE MADE FOR THIS IF YOU...

• Are a team-player with proven ability to engage with and motivate across a variety of functions to successfully bring product innovation and projects to market
• Are able to drive concepts to the screen
• Are enthusiastic with an entrepreneurial mindset to grow the business
• Have excellent organizational, communication, project and product management skillsHave excellent documentation, presentation and negotiation skillsHave extensive knowledge of media, consumer products and trends

OUR PROMISE TO YOU...

We’re highly focused on doing the right thing.

We’ll discuss issues and timelines professionally, so you have the time you need to do the best work you can

You will see the result of your work pushed out to real users quickly

We’re a team that enjoys learning new technologies and we’re open to trying new things

We’ll try our best not to bog you down with boring meetings

Through constant innovation and entrepreneurship, Pelmorex has grown to reach consumers around the globe, has become one of the largest weather information providers and has broken new ground in providing data solutions and insights to businesses. Through harnessing the value of weather, Pelmorex is driven to make the world smarter and safer for consumers and businesses.  #youwanttoworkhere