PLATFORM OWNER

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Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

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• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more...

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POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Platform Owner to lead the evolution of artificial intelligence products and capabilities within an AI squad that is part of the AI Platforms & Products product family.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining business priorities, maximizing the value delivered and ensuring alignment among business needs of business partners and technology capabilities.

Working closely with business partners, data and technology teams, risk and governance functions, and stakeholders, this person will help identify high-value AI opportunities and guide them from discovery through assessment, delivery, operationalization, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate combines strong product management skills with a practical understanding of AI and a value-driven, responsible, and user-centred approach.

The successful candidate will join an Artificial Intelligence squad within the AI Platforms & Products product family as Platform Owner and will play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, reusable, and responsible AI products that support BDC’s strategic priorities.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Define, manage, and evolve the roadmap for AI products and capabilities in alignment with the AI Platforms & Products portfolio and BDC's strategic priorities.

• Maximize measurable business and user value delivered by the AI products under your responsibility.
• Collaborate with business partners, data scientists, AI and software engineers, architects, solution designers, risk and governance teams, and other stakeholders to collect, analyze and prioritize business needs and opportunities.
• Frame AI opportunities around clear user problems and outcomes, validate assumptions through experimentation, and recommend continuous improvements to product capabilities and user experience.
• Translate business objectives into clear priorities for the delivery team.
• Assess the value of initiatives, manage the product backlog, and prioritize work based on expected impact.
• Work in an Agile, iterative environment, using discovery, experimentation, and feedback to adjust priorities, deliverables, opportunities, and risks as needs and AI capabilities evolve.
• Ensure alignment among business partners, technology teams, product goals, enterprise architecture, security, privacy, data governance, and responsible AI requirements.
• Track progress indicators and communicate the progress, decisions, and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Support users and partners in understanding and using team dashboards and performance indicators.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in business administration, computer science, information technology or a related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Platform or a Product Owner, or in a similar product management role.

• Experience with Agile methodologies and principles.

• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams that may include data scientists, AI and software engineers, architects, designers, business analysts, quality assurance specialists, Scrum Masters, and governance partners.

• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Demonstrated communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Ability to analyze business needs, prioritize and make value-oriented decisions.
• Ability to evolve in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and sometimes incomplete information.
• Bilingualism in French and English.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience delivering AI, machine learning, generative AI, advanced analytics, or data-driven products.
• Understanding of AI product life cycles, experimentation, model performance, data dependencies, and responsible AI considerations.
• Experience in the banking, financial services or trade finance sector.

• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification.
• Experience managing a portfolio of products or capabilities used by multiple business teams.
• Experience in a digital transformation or technology product delivery environment.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at accessibility@bdc.ca.

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.

About Us

BDC is a bank unlike any other. We are the only bank dedicated exclusively to the development of Canadian businesses. The only institution whose purpose is to promote the growth of the Canadian economy by focusing on the success of small and medium-sized businesses, with a human touch and a genuine presence. At BDC, we’re changing people’s and businesses’ lives for the better. That’s what makes us unique as a bank.

That’s why we are banking at another level.