Product Owner (Ops and Planning)

Compensation: $75,000 – $115,000 /year (full-time/permanent)

Are you a natural born leader with a reputation for ‘getting it done’? You’re the person that always know where every thread is and none of them are loose. If you’re tech savvy and have a history of success in multiple areas of business. On Side Restoration just might have the opportunity you’re looking for!

The Job – Product Owner

The project and planning team are looking for Product Owners / Project Managers to lead and manage IT and operational initiatives.

Under the supervision of the Project and planning director, the Product Owner will be responsible for “End to End” of the “solutions” implemented and actively participating in the implementation and integration of multiple projects impacting the operations More specifically, IT, the financial applications, or operational transformational.

In addition, the Product Owner will also have to support the various stakeholders to facilitate decision-making and propose strategies to find solutions to obstacles and contribute to the achievement of established business objectives by using their financial and technical knowledge.

Work location:

• The Product Owner position allows for work in any location in Canada that On Side Restoration has a branch.
• We’re proud to support a flexible hybrid approach which gives everyone the best of both worlds. While there are no minimum or maximum time requirements, each team’s need for in-person connections will be different and there will be times you’ll join your colleagues at the office.

What you’ll do here:

As part of managing IT or business initiatives, the Product Owner:

• Participates in the establishment of a center of excellence in project management.
• Manages a portfolio of business projects related to our strategic objectives.
• Develops and maintains project plans by identifying deliverables, defining duration, establishing costs and participating in the assignment of team tasks.
• Tracks and monitors project progress and communicate progress in accordance with company policies and standards.
• Effectively leads meetings and create presentations for project statuses.
• Prepare all project/program reports, identify, and resolve problems and take appropriate action.
• Promote and apply best practices in project management and change management.
• Collaborate with management teams and various business partners.
• Acts as the guardian of the product vision throughout all phases of the product life cycle.
• Understands business processes and systems and displays mastery of the different data flows.

When integrating business projects:

• Acts as the resource person by coordinating design sessions with business teams.
• Prioritizes tasks, and changes, and participates in the configuration, established tests, documents the results, and facilitates the work of businesspeople.
• Collects, analyzes, and quantifies data to validate integrity and accuracy according to different systems and sources.
• Collaborates with internal and external auditors on the processes and controls carried out on the applications as an administrator.
• Learns On Sides’ suite of products and becomes the expert in all On Side applications.

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, computer systems management or any combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Knowledge and experience of Avanti, NAV systems is a major asset.
• Knowledge of accounting and corporate finance.
• In-depth knowledge of the MS Excel tool.
• Experience in the world of insurance and restoration.
• Experience working with cross functional team (HR, finance, IT, operations)
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with large national scale projects.

Profile sought:

• Demonstrate rigor and attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze solutions and measure impacts.
• Ability to communicate concisely and clearly.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change.
• Excellent organizational skills and rigor in planning and execution.

What’s in it for you?

We’re an established company in a growing industry and we need awesome people! We WANT you to be fulfilled by your work, we WANT you to enjoy the people you work with and we WANT to provide you with learning and advancement opportunities. We also love that we’re able to provide an employee assistance program, excellent health plan which includes extended medical (chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, vision, and more!) dental, long-term disability (LTD) and life insurance.

We provide on the job training with opportunity for development—promotions and national career movement are yours for the taking (well, with a few months under your belt). At On Side we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Get on our side!

Both major weather disasters and minor accidents involving water, fire, and more happen every day, and in our industry, this is how we keep busy, restoring properties 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Mother Nature usually doesn’t wait for an invitation, but we’re in the business of dealing with party crashers, and we’ve done it for over 40 years!