Senior Product Owner (12-months)

YOU KNOW HOW TO BE flexible 

YOU KNOW HOW TO BE agile 

The Opportunity
The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) is on the lookout for a passionate, resourceful individual who is a great communicator, negotiator, and facilitator. You will be a part of the agile delivery team, responsible for facilitating discovery and translating business needs into structured product specifications, defining system behavior, workflows, data contracts, and edge cases to enable spec-driven delivery in a timely manner using the AMA Agile Framework and tools.

* This role is for a 12-month opportunity with the possibility of extension. *

The Team You’ve Been Looking For
AMA is more than a workplace; it’s a family. Together, we help protect the things that matter most to our more than one-million members—everything from roadside safety to retail savings, food security to childhood well-being. And with operations that span automotive, registries, travel, insurance and more, the opportunities to grow with us are almost limitless!

Building on a century of proud service in Alberta communities, we’re passionate about making a meaningful difference in the places where we live and work. And that all begins with our people. As part of the AMA team, you’ll enjoy: 

• Competitive wage

• Employee-exclusive discounts on travel, insurance, memberships, and more

• Ongoing professional development

• Vacation earnings paid out with each pay period

• Flexible work models that make sense for your lifestyle

For us, curiosity fuels innovation. We value people who are eager to explore new ideas and who are comfortable putting emerging technologies into practice. We see experience with AI‑powered tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and similar platforms as a real plus - especially when it’s used to work smarter, increase efficiency, and find better ways to get things done.

Who You Are

• You bring a passion for innovation and a strong drive to stay ahead of emerging technology trends.

• You’re a spirited team player who excels in a fast-paced environment and thrives on challenge. 

• You manage your time as expertly as you manage your projects. Prioritizing, planning and organizing is part of your DNA. 

• You strongly believe there’s no such thing as an insignificant detail — you keep at it until every ‘i’ is dotted and every ‘t’ is crossed. 

• You have the natural ability to reduce a complex concept or task into something that is manageable and can be clearly understood, communicated and delivered on. 

• You have an inquisitive mind and love coming up with new ways to tackle a challenge and digging deeper to find the perfect solution to increase value for your customers. 

• You work well on your own but also enjoy being part of a team. 

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Report to the Team Lead, Product Owners. 

• Play a key role in advancing our association strategy by applying your UX, product, and technical expertise to analyze member insights, synthesize feedback, and inform the direction of our product roadmap.

• Develop deep partnerships with business stakeholders to understand strategic and operational needs, translating them into structured product specifications and solution designs that guide delivery and enable measurable outcomes.

• You'll own creation, prioritization, and nurturing of our product development backlog.

• Your mission is to translate business needs into enchanting product stories. Expect lots of design discussions, user personas and journey mapping, and some tech wizardry!

• You’ll work closely with our design team to ensure your required artifacts become the masterpieces they deserve to be.

• Bridge business and engineering through executable specifications, delivery alignment, and proactive blocker resolution.

• Collaborate with multiple third party software providers on system enhancements and releases to support value growth and increased operational efficiencies. 

• Be the expert on the functionality third party systems provide and how the software can be further leveraged for the value and benefit of your business unit.

• Manage AMA team support tickets with third party vendors, ensuring timely resolution for issues.

• Plan and prioritize stories for an application team to implement in their sprint cycle; including configuration and customization work on systems. 

• Participate in daily standup meetings to resolve issues, addresses changes and get updates on progress. 

• Work with agile team members to ensure the sprint produces a functional package to leadership and key stakeholders. 

• Communicate with other agile team members to resolve any issues before escalating. 

• Decompose business strategies into detailed product specifications, including functional flows, business rules, and system interactions, enabling engineering teams to implement with minimal ambiguity.

• Provide and analyze data to make informed decisions, mitigate risks, or take other actions. Evaluate a problem/opportunity from both a business and consumer perspective to determine the best resolution approach. 

• Gather business/user requirements to support the functional or business solution by leading cross-functional specification workshops to co-create solution designs, aligning business, architecture, engineering, and QA on expected system outcomes.

What You Bring to the Table

• You've got at least 3-5 years of Product Owner or Product Management experience.

• We're also looking for someone with experience working with interdepartmental teams and projects. 

• Ability to define complex business rules and decision logic

• Familiarity with spec-driven or behavior-driven development practices

• Previous experience with payments/accounting systems and/or an analytical mindset is an asset.

• You can demonstrate an ability to work across silos and move work priorities forward to completion. 

• Your experience demonstrates skills in execution, collaboration, continuous learning, and systems thinking. 

• You may have experience as a systems analyst, business analyst, or a similar business role. This role is open to people from a variety of backgrounds. 

• Agile & Scrum knowledge is considered an asset. 

• Relevant post-secondary training is considered an asset. 

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) certifications would be an asset.

Belonging Matters Here
AMA is committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and accessible environment. If you require an accommodation at any time during our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@ama.ab.ca. We’ll work with you feel supported throughout your journey with us.

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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.