Manager, Platform Product Owner

Permanent Full Time

We’re seeking a Manager – Platform Product to lead the strategy, execute and continuously improve and deliver solutions across our enterprise platforms. This role bridges business needs and technical delivery, ensuring customer-centric, data-informed, and enterprise scalable solutions that drive measurable business outcomes for Canada Life.

What you will do

• • Own the delivery of the product roadmap for Salesforce platform capabilities, aligning with business goals, customer needs, and technical feasibility.
  • Lead discovery and planning for complex initiatives: define problems, scope and refine solutions, and support in building business cases.
  • Translate business needs into actionable requirements: sequence features and epics, define BRD/PRD’s, write user stories, functional specs and collaborate with technology for non-functional specifications and acceptance criteria.
  • Champion customer experience: ensure usability, accessibility, and measurable impacts are achieved.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with other product teams, engineering, analytics, and other business teams to deliver seamless and effective solutions.
  • Guide the product lifecycle from ideation through delivery, testing and optimization, applying agile methodologies and iterative delivery.
  • Integrate data and insights into decision-making: leverage data and analytics, usability testing, and feedback loops.
  • Facilitate stakeholder alignment: communicate vision, progress, and results clearly to sponsors, executives and teams.
  • Support operational readiness: coordinate release planning, training, documentation, and multi-squad delivery for impacted stakeholders.
  • Measure success through KPIs and business impact, validating decisions with data.

What you will bring

• • Experience in product management and platform strategy and solutions, ideally in SaaS enterprise platforms and applications.
  • Strong business analysis skills: ability to elicit, validate, document and elaborate requirements for applications and platforms.
  • Customer-first mindset with a passion for intuitive, inclusive experiences.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and foster collaboration in dynamic environments.
  • Comfort with agile delivery: backlog management, sprint planning, and iterative development.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a focus on outcomes.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills for both technical and executive audiences.
  • Experience with enterprise platforms (e.g., Salesforce and AWS ecosystems) and integration considerations.
  • Growth mindset: embraces experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Knowledge and experience working with Salesforce ecosystem is an asset.

The base salary for this position is between $96,200 - $146,200 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grow with Canada Life

We’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial, physical and mental well-being of Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other. Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and who delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you!

What we offer:

We’re committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here’s what you can expect as a full-time or part-time permanent team member:

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to?$2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.

• Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.

• Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.

• Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan,?share ownership program and additional?investment options.

• Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.

Learn more about Canada Life.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com . All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.