Product Owner

Role Responsibilities

Do you want to make a difference in how registry services are delivered in Alberta? 

• Are you an innovative thinker who thrives in change and exploring new ways of transforming business?
• Are you interested in advancing the Registries Modernization multi-year roadmap?
• Do you love working with people and building long lasting and effective relationships?

 
If you answered yes, the Registries Evolution branch wants to hear from you!

Reporting to the Product Director in the Registries Evolution branch, you will serve as the lead of a digital Product Team that executes decisions on behalf of the Product Director. Working in conjunction with the Ministry of Technology and Innovation, you will plan, design and implement the new modern services to address business needs and champion the product to end users. You are responsible for leading Product Teams following an Agile Scrum approach to advance the GoA’s digital plan and the Registries Modernization roadmap, a multi-year investment by government in registries service digitization.

Your responsibilities include:

• Redesigning operational processes and effective planning to introduce and implement new services to users.
• Developing recommendations for required changes to operational programs as digitization occurs.
• Identifying barriers to change and recommending mitigation strategies including legislative and divisional policies and programs enable and align with digitization initiatives.
• Supporting the Product Director with the establishment of structures and mechanisms to engage staff at all levels to identify and prioritize service modernization opportunities to design and innovate the delivery of registry services.
• Collaborating with government technology partners within the Ministry of Technology and Innovation, ensuring the ongoing and incremental delivery of benefits to Albertans and staff.
   

To be successful in this position, you will possess:

• The ability to manage change and achieve positive results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate messages to a broad and diverse audience.
• The ability to motivate staff, through managing workloads, and providing clear communication.
• Demonstrable planning skills, and the ability to work autonomously within strict timelines to meet deadlines.
• An understanding of the business requirements of the Ministry, clients, registry agents, legal community, and other partnering ministries and divisions.
• Knowledge about public administration, including the formalized decision-making structure and function of Government.
• Tactical problem solving and decision-making skills that support innovation and ensure that the most efficient and effective outcomes are achieved.
• Planning skills, and the ability to work autonomously within strict timelines to meet deadlines.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

• Agility: you will proactively anticipate roadblocks and future challenges, identifying alternatives and options to overcome issues as they arise, and having the ability to manage uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: you will proactively plan and identify downstream issues and resolutions, including building strong and cohesive multi-disciplinary teams across partner Ministries to deliver on business transformation and modern systems.
• Build Collaborative Environments: you will support the development of a shared vision of success and strategic and operational alignment of various stakeholders within a complex service delivery environment.
• Creative Problem Solving: regularly work in situations which are unstructured and complex requiring analytical work in reaching solutions. Identification of innovative solutions to ensure effective and timely delivery of the business transformation necessary to achieve anticipated outcomes and ongoing benefits of new, modern, and digital solutions.

Qualifications

University graduation in a field related to the position such as Public Administration, Business, Commerce, Economics, Political Science, Statistics etc., supplemented by four (4) years progressively responsible related experience.

Equivalencies are:

• A related two-year diploma and a minimum of six (6) years of related experience.
• A related one-year certificate and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience; or a minimum of eight (8) years of related experience. 

Applications must include a well-written cover letter and resume that indicates how your experience aligns with the scope of this position to be considered for this competition.

Applicants must also demonstrate:

• Strategic problem solving and decision-making skills that support innovation and ensure that the most efficient and effective outcomes are achieved.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of Alberta's registry systems.
• Knowledge of the functioning of government, public administration and public policy and legislative/regulatory development.
• Familiarity with financial operations, human resource management, planning and reporting requirements and general administrative activities.  

The following  below are considered assets:

• Knowledge of the Alberta registries (including the business requirements of the Ministry, clients, registry agents, legal community, and other partnering ministries and divisions) is preferred.
• Understanding of the legislation, regulations, policies and processes governing the operations of the GoA vision, mission, goals and strategies.
• Knowledge of the Agile Scrum method, including process mapping, organizational analysis, benefits management, and risk/issue management.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Hours: 36.26 hours/week

• Monday to Friday 8:15 am to 4:30pm

 
This competition will be used to fill two permanent positions. 
 
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

Applications must include a well-written cover letter and resume that indicates how your experience aligns with the scope of this position to be considered for this competition.

If a security screening is required;

• Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

If temporary assignments or under-fills will be considered;

• Northern Allowance.
• Shift work.
• Travel; etc.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.