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We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, support the communities we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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As a member of this team, you will be responsible for: 

Learning and analyzing business operations, processes and technology landscape to identify opportunities for improvement with a focus on maximizing value.
Engaging with business and technical stakeholders to define and document business requirements, product visions and function designs.
Communicating the product vision and providing direction to delivery squads and other stakeholders throughout the organization.
Prioritizing and managing product backlogs, including writing user stories, epics, bugs and test cases to ensure work is focused on delivering maximum value and aligned with strategic goals.
Managing product design, dependencies and trade-offs and with the ability to resolve cross-team dependencies and competing priorities.
Lead delivery squads through iterative releases, while adapting a scrum framework with a focused attention on in-sprint commitments and continuous improvement.
Ensure product quality by defining and refining acceptance criteria and participating in testing and validation activities.
Working with other Product Owners, Product Managers and business stakeholders to plan business readiness and change management activities, to develop and communicate product release plans and setting expectations for the delivery of new functionality.

To succeed in this role, you have: 

Experience in defined benefit pension administration or experience as Business Analyst in the financial sector.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, and analyze, information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
The ability to effectively articulate ideas/problems/solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
A self-driven, proactive attitude
Knowledge of agile principals and frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban).
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Excellent problem-solving skills – critical thinking, decision making and creativity.
Proficiency in SQL
A technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies and/or pension administration would be an asset

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 1 days per week.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

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