AltaML is hiring a Product Owner

AltaML is a leading North American applied AI company with extensive experience in building and operationalizing AI solutions. We call our business model Invent and Scale, from industry agnostic to industry focused, which encompasses focus and domain expertise combined with an ability to understand workflows and how to get to generalizability with data. AltaML has multiple functional disciplines and joint ventures.

We are a company like no other – we believe in making small bets, failing fast, and being better together. We are looking for creative problem-solvers who obsess about the customer to find wins across different industries. 

We don’t hire for fit; we hire to add. We are looking for people who play our core values of being: Agile, Gritty Humble, and Happy. If you’re passionate about AI/ML, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to work with a diverse team of wickedly smart people, we want to hear from you! 

As a Product Owner, you work with clients and development teams to oversee the development of artificial intelligence / machine learning software products. You work closely with customers, Product Managers, Project Delivery Managers and Development Teams to define Al/ML use cases, identify customer needs, write and prioritize product requirements, and ultimately deliver as much value to our clients within the scope of the project. To achieve this, you will build user experience documentation such as business process maps, personas, user journeys, wireframes and low code/no code prototypes that help our dev team and customers understand the product vision and provide effective feedback. Note that this position is distinct from the Product Manager position at AltaML: Product Owners focus on maximizing value delivered to our individual clients during our professional services engagements. Product Managers, on the other hand, focus on opportunities to deliver value to numerous customers through products.

Product Owner responsibilities:

• Work with domain experts, existing customers and potential customers to research and document high value Al/ML use case opportunities
• Facilitate workshops and interviews to understand customer goals and pain points and identify opportunities where our machine learning capabilities may have significant positive impact
• Build business process maps, personas, user journeys, wireframes and prototypes to help customers understand the product vision and how they may use applied Al/ML products to generate business value.
• Build and maintain roadmaps that express the vision for a product.
• Evaluate the size of the problems that customers are experiencing, and estimate the value that our solution will provide.
• Develop excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders and ensure their domain insights help drive product success.
• Collaborate with Al/ML software teams to develop solutions, and break these into features and user stories.
• Develop, manage and prioritize product backlogs.
• Communicate the voice of the customer to the dev team
• Work with Development teams to define integration and consumption strategies for Al/ML models based on a deep understanding of the customer's requirements.
• Develop and manage product roadmaps based on the agreed upon product vision
• Work with product managers to identify solutions that could scale to many customers as commercializable products
• Conduct market research into existing products and solutions

• Contribute to the development of new processes, templates and standards
• Recommend process improvements
• Contribute to the development of product vision and strategies
• Assist with evaluation of commercializable product opportunities identified in single customer engagements

• Executive Business Partner

• Identifying customer needs
• Developing product requirements
• Managing product backlog and roadmap
• User experience
• Health of client relationships
• Strategy Involvement: Creating Initiatives and Targets

• 1-3 years experience as a Product Owner delivering on responsibilities noted above
• A bachelor's degree in a related field (Business, IT or Engineering)
• At least 5 years of experience in management consulting, software development or product ownership/management/design/development
• Experience with customer discovery: facilitating workshops, interviews and/or customer engagements to understand customer goals and pain points and make recommendations for acceptable solutions
• Experience with design artifacts including: business process maps, personas, user journeys, wireframes and prototypes.
• Knowledge of user interface and user experience design
• Proven collaboration skills including working closely with cross-functional teams of developers, project delivery managers and IT specialists.
• Experience conducting market research to determine opportunity size, and estimating value to customers
• Experience identifying risks and ways to test for them as quickly as possible.
• Superior knowledge of agile methodologies, frameworks and processes
• Foundational understanding of Al/ML (Business level)
• Knowledge of technology implementations
• Knowledge of one or more of the following industries: Forestry, Health, Public Sector, Oil & Gas, Construction, Insurance, Financial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Services, or Information Technology
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Superior client relationship skills
• Superior research skills
• Creative and curious
• Conflict resolution skills

• Product Owner Certificate
• Experience developing product roadmaps or equivalent plans
• Prior experience working in data analytics or Al projects
• Experience with organizational change management

First Nations Acknowledgment

As this role is an opportunity in Edmonton, Alberta - AltaML would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands, referred to as Treaty 6 Territory and that the City of Edmonton and all the people here are beneficiaries of this peace and friendship treaty. Treaty 6 encompasses the traditional territories of numerous western Canadian First Nations, including Cree, Dene (DEN–Ē), Stoney Nakota Sioux, Saulteaux (SO-TO), and Ojibwe (OJIB-WĒ). AltaML is dedicated to ensuring that the spirit of Treaty 6 is honoured and respected.

Equal Opportunities

AltaML is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a safe, diverse  and inclusive environment. We encourage qualified applicants of all  backgrounds including ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender  identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and  education levels to apply. If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation during the interviewing process, please let us know.

We Look for A-Players Who:

- Express our core values

- Are hungry for knowledge

- Want to learn new skills

- Are respectful

- Collaborate with others across the whole company

- Share knowledge with coworkers

- Educate and promote AI and ML concepts both internally and externally

- Have a high work ethic and are self-motivated

Our Perks:

🌴Uncapped Vacation - For all full time, permanent employees. Seriously, take the time you need - when you need it.

🚀Make an Impact - Witness the impact your work contribution has on the success of our company.

👩🏿‍💻Working with PhD and Master Level Colleagues - Endless conversations around the latest in Machine Learning and Applied AI.

🩺Competitive Benefits - For all full time, permanent employees.

🏢 Office as a Resource -  Hybrid work environment with state-of-the-art office spaces that ignite collaboration.

⚡Big Slack Energy - IYKYK.

Our Culture:

You will be working in a high-paced environment focused on creating unique ML solutions to problems across multiple industries to generate impactful value. You will be working at a company with employees who have multiple years of industrial and academic experience in data science, software engineering, product development, and machine learning fields.

You will be able to experience a collaborative company culture, which means we believe in working hard, getting the job done, and enjoying the group social on Fridays. You’ll also get flexibility in where you work, what hours you work, how much vacation you take, and what you wear. We expect hard work but respect work/life balance.

Core Values:

At AltaML, we are driven by our core values. We believe that by embodying these values in everything we do, we will exceed our customer’s expectations while creating a positive and empowering work environment for our team members. We are dedicated to living our values and strive to make them the foundation for our success. 

Gritty

We are entrepreneurial, determined, and resilient, pushing through challenges to achieve our goals.

Agile

We make decisions based on “little bets” creating a safe space to take risks. We embrace an interactive process, allowing ideas to fail quickly or be scaled iteratively. Together, we continuously refine and improve our approach to reach the desired outcome. 

Humble

We listen to data, embrace new ideas, admit limitations and take ownership to solve problems. We constantly push ourselves to improve and excel.  

Happy

We ignite passion and purpose by fostering a dynamic work environment. We encourage tap dancing to work, common sense over rules, empowering team members to find joy in their contributions, and being your authentic self.