Product Manager, Enterprise Innovation

The Opportunity:

Enterprise Innovation turns ambiguous ideas into funded, validated products for Canadian financial services. As squad lead, you'll own the Lean Business Case from a fuzzy problem through to a clear opportunity size and ROI case. You'll use the PDLC methodology to take ideas from spark to scale, and prove them with working prototypes.

Grade: 17

This is a hybrid role with flexible onsite expectations, typically 1 to 2 days per week. New employees are expected to be onsite 2 to 3 times a week during their first three months to support onboarding and collaboration

About The Role:

Own the Lean Business Case end to end: frame the problem, size the opportunity, and build the ROI case with market sizing, unit economics, and a clear go or no go recommendation

Apply PDLC methodology across every stage, from ideation and validation to pilot and scale, and move, pivot, or stop ideas early

Prioritize the innovation pipeline with structured tools, score honestly at quarterly prioritization, and hold the bar, including on ideas people are attached to

Lead the squad day to day, including an architect and a designer

Prototype fast with vibe coding and AI tools to test ideas before committing spend

Run discovery with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders to validate real demand

Present recommendations to senior leaders and drive decisions

Build strong relationships with the stakeholders

What You Need to Succeed:

What you bring:

2 - 3 years related experience

Proven experience applying PDLC methodology in a real product environment

Strong financial and business case reasoning, with the judgement to know when the numbers are not good enough and the ability to defend a case in front of a CFO

Prioritization skills (RICE, weighted scoring, opportunity sizing, or similar)

Influence without authority: you earn trust first, then get people moving

The backbone to push back under pressure

Comfort with ambiguity and short cycles, and the ability to start without a fully scoped brief

Hands on AI prototyping: you have built something with tools like Claude, Cursor, Lovable, or v0

An entrepreneur or intrapreneur mindset

Fintech or payments experience, with Canadian exposure a strong plus

Executive level communication, written and verbal

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Nice to have

Startup or venture studio background

Experience navigating large enterprise governance and funding processes

Familiarity with Canadian payment rails and regulation