Job Description

Referral Level: Level 1

Overall Job Purpose

The Intermediate Pod Owner is accountable for the end-to-end outcomes of a cross-functional pod, owning the "what and why" and ensuring delivery aligns to business objectives, portfolio strategy, and platform fundamentals. This role operates with full outcome accountability, balancing value, risk, quality, and sustainability within the technology delivery model.The role provides clear prioritization and decision-making, maintains alignment across stakeholders, and enables the pod to deliver iteratively with transparency and quality.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
• Act as the end-to-end accountable owner of pod outcomes, setting the pod vision, priorities, and roadmap and ensuring alignment to agreed objectives.
• Own and continuously refine the pod backlog, making informed trade-offs across value, risk, capacity, quality, and technical sustainability.
• Ensure intended outcomes are clearly understood by pod members and stakeholders before execution begins.
• Provide leadership within the pod, fostering clarity of purpose, engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop pod team members through regular 1:1s, clear expectations, timely feedback, and coaching to improve outcomes and delivery maturity; leverage Chapters for upskilling and practice guidance.
• Ensure effective onboarding, role clarity, and ways of working within the pod; address performance or conduct concerns early and coordinate with appropriate leaders/partners.
• Partner with Product and Delivery Chapters on talent planning (skills gaps, development priorities, and future capability needs), providing input to staffing and succession discussions.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for quality, stability, and technical health within the pod.
• Represent the pod in governance forums, demos, and stakeholder engagements, communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions with transparency.
• Proactively manage cross-pod, cross-platform, and vendor dependencies, escalating and resolving issues that could impact outcomes.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree considered an asset
• 7-10 years of progressive experience in product, technology, or delivery leadership roles
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and partner effectively across stakeholders
• Agile ways of working and backlog management
• Strong product and delivery management capability
• Proven ability to manage complexity, risks, and dependencies
• Demonstrated outcome-focused decision-making and stakeholder leadership

Benefits:

• COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION & RECOGNITION: competitive base salary, performance-weighted bonus, education/career support, option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matching component.

• EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & INSURANCE: competitive health and dental coverage, flexible plan for you and your family and short-term & long-term disability plans.

• RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAMS: voluntary Group RRSP enrolment with employer matching component.

• WORK LIFE BALANCE: paid volunteer days, competitive time off including 10 wellness days off, WorkPerks discount program, hybrid & flex work arrangements.

• INCLUSIVE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY: living our core values: Be a Team, Be Accountable, Be Better, engaging with community through Business Resource Groups (BRG communities are volunteer employee-led groups formed around a common interest, identity, or background).

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $149,500 - $192,500 which is determined based on skills, knowledge and experience and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for annual short-term incentive, health and well-being benefits, retirement and savings plan, paid time off and career development.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience to https://www.mackenzieinvestments.com/en/careers.

Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment: As part of our Talent Acquisition process, we may use artificial intelligence and automated tools to support activities such as candidate sourcing, application review, and interview scheduling. These tools support the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by people.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Mackenzie Investments; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please apply by August 24 2026.

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