Product Manager

TVO Media Education Group

$90K — $100K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years' experience in Product Management or a similar role.
  • Expert knowledge of SaaS products and delivering audience-facing experiences.
  • Deep understanding of the mobile ecosystem and app development practices.
  • Familiarity with APIs and mobile development frameworks.
  • Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
  • Demonstrated results in launching mobile products that enhance user engagement and retention.
  • Strategic thinker capable of aligning product initiatives with company goals.

Responsibilities

  • Steer a cross-functional team in building digital experiences for educators and students.
  • Define the product roadmap based on user needs and stakeholder input.
  • Collaborate with Design, Development, and Product Delivery teams to inspire innovation within the product.
  • Influence and gain buy-in from stakeholders for dynamic prioritization decisions.
  • Ensure transparency with stakeholders about product improvements and plans.
  • Act as the product evangelist by communicating how the product resolves real-world issues.
  • Conduct research and analyze data to drive product strategy and roadmaps.

Benefits

  • Access to the Public Service Pension Plan from day one.
  • Participation in Employee and Family Assistance Plan services.
  • Opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and professional development through workshops.
  • Inclusive and diverse work environment that promotes collaboration.
Full Job Description
Position Title: Product Manager

Employment Type: Full-time Staff | Non-Union

Salary range: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00

Division: Digital and Innovation

Reports To: Manager, Product Management

Location: Toronto, Yonge & Eglinton (On-site)

Reason for Vacancy: Existing Vacancy

The Opportunity

Are you interested in human behaviour? Do you take pride in creating simple steps to solve complex issues? Are you often asking the why behind apps and websites? Are you puzzled by digital experiences and strategies? If that's you, we should talk!

TVO is committed to an innovation-led future. We develop products and platforms meant to elevate the Media and Education Technology industries. In our product culture, the Product Manager is a catalyst for organizational transformation. The successful candidate will champion the needs of Ontarian students, teachers, and the broader public. They will be driven by the ambition of taking the work of our Ontario's creators to the world.

TVO's Product Managers are challenge-driven individuals, technology translators and promoters of inclusive collaboration. They are adaptable and committed to creating relationships that foster transparency. They achieve results through continuous discovery and base their decisions on data and digital behaviours.

How you will make an impact

  • Steer a cross-functional team in building digital experiences for educators, students, and content creators with a focus on building our content management systems serving our audience-facing websites and mobile experiences.
  • Define the product roadmap based on the needs of our students, teachers, and content creators.
  • Effectively collaborate with counterparts in Design, Development, and Product Delivery in the creation of product that inspire and challenges the entire product team sprint-by-sprint.
  • Work with key stakeholders to influence, gain buy-in and provide counsel in order to make frequent and dynamic prioritization decisions.
  • Connect with other product teams and department as needed to ensure full transparency and no surprises, keeping product stakeholders up to date with the latest on product improvements and plans
  • Act as the key product evangelist by constantly sharing how the product you build solves real world problems while conveying its vision for the future
  • Perform (internal or external) research in partnership with the UX Design team and analyze behavioral data within your product to drive strategy & roadmaps.
  • Support the development of go-to-market strategies and collaborate with our communication and marketing partners in the creation of launch plans


What you will bring to TVO

  • Track record of driving initiatives to successful outcomes without compromising accessibility and users' needs.
  • Expert knowledge ofSaaS products. You have built a broad range of experiences that rely on best-in-class UX for creators and have delivered outstanding audience-facing experiences.
  • Deep understanding of the mobile ecosystem including mobile platforms, app development, mobile analytics and industry best practices.
  • Familiarity with API's and mobile development frameworks.
  • Experience in agile product management methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban
  • Results driven with a track record of successfully launching mobile products that drive user engagement and retention.
  • Strategic thinker who can align the product initiatives with overall company strategy.
  • A deep-rooted interest in building user-friendly and technologically solid user-centric experience for web and mobile.
  • 3+ years' experience as a Product Manager or equivalent experience.


You are passionate about...

  • Learning - you are always reading, watching, listening, sharing new ways to address real issues. Learning is a value and a commitment when you're at work.
  • Innovation - ideas energize you. Maybe Post-its may not be your favourite facilitation tool anymore but that doesn't stop you from spending as much time as needed to create visuals to convey the concepts related to your proposed solutions.
  • Curiosity - you are curious by nature, able to think critically and strategically to troubleshoot and solve complex problems.


TVO & YOU

We are a learning organization. Learning is at the core of everything we do. As part of this commitment, TVO invests in the learning goals of our employees and everyone at TVO commits to developing our own knowledge as well as elevating each other's through peer-to-peer learning, workshops and lunch and learns. All employees have the option to join the Public Service Pension Plan right on day one and we offer an array of services through our Employee and Family Assistance Plan.

We would be thrilled to have you join us. We're a tight-knit community - whether you're a recent graduate or further along in your career, you will get to meet, work with, and be supported by talented and diverse colleagues at all levels. Maybe you'll even get to meet Polkaroo!

Come build with us.



We invite you to submit your application by June 26,2026 at 4 pm EST. Not sure you have everything we're asking for, but know you can make a big impact? We encourage you to apply for consideration.

To learn more about us and our culture, please visit us at https://tvo.me/work-with-us/ .

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