Senior Product Manager, CMS (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)

Position Title:
Senior Product Manager, CMS (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)
Status of Employment:
Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)
Position Language Requirement:
French
Language Skills:
French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)
Work at CBC/Radio-Canada
At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.
Unposting Date:
2025-05-07 11:5+ PM
This is a hybrid position with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.
Your role
Have a passion for the digital space? Are you a seasoned product manager who has experience with in-house management platforms and is comfortable in technical environments? Then this opportunity with Digital Media is for you.
Working alongside our product and editorial teams (News, Regional Media, Sports/Olympics, OHdio, Mordu, TV, etc.) and a dedicated development crew (project manager, architects, technical lead, developers, UX/UI designers, technical manager and more), you’ll be shaping the short-, medium- and long-term evolution of our CMS products (Scoop, Athena, Picto, etc.). Our CMS supports up to 1,000 users daily right across Canada.
In this role, you’ll identify the business needs of our partners (product and editorial teams), taking a user- and developer-centric approach as you build a high-quality CMS product with a seamless user experience. The product experience is central to everything you do. Your focus will also be on finding the right balance between product evolution and its operationalization (stabilization), all while chipping away at technical debt.
You’re a natural in an agile environment and have an experimental mindset to help inform product decisions. You’re skilled at figuring out what will deliver maximum value as quickly as possible, without jeopardizing product stability, and you know how to run this process regularly with your teams and partners.
Beyond just developing your product, you’ll be an active participant in our internal Product Management community of practice. You’ll also be an ambassador, sharing best practices from within the organization and from the broader industry.
Here’s a rundown of your key responsibilities:
Summarize needs and objectives into clear and concise epics and user stories.
Analyze, prioritize and guide the development of value-added CMS features, considering business needs, opportunities and technical debt.
Clearly identify problems and opportunities to achieve established business objectives (OKRs).
Evolve the vision and road map of our CMS ecosystem.
Incorporate the reduction of technical debt into all priority considerations.
Communicate regularly on progress, challenges and issues with a solution-oriented approach.
Lead all strategy and planning activities (product discovery), including defining objectives and key results, product reviews, design sprint cycles, etc.
Support teams in product delivery activities.
Ensure strong collaboration with product teams as well as internal and external partners.
Determine product success criteria, measure and analyze results, and propose optimizations to drive product growth in line with business objectives.
Nurture a culture of collaboration, learning and creativity.
Ensure the team and partners prioritize quality over quantity.
Guide the work of your peers, providing mentoring and leadership.
We are looking for a candidate with the following:
University degree in technology or e-commerce, or any other training related to product management.
Seven years’ experience developing digital products as a product manager, including three years focused on in-house products.
Experience using tools in an agile environment (Scrum, Jira, Confluence, etc.).
Solid understanding of performance measurement and user testing tools.
Experience with collaboration and co-creation methods (Design Sprint and others).
Excellent spoken and written French.
English an asset to promote collaboration with bilingual teams.
What will really set you apart:
Strong strategic thinking combined with the operational skills to both envision and execute.
A user-centric approach, using data-driven decision-making.
Ability to strike a good balance between experimentation and stability, ensuring the team and partners focus on quality over quantity.
Ability to collaborate effectively across various disciplines, instil trust among peers and influence others positively and effectively.
Strong presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information to all levels of the organization.
An ambassador for agile values, principles and methods, capable of identifying and encouraging the most relevant management practices for your team and product context.
Strong curiosity, constantly on the lookout for new developments, trends and innovations in your areas of expertise and business (digital, in-house platforms, media, etc.).
Please note this is a 12-month contract position, renewable annually. This regular position is not a consulting assignment but a long-term opportunity with competitive CBC/Radio-Canada employee benefits.
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next
step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:
A mandatory Criminal record check.
Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the
Diversity and Inclusion section
of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to
recruitment@cbc.ca
.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our
corporate website
. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on
conflicts of interest
. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
Primary Location:
1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2
Number of Openings:
1
Work Schedule:
Full time