Product Manager, Enterprise Innovation

About Symcor

Symcor enables secure data exchanges and supporting business processes, to help clients succeed in an evolving digital world. Trusted by Canada's largest institutions for over 25 years to support their digital transformations, Symcor aligns industry participants to solve common challenges in the most effective and efficient way. Our goal is for every employee to feel valued and accepted as part of the team and connected to Symcor and our values, fostering a sense of belonging. Symcor is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process.  If you need accommodation for the interview process, just let us know! 
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For more information, visit www.symcor.ca

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

What’s In It For You
 

At Symcor, we define our success by what we help others achieve. We were created to support our clients and, through our products, services, and solutions, protect and strengthen their brands. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program that includes a competitive compensation package, flexible benefits and time away options, retirement and savings plans and a commitment to your overall health and well-being through our myWell-being program.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Opportunities to do challenging work and progressively take on greater accountabilities for growth.
• We foster an inclusive atmosphere of One Symcor with our philosophy of +1 Unique You®, we harness each employee’s uniqueness, different skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to contribute to mutual success. It is the diversity of our people and the inclusive environment that has been and will always be key to Symcor’s success.

Symcor is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. Upon request, we will provide accommodation for candidates.