The District of Saanich is the largest municipality on beautiful Vancouver Island, blending urban and rural environment and home to approximately 124,000 citizens. We provide a welcoming environment and maintain a healthy, dynamic, and safe workplace that consistently attracts the best talent to provide excellent services to our community. The District offices are located next to beautiful Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and are accessible by rapid transit and via the Galloping Goose and Lochside Regional trails.
This is an exciting permanent full-time opportunity available in our Fire Rescue team of Fire Department. This position will report to the Deputy Fire Chief (Administration) and indirectly to the Manager of IT: Solution Delivery (Engineering & Public Safety). The Technology Product Owner – Fire Rescue will be responsible for leading the implementation and ongoing management of Technology products implemented within Fire Rescue and projects being undertaken by the District of Saanich.
In collaboration with IT, the main focuses for this position will be to implement capital projects; create a 5+ year roadmap and bring requirements into the IT Capital planning process; lead ongoing implementation, maintenance and operations of the Fire Rescue Technology portfolio; develop support and training strategies to ensure the organization and end users are successful; develop a sustainment model for application updates, modifications and upgrades.
Product implementation will encompass all the project management processes including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, closing and vendor management. Operational processes will utilize ITIL based processes being deployed within IT. The Fire/Rescue Product Owner will be responsible for the timely and successful delivery of program objectives within budget and will participate in a joint Steering Committee between Fire/Rescue and IT to plan and implement approved products and services.
Qualified candidates will have:
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in Information Technology, Computer Science or Business Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5 years proven experience working and managing large technology projects; including 5 years proven experience acting as a Product Owner.
- Fire or Emergency Services Technology experience.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or other project management certification considered an asset.
- Business Analyst, System Analyst, and Product Owner certifications considered an asset.