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Senior Product Consultant
Apply DigitalTorontoSenior7+ years
Apply ABOUT APPLY
APPLY is the Agentic Customer Experience (ACx) partner for the world's most ambitious consumer and entertainment brands. We bring together deep domain expertise across Retail, CPG, Sports, and Media with AI-native delivery capability, designing and delivering agentic solutions that turn CX vision into commercial reality. We are the partner of choice for brands like Arc'teryx, NFL, Lululemon, and Kraft Heinz. For more information, visit applydigital.com.
LOCATION: APPLY is hybrid/remote friendly. The preferred candidate should be based in either the Greater Toronto Area or the Greater Vancouver Area of Canada, working in hours that align to ET (Eastern Timezone) or PT (Pacific Timezone).
THE ROLE:
THE ROLE:
Are you motivated by visioning big ideas and turning them into solutions that deliver on business and customer value? Do you have analytical superpowers? Does the idea of collaborating with a top-notch multidisciplinary UX, design & technology team to build digital products excite you? Then the Senior Product Consultant position at APPLY is perfect for your next career move.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Consultant to join our team, and organize digital product development for our clients and ensure high ROI. The Senior Product Consultant role sits within the Product Management team at APPLY, and is the backbone of all project executions. You own the product vision, requirements management, and ROI of the products that we build for our clients. Your duties will include generating purposeful ideas, strategy and vision creation, and following through with end-to-end product definition and development. You will also be responsible for ongoing management, operation, and optimization of the product.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Build and champion product strategies and vision throughout client engagements, as well as brief and inspire internal team members to deliver on that vision.
Retrieve and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders, other teams, and various research methods, workshop facilitation methodologies to shape requirements, features and end products.
Take ownership over creating product plans and roadmaps with the buy-in of executive stakeholders.
Prepare, review and present product requirements documents (PRD) - be meticulous in ensuring requirements of all types (client, business, user experience, design, technical, non-functional) are understood, documented, kept up-to-date, conflicts resolved, and finally communicated in a timely fashion to team members and client stakeholders.
Organize product releases and priorities properly, ensuring compliance with business value expectations.
Prepare recommendations to track product use and impact end users - define measurement plans for the digital products that we design and build. Build your skills using a repertoire of analytics tools.
Ensure requirements have been delivered to specifications, defects have been managed through to resolution, and assess readiness for launch.
Continuously prepare recommendations to expand product base and vision - based on data and research-driven insight.
Add value to the team - you are not just an order-taker. You understand what it means to drive ROI through business and customer value, you understand the constraints from all directions, and you use your consultative skills to make recommendations to move vision forward.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with the client along with third party vendors.
REQUIREMENTS
You are capable of detecting the main projects, initiatives, and epics that must be executed to achieve the expected business results.
You are an effective communicator and facilitator, and are able to successfully manage expectations.
You’re good at techie speak and non-techie speak. You’ve collaborated in multidisciplinary teams, are able to convey technical concepts to non-technical people as well as turn business, UX, design requirements into technical specifications.
You are experienced with stakeholder relationship management and know how to read and engage a room.
You are experienced with backlog management, sprint planning, and roadmapping exercises, and you are able to generate spaces and workshops to define approaches and align solutions.
You have a understanding of Sports & Entertainment design, along with html and next.js processes
You have an excellent grasp of creating and reviewing accessibility requirements, specifically WCAG 2.2 and high proficiency in using accessibility assessment tools and software
You are a creative leader, a team player, and a problem solver.
You are professional, confident, and able to understand which ideas will and which won’t work.
You have proven yourself in a consultation role, through Agency, Consultancy, or other Professional Services Firm. You have strong proficiency in stakeholder management.
Demonstrated experience using Contentful as a headless CMS for building and managing websites is a bonus.
It’s easy for you to break down complex problems into logical, digestible steps
Ambiguity doesn’t scare you, and you thrive on turning ambiguity and conflicting information into clarity in a fast-changing environment.
You have a portfolio of digital products that you have shipped, managed and operated, and are proud to share how it delivered value to end users.
You have done it before, with a minimum of 7 years of experience in a Product Management or similar position.
LIFE AT APPLY
People are at the core of everything we do at APPLY. We provide you with modern tools, systems and approaches, value your time, safety, and health, and strive to build a work community where you can thrive and grow. Here are a few benefits we offer to support you:
Agentic Delivery: Our people work in a modern way to deliver client outcomes. Broaden your skills on a range of engagements with international brands that have a global impact.
An inclusive and safe environment: We’re truly committed to building a culture where you are celebrated and everyone feels welcome and safe.
AI & Strategic Upskilling: Accelerate your professional growth with generous training budgets and mentorship, with a specific focus on Agentic AI expertise and the critical human skills required for the future of work.
Generous vacation policy: Work-life balance is key to our team’s success, so we offer flexible personal time off (PTO); allowing ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
Customizable benefits: Tailor your extended health and dental plan to your needs, priorities, and preferences.
Flexible work arrangements: We work in a variety of ways, from remote, to in-office, to a blend of both.
APPLY is a safe, respectful, and inclusive community where differences are celebrated. We are committed to equal opportunity and fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. Learn more in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) section. For recruitment accommodations, please email careers@applydigital.com.