- Product & Strategy is a consulting practice for practitioners who want to do the full job — defining what gets built, why it matters, and how it comes to life
- We bring product thinking and strategic thinking together, integrated by practitioners who can do both
- Our work spans product definition, customer experience, service design, transformation, and the delivery continuity that holds it all together
- As a Senior Associate, you are an independent practitioner who leads meaningful portions of the work
- You own requirements, backlogs, process maps, journeys, and prioritisation — the product-facing artifacts that keep delivery on track
- You also connect that work to the strategic context it lives within, helping ensure what the team is building stays true to what the client actually needs
- This is a role for someone who takes ownership, pushes quality higher every time, and uses every engagement as an opportunity to grow as both a product and strategic thinker
- Own detailed ticket writing and backlog translation for defined workstreams — you produce requirements and stories that teams can act on
- Translate stakeholder needs and strategic direction into requirements, user stories, process maps, and backlog-ready artifacts
- Apply and adapt product and strategy frameworks — customer journeys, service blueprints, prioritisation models, ecosystem maps — to the specific context of your engagement
- Contribute to strategy engagements across product strategy, customer experience, service design, transformation planning, and research-led initiatives
- Contribute analysis, synthesis, and structured thinking to the development of strategic recommendations
- Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies within your workstreams and surface them proactively
- Support continuity from strategic direction through to design, development, and QA
- Facilitate smaller working sessions and stakeholder clarifications with growing confidence
- Contribute to proposal or pitch support where relevant
- Use AI and visual tools both to accelerate your work and to expand your creative range — exploring how AI can help you ideate, prototype, and challenge your own thinking
- Push the quality of your own work higher with every engagement, and actively coach junior team members on how to do the same
Curiosity that leads you to dig deeper and ask better questionsExperience applying frameworks to real product or client problems — you adapt rather than copyA track record of delivering consistently and raising quality around youGrowing confidence in client-facing communication and facilitationA developing ability to connect product work to strategic context and vice versaPractical fluency with digital tools and AI-assisted ways of workingStrong ownership of product documentation — requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows that teams can act on without heavy rework3–5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, strategy consulting, customer experience, service design, or a closely related fieldA clear drive to keep learning and to raise the quality of your work consistently
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Senior Associate of Product Strategy in Vancouver employer: Appnovation
At Appnovation, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters innovation and creativity in a collaborative hybrid work environment. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, making every project meaningful and rewarding. Join us in our vibrant culture where your contributions directly impact the development of high-quality applications that drive success.
