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Valsoft

Acquires, grows vertical market software companies

Product Owner

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSaint-Laurent, Montreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or in a similar product-focused role.
  • Experience working closely with software engineering teams to deliver customer-facing products.
  • Ability to turn high-level product ideas into detailed, actionable requirements.
  • Experience writing clear product tickets, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements.
  • Understanding of product workflows, user journeys, edge cases, and expected system behaviours.
  • Experience managing and prioritizing a product backlog.
  • Attention to detail and ability to identify gaps or ambiguity before development begins.
  • Ability to understand technical concepts sufficiently to communicate effectively with engineering teams.
  • Problem-solving skills and ability to make pragmatic decisions when requirements or priorities change.
  • Written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • Ownership and accountability for the quality of the final product.

Responsibilities

  • Translate the Sadie product vision and roadmap into actionable product initiatives in collaboration with management.
  • Own and maintain the product backlog, keeping priorities clear and aligned with the roadmap.
  • Break larger product initiatives into requirements, user stories, workflows, tickets, and acceptance criteria.
  • Define Sadie's expected behaviour across customer scenarios and edge cases.
  • Provide engineering with the context and requirements needed to build features correctly and without ambiguity.
  • Work with engineering throughout development to answer questions, resolve ambiguity, make trade-offs, and keep delivery aligned with the intended product outcome.
  • Review and validate completed work against requirements and acceptance criteria before release.
  • Test Sadie in real-world scenarios to verify that features and behaviours work as intended.
  • Review customer calls, feedback, and product usage to identify gaps, edge cases, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Work with customers and internal teams to understand problems and translate feedback into actionable product requirements.
  • Coordinate product pilots and releases, defining scope, expected behaviour, success criteria, and feedback loops.
  • Identify dependencies, blockers, risks, and missing requirements before they affect delivery.
  • Maintain documentation about product functionality, decisions, requirements, and expected behaviour.
  • Track progress against the roadmap and communicate product status, blockers, and changes to relevant stakeholders.
  • Ensure features fulfil the original product vision and solve the intended customer problem.
  • Continuously improve how requirements are defined, communicated, tested, and delivered across the product organization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working on conversational, voice, communications, or workflow products.
  • Experience working with hospitality, restaurant, hotel, or other service-based businesses.
  • Experience managing complex products with multiple integrations and dependencies.
  • Experience working in a startup or fast-moving product environment.
  • Comfort working in an environment where the roadmap evolves quickly based on customer and business needs.

About the Company

Valsoft

Acquires, grows vertical market software companies

Valsoft is a company that buys software businesses that serve specific, essential industries (like automotive and broadcasting) and helps them grow over the long term. It focuses on vertical market software—programs that are built for a particular industry—and keeps the acquired companies independent while giving them extra resources, best practices, and access to a global network. The core idea is to improve how these software businesses operate and expand their reach, rather than building new products from scratch. The main way Valsoft works is to purchase a niche software company, streamline its operations, and partner with the existing management team to drive steady growth. This approach sets Valsoft apart from others by emphasizing patient, long-term ownership and collaboration within a diverse portfolio of niche software. The goal is to create durable, profitable companies that continue to serve their essential customers efficiently and expand into new markets.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$420M
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
2015

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