Product Owner GenAI

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Within the group, Thales Digital Solutions (TDS) is a technological innovation hub supporting all sectors of activity, both in the local Canadian market and internationally. Join us to contribute to the development of mission critical solutions. Our various cutting-edge projects use our expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Human Factors, Collaborative Autonomous Systems, Optimization, Knowledge Management, Cybersecurity and Design.

Product Owner GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence)

Quebec City, QC (On-Site)

Job Summary

As a Product Owner, you will join a talented and professional development team specializing in knowledge management. Our multidisciplinary team focuses on collecting, transforming, and enriching data. Our projects involve defining and deploying automated processing chains to make data accessible to users. With the support of our data scientists, the team designs, trains, and integrates artificial intelligence models, including generative AI (GenAI) based on large language models (LLM), to improve data analysis. We also use AI and machine learning (ML) concepts to increase analysis efficiency.

Essential Functions

As a Technical Product Owner, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Define and prioritize product features in line with the strategic vision and user needs.
• Participate in functional and technical specification to ensure the feasibility and consistency of solutions.
• Establish and maintain the product backlog, document user stories, and manage priorities based on functional and technical objectives.
• Collaborate closely with developers to clarify requirements and anticipate technical constraints.
• Contribute to the design of AI, GenAI, and ML-based solutions by validating technological choices with the team.
• Supervise the quality of deliverables and participate in functional tests to ensure compliance with needs.
• Ensure communication of architectures, decisions, and processes to stakeholders.
• Monitor product performance, manage risks, and propose strategic adjustments.
• Maintain the release delivery plan and present it to stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a software team leadership role, including 2 years in a technical context (development or architecture).
• Professional experience in a context of solutions using AI/ML and data management services (extraction, transformation, search).
• Professional experience in capturing user needs and business processes to address them with technological solutions and a target architecture.
• Experience in writing and communicating technical software development needs and tasks.
• Good understanding of AI, generative AI, machine learning concepts, and patterns like RAG.
• Knowledge of LLM (GenAI) or Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., Langchain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex).
• Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch) and prompt engineering principles.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, IaC (Terraform, Ansible), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Excellent communication skills and transversal leadership.
• Proficiency in Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) and management tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Proficiency in French and English (oral and written).

This position requires a good knowledge of English for writing technical documents, to interact, support and/or provide services to international clients, employees and/or partners as well as foreign governmental authorities who do not speak French.

Desirable Qualifications

• Practical experience in Python development or code review.
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD.
• Ability to simplify technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to lead complex projects in a fast-evolving environment.

Physical Requirements

This position may require the employee to set up equipment and conduct field experiments in an outdoor environment.

Specific Job Requirements

Schedule: regular working hours.

Physical environment: mainly office work (either on company premises or teleworking), occasionally field work in an outdoor environment.

Travel: occasional, for field tests, participating in conferences and/or meetings with colleagues from other regions of the world (e.g., in Europe).

This position may require the need to meet the eligibility criteria described in the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and the Canadian Industrial Security Program.

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between

Total Target Cash (TTC) 88,613.33 - 154,981.67 CAD Annual

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

(For Internal candidate, if you need more information, please reach out to your HR Shared Service, 1st Point)

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on insurance (home, and auto).

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization including a Canadian Enhanced Reliability security clearance.