Product Owner

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, WAM Product Support

Location: Halifax, NS

Type of Employment: Full-Time, Regular

Closing Date: March 5, 2026

We are looking for a Product Owner to join us. As a member of the WAM Innovation team, you will join a dynamic group of professionals leading cross-divisional and enterprise-wide business transformation through an agile continuous improvement program.

Key elements of this role include:

• Take ownership of the end-to-end experience for Regional Operations employees using WAM solutions.

• Represent end users--including external contractors--in all aspects of system and process design.

• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews to elicit, document, and validate business requirements and processes.

• Translate business needs into system configurations and design specifications in collaboration with end-users, SMEs, and technical teams.

• Prioritize tasks to maximize business value and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

• Identify business opportunities, assess impacts, and support troubleshooting efforts.

• Recommend and implement business process optimization opportunities leveraging WAM technology.

• Conduct business impact analyses for changes to WAM and related processes.

• Support development and delivery of training materials and job aids for end users.

• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test scenario and script development.

• Investigate and resolve technical incidents or problems.

• Collaborate with other product owners and project teams to ensure sustainable and effective process development.

• Organize meetings, schedule resources, and manage stakeholder expectations.

• Apply project management principles to plan, track, and deliver initiatives on time and within scope.

• Present results and updates to sponsors and stakeholders.

You will work with minimal supervision and be responsible for your personal safety and that of your co-workers by observing all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations. You will

also be accountable for environmental performance as it relates to environmental management system processes and initiatives.

These skills will make you successful:

To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and ideally bring the experience listed below:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field; equivalent work experience considered.

• 3-5 years of experience in Energy Delivery processes at an electric utility.

• Strong understanding of utility field operations and standard business analysis methodologies.

• Experience supporting Energy Delivery Operations business units.

• Demonstrated project management skills, including planning, tracking, and coordinating cross-functional initiatives.

• Proficiency in Office automation tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Maximo, CIS, Salesforce/Field Service, Agile tools, and collaboration software.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to collect, evaluate, and synthesize data from multiple sources.

• Skilled in communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences, including negotiation and influencing.

• Ability to build strong relationships and facilitate working groups.

• Experience with Organizational Change Management and user training.

• Excellent interpersonal, consensus-building, and team collaboration skills.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by March 5, 2026 and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: Hybrid work model with one flexible remote workday.
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.