Mark Anthony Group is an entrepreneurial drinks company, built from the ground up by thinking differently, innovating and doing the unexpected. Our company is rooted in family values, a bold vision and relentless determination to continuously raise the bar and make a positive difference in consumers' lives. Founded in 1972, we’ve grown organically from a one-person import wine business into an international drinks company. Our hallmarks include a portfolio of iconic beverage brands—White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and Olé Cocktail Co. alongside a collection of luxury wineries in the Okanagan Valley, notably Mission Hill Family Estate, CedarCreek Estate Winery, Martin’s Lane Winery, and CheckMate Artisanal Winery.
At Mark Anthony Brands we hire passionate people because nothing great is done without passion. We trust those closest to the work to do what’s right, to act like an owner. We are growing a lasting legacy, where people come first.
What You'll Do:
As our new Technical Product Owner, Finance Solutions, you will have high responsibility and influence in shaping product strategy, driving innovation, and supporting an Agile product-based operating model. You will play a critical role in defining and prioritizing the product backlog, driving product vision, and ensuring delivery of valuable solutions aligned to business objectives across Corporate Finance stakeholders.
This is a high-visibility role at the center of finance transformation, where you’ll influence senior stakeholders and drive change across global enterprise platforms such as Coupa, QAD, and Microsoft Power Platform.
Additional key responsibilities include:
Lead project management activities including business case and budget development, reporting key outcomes, and evaluating/managing vendor performance.
Drive resource allocation and prioritization by partnering with core finance leaders to identify highest-value initiatives and align delivery to business needs.
Define and evolve product strategy and roadmap, identifying new product opportunities and ensuring alignment to broader company objectives and ways of working.
Act as the bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders to support delivery, maintain focus on outcomes, and enable effective decision-making.
Own product performance, financial management and Quality Assurance, monitoring and optimizing the technology stack and reporting value realization to governing bodies.
Manage and maintain the product backlog, translating business needs into clear requirements to support effective delivery and prioritization.
Partner with cross-functional teams to support strategic initiatives and drive solutions aligned to business imperatives such as customer engagement and change adoption.
Maintain strong vendor and stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective collaboration, issue resolution, and delivery accountability.
What You Will Learn In This Role
- How core finance processes operate in a manufacturing environment and how technology enables them end-to-end.
- Deep exposure to the finance technology stack, including Finance Operations (Coupa) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (QAD).
- Hands-on experience applying Robotics Process Automation (RPA) using the Microsoft Power Platform to streamline finance workflows.
- How to drive value realization and adoption through an Agile, product-based operating model across Corporate Finance stakeholders.
What You'll Bring:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. Agile certifications (CSPO, CSM) and accounting/finance designations are a plus.
5+ years of product management/product ownership experience, including strategic planning and roadmap delivery.
Technical implementation and support experience in Coupa is a must.
Experience delivering global enterprise solutions end-to-end (requirements, build, testing, release) in a fast-paced environment.
Exposure to enterprise finance technology stacks, including Coupa and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as QAD.
Working knowledge of automation and Robotics Process Automation (RPA), preferably using Microsoft Power Platform.
- Strong collaboration, teamwork and relationship building skills across multiple levels and functions in an organization.
- Ability to operate at both a strategic and executional level; ideate and directly execute.
- Drive growth & outcomes; activate complex work, enlist others effectively, anticipate and remove roadblocks. Move at pace.
- Have a positive, proactive ‘can do’ attitude and an ambitiously curious mindset to be the best in your craft.
- Promote ideas & curiosity; adding to your expertise, effectively articulates change, offers ideas and solutions.
- Actively care & develop; championing our culture and cultivating trust.
- Excellent communicator, compelling storyteller and fascinated by consumer behavior.
Why Join Us?
Mark Anthony is committed to hiring, engaging, and growing qualified, talented, and motivated team members at every level of our organization. We offer competitive compensation that recognizes individual and company performance. The typical hiring range for this position is $100,000 - $125,000 annually; the base pay is determined by market location and job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.
As part of our Total Rewards program, we are also proud to offer:
- Company-matched RRSP contributions
- Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans with 24/7 access to a primary care physician via Lumino Health
- Maternity & Adoption Leave Top Up and Paid Secondary Caregiver Leave
- Paid time off
- An extensive offering of world leading learning and development programs to empower your career development – in-person and digital offerings with internationally renowned resources like Franklin Covey and Lumina.
Other perks include:
- Located in a prime Vancouver neighborhood (near transit)
- Hybrid work environment of 4-days a week in-office
- Company paid parking
- Complimentary building gym
We are growing a lasting legacy in the beverage alcohol industry, with people first. Apply now!
We thank all candidates for their interest in MAG and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter.
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At Mark Anthony Brands, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:
Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:
Best in Our Craft
We set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.
Ambitiously Curious
We stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.
Made With Humility
We bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team.
Daringly Disruptive
We disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy to stay ahead of industry giants.
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Mark Anthony Group is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds who are eligible to work in Canada.
