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Product Analyst Intern

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical gurus and high-performance application developers? We want to hear from you.

Reporting to the Leader, Product Management, the Product Analyst Intern will be helping to bring our vision to life working with a cross-functional team of product, engineers, designers, program managers, and other product owners.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Assisting with product development activities including creation of forecasts, budgets, strategies, opportunity assessments and business cases.

• Assisting with product delivery by working and consulting with internal & external stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables are produced in a timely manner.Gathering appropriate competitive knowledge by exploring global and domestic market trends and be expert in industry landscape.

• Identifying market opportunities for Interac.

• Collaborating with the product team and software engineers with various projects by helping keep track of development issues, communicating priorities and solve various problems as they arise

• Assisting with product training, including creation of material for internal or external audiences.

• Monitoring and track product adoption by assembling data from multiple sources (internal and external) and prepare summary reports.

• Participating in special projects and perform additional duties to help achieve departmental objectives.

• Developing a detailed understanding customer segments through the use data analytics.

• Supporting the creation and implementation of marketing plans in line with product strategy.

You bring:

• Currently completing an undergraduate degree from a creditable Canadian institution with a focus on Business, Economics, Finances, Engineering or similar field

• You possess solid critical thinking, analytical and problem resolution skills to analyze trends and impacts, identify options and implications, and propose practical solutions.

• You have the ability to communicate the results of analyses in a clear and effective manner.

• You are self motivated, results oriented with a proven track record in the payments industry or a similarly regulated industry.

• You have strong planning and analytical skills

• You are comfortable with the fast-paced dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization.

• You possess the ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal.

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).

• Understanding and familiarity with tools like Figma, Jira or Tableau

• Ability to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches.

• Although not required, you have some familiarity or previous experience with the following:

• Proven experience working directly with technology teams to implement systemic improvements

• Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing technology concepts, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members.

• Previous experience or knowledge in payments – or at minimum interest