Product Manager (Co-op)

Product Manager (Co-op) - AI Adoption 

Communitech helps tech companies start, grow, and succeed in Waterloo Region.

We’re building a tech ecosystem that’s proudly local, globally ambitious and powered by community.

Since 1997, Communitech has brought community and tech together to build Canada’s most vibrant innovation ecosystem. We connect local startups and scale-ups to the support they need to grow, compete and lead.

Today, that means helping trusted AI solutions reach the market, turning bold ideas into valuable IP, expanding peer and advisory networks for founders, and uniting voices through the tech community in Waterloo Region to take on the issues that matter most.

Our goal is to keep Waterloo Region the most connected, collaborative, and resilient tech hub in the country.

We’re looking to grow our team with passionate people – people who believe in our mission and who are willing to do what it takes to help our founders succeed. If you like to work collaboratively, get s#!t done and be a champion for Canadian tech, we want to hear from you. Wonder what it’s like to work at Communitech? Learn more at https://www.communitech.ca/corporate-stuff/careers/ 

What you’ll be doing:

Communitech is leading a community-wide initiative - called the Waterloo Region AI Coalition - to help small and medium-sized businesses adopt AI. As part of this initiative, Communitech is running an AI adoption pilot internally and this is where you come in! 

We are recruiting a team of 3 students (1 Product Management role and 2 Software Development roles) to work at Communitech, collaborating with our internal team and our external partner, AltaML, to develop a custom agentic AI tool.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Deeply understand customer (Communitech’s) needs

• Research product trends to keep up to date with the rapidly evolving world of

Technology

• Collaborate with AltaML to identify where machine learning may be uniquely capable of solving those needs

• Quantify the opportunity by estimating the value to the customer 

• Formulating a product vision

• Translating your vision into a product roadmap

• Breaking down the roadmap into releases that deliver incremental value

• Write requirements and user stories, create simple wireframes, prototypes, and

develop test, release, and feedback plans

• Work collaboratively with the Software Developers (Co-op), Communitech team, and AltaML to ensure clear communication of objectives, prioritization, iteration, and successful delivery

• Testing solutions

• Formulate and execute a go to market strategy

• Monitor where your strategy is failing and determine the right pivots to improve growth and profitability

Qualifications

• Confident, clear, and concise communication (written, verbal) and strong active listening skills

• Ability to collaborate and work in a team

• Ability to work independently 

• Maintain confidentiality 

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills

• Professional interaction with customers, including executives

• Experience with the full life cycle of a product, from conception to revenue

• Experience with machine learning

• Knowledge of additional functional areas such as Engineering, Project Management (SDLC), UX/UI, Marketing, or Agentic AI is an asset

Compensation

The hourly rate of pay will be $20.00-$31.00. Final compensation decisions will be based on the students’ university’s co-op earnings guidelines, in addition to the students’ work term and experience.

This role has a target start date of January 19, 2026. It is a co-op, contract role that is set to end on April 24, 2026.

Communitech is based in downtown Kitchener, Ontario; we are located on a Grand River Transit ION Transit route. We work in-office five days a week (37.5 hours/week) because great things happen when we're together — creating space for deeper collaboration and stronger relationships with each other and the ecosystem we support.

To Apply

Please apply through ADP with your resume and cover letter.

We thank all applicants in advance; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. All applications will be kept confidential. 

Communitech is a diverse and inclusive environment and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including aboriginal persons, francophones, members of sexual minority groups, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and women. We will provide any requested accommodation to candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

In compliance with Ontario’s Bill 190, we confirm that this posting represents a current, existing vacancy within our organization.

Please note that ADP’s platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate an applicant’s Candidate or Profile Relevance score. This is one of many factors that will be reviewed in making interview decisions, and all applications will be reviewed by a human. Scores do not affect the visibility of an application and applicants may opt-out when applying.