Job Title:  IT Product Manager Senior

JOB INFORMATION

• Job Title: IT Product Manager Senior

• Job Code: 128682

• Job Grade: 58

JOB SUMMARY

LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Complex responsibilities related to primary focus of job area. Uses best practices and in-depth business knowledge to solve complex problems and improve products or services. May adapt procedures, processes and techniques to meet the more complex requirements of position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops and champions a product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a specific product within a product area in support of corporate goals.

• Developing product road map in partnership with stakeholders ensuring consistency with organization and business line objectives and goals.

• Ensures product vision is communicated to the product owners.

• Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product research, competitive analysis, planning, requirements development, and product delivery

• Communicating product vision to development teams and provides guidance to the team to ensure development delivers on the vision.

• Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales.

• Critically assess the user experience that these features deliver.

• Setup KPIs and goals, measure and track result, evaluate success/failure.

• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on i mprovement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.

• Understand and articulate the overall vision of the portfolio.

• Solve for business needs through technical application

• Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.

• Makes decisions on moderately complex to highly complex issues regarding technical approach for delivery and is performed with minimal direction.

• Proactively address the effectiveness of our products managing customer perceptions of deficiencies.

• Owner of the product portfolio for all products and responsible for adhering to established process disciplines and contribute to the on-going continuous improvement for product life cycle initiatives.

• Gather and articulate project requirements through working with stakeholders.

• Evaluating electric utility industry trends, legal/regulatory climate, competitive products and changes in marketplace technology.

• Listen carefully to the needs of all stakeholders and weighs their desires against the need to monitor costs and benefits.

• Influences department’s strategy based upon existing and future technology assets.

• All other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS or related field and 4 years of experience managing or leading projects, product ownership, or performing similar work; Or

• High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of experience managing or leading projects, product ownership, or performing similar work.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Office environment.

• May be required to work in a remote, virtual environment.

• May work outside normal work week schedule.

• Some travel may be required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - LIFTING AND OTHER WEIGHT REQMTS

General Requirements

• Rarely:Pushing

• Rarely:Pulling

• Rarely:Climbing

• Rarely:Balancing

• Rarely:Stooping

• Rarely:Kneeling

• Rarely:Crouching

• Rarely:Crawling

• Rarely:Reaching

• Rarely:Handling

• Rarely:Grasping

• Rarely:Feeling

• Rarely:Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination

• Rarely:Repetitive Motions

• Occasionally:Standing

• Occasionally:Walking

• Frequently:Sitting

• Frequently:Talking

• Constantly:Hearing

SPECIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

• Member will not be required to drive in order to perform their job duties.

• Member is not required to perform any safety sensitive duties.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAS)

• Ability to understand complex problems, develop solutions, and take appropriate actions towards a resolution.

• Ability to think strategically as well as tactically; able to build a shared vision with business and plan next steps after a meeting with team members.

• General knowledge of the various aspects of IT projects, e.g. business case, approvals, budgeting, project management, methodologies (waterfall, agile), analyze, design, build, test, quality assurance, operations, service levels, and contracts.

• Ability to influence and build trust at all levels of an organization.

• Skilled at building relationships with members in various functional areas and at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to lead various cross functional teams.

• Excellent written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills at all levels of the organization.

• Skilled at developing proposals that include a significant services component and business cases.

• Excellent public speaking, presentation and meeting facilitation skills

• Exhibit internal and industry leadership in technical disciplines, market understanding, strategic planning and quality assurance.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate well with customers, members and management.

• Maintains a professional demeanor, appearance and interactions

• Ability to set/evaluate and plan priority of new products and services.

• Ability to acquire key insights needed to facilitate the development and implementation of new products & services that meet and exceed customer requirements at required financial returns.

• Ability to influence and align business leaders to ensure the successful execution of the marketing mix for all assigned product lines and projects.

• Ability to establish overall product objectives which include timelines, sales and promotional goals and objectives.

• Ability to interpret and synthesize information for insights and ideas about the customer, as well as the product portfolio that leads to business growth.

HEALTH AND SAFETY (MEDICAL/DOT REQUIREMENTS)

• Pre-Employment Drug Screen

SALARY RANGE

$96,262 - $128,357