Sr Product Owner - Charlotte, United States - Duke Energy

Description

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Position Summary

The Sr Product Owner defines, delivers, and manages the lifecycle of products in a product portfolio. Leads the product team(s) developing the product(s). This position may be involved in the funding management and budgeting processes for the products and / or portfolio.

This Sr Product Owner role is within the Renewables Integration Team and provides product leadership for the Interconnection Management System (IMS). The IMS serves as the software system for processing Interconnection requests for generators both utility-scale and small (e.g. rooftop solar) across our six regulated jurisdictions. The IMS manages workflows from interconnection application submittal through engineering study and site commissioning. The system also handles electronic payments and contract execution related to interconnection request. Given the broad scope and complexity, responsibilities are divided with a second Product Owner.

The team is undertaking a large project to replace the current IMS with a new vendor product. This position will provide Product Owner leadership through the ~18 month project and continue to support and further improve the new system once implemented to meet changing business and policy requirements. The Product Owner will work with a cross-functional agile team including vendor resources plus internal IT and business SMEs. The Product Owner is responsible for driving team collaboration and decision-making and escalating issues and decisions to project leadership as appropriate.

The Product Owner is responsible for cultivating a deep understanding of the interconnection business processes and policies and working with business process owners and SMEs to document and translate into workflows, business rules, and logic configured within the IMS. The Product Owner develops the product roadmap and is responsible for managing changes to the IMS over time while minimizing disruptions to on-going operations.

A solid understanding of Duke Energy's regulatory framework is beneficial as the role requires the ability to read and understand details of state and FERC Interconnection Standards, Service Regulations and requirements.

Additionally, experience working with large software and IT systems and with data analysis, reporting, testing, data validation, and data migration are valued in applicants for this role.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Document business process workflows and business rules.

• Plan and lead agile scrum meetings.

• Learn to configure the Interconnection Management System (IMS) and manage the process for making changes.

• Plan and conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) for the IMS.

• Defines and manages product roadmap

• Build, groom and prioritize the product backlog, continuously managing expectations with relevant stakeholders - including the senior leadership team

• Manage the sprint planning process and participate in all relevant ceremonies (reviews of prior sprints, grooming, retrospectives, etc.)

• Develop a deep contextual understanding of our customer, worker and user needs

• Gather market feedback through user interactions, focus groups, and by performing industry research to support future development

• Write detailed functional specifications, user stories and product documentation

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, designers and analysts to implement and deliver new products and features

• Collaborate with the organization on vision, strategy, decisioning, tactical execution, and measurement systems

• Communicate roadmap stages and timelines internally with key stakeholders

Basic/Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and four (4) or more years of work related experience; OR High School Diploma/GED and eight (8) or more years of work related experience in lieu of a degree

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Business Administration or
• Bachelors degree in Engineering
• In addition to desired degree, 8 years related work experience
• Certified SCRUM Product Owner and/or Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager and/or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification
• Experience with Jira

Working Conditions

• Office environment mostly, often with research, analysis or engagement conducted in plants or field
• Hybrid - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite location. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to the designated Duke Energy facility.

Specific Requirements

• Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action, preferably with experience shipping software
• Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to a new product development team
• Clear passion for topics of technology products and an ability to identify possibilities to innovate
• Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to build relationships and effectively influence across all management and organizational levels
• Strong understanding of the SDLC process and the ability to work in an agile environment with bi-weekly releases
• Experience with relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you have the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your goals

Travel Requirements
Not required

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
No

Represented/Union Position
No

Visa Sponsored Position
No

Posting Expiration Date
Saturday, May 18, 2024
All job postings expire at 12:01 AM on the posting expiration date.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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