Expert IT Product Manager

Summary:

• Location: Oakland, CA
• Work Mode: Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Track, coordinate, and manage the Innovation Accelerator Product Portfolio.
• Serve as the point person for tracking and managing a portfolio of product initiatives in various development stages.
• Create executive presentations to relay progress and recommendations across the portfolio.
• Engage with the broader organization to ensure coordination and support for product launches.
• Ensure cohesion across the Innovation Accelerator product initiatives for a platform approach.
• Develop and manage the Grid Edge AMI 2.0 Strategy in partnership with the Customer Organization.
• Lead the strategy for AMI 2.0 innovation in partnership with the Customer organization.
• Identify value in an AMI 2.0 system and create business cases for these initiatives.
• Drive key strategic initiatives and support the Grid Edge AMI 2.0 Strategy.
• Form a Grid Edge Consortium between utilities, meter vendors, and device providers.
• Act as a key stakeholder in Strategy & Innovation work with a focus on customer electrification, load management, and AMI 2.0.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Computer Science.
• Minimum 8 years of job-related experience in energy, products, strategy, or finance.
• Experience with strategy, business case creation and approval, and management of a portfolio of solutions.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience inside and outside of the utility industry.
• Experience with Distributed Energy Resources, consumer energy products, or product development.
• Experience leading cross-cutting programs or technology deployments.
• Chief of staff or management experience.
• Bias toward action, concise, and passionate.
• Strong ability to ideate both linearly and non-linearly.
• Capable of removing barriers to product and project progression autonomously.
• Empathic and curious, with the ability to drive towards shared outcomes.