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Duquesne Light Company Sr. Product Owner I in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Reference #: 18750 Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Duquesne Light Company is committed to creating a culture of inclusion. We value and respect the unique differences and experiences of our employees. We believe that our differences lead to better collaboration, innovation and outcomes. We want you to join our team!

Overall Purpose: The Data Architecture and Accessibility Team at Duquesne Light Company is to expand the company's use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives.

The role of the Data Architecture and Accessibility Product Owner is to expand the company's use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives and takes an active role in shaping the vision of the Data Cloud. The role will assist with the implementation of new data assets, interface cross-functionally with other teams, communicate effectively (both written and verbal), and utilize problem solving and technical skills to implement solutions. This role is instrumental in guiding the product's roadmap, backlog, and prioritization of features across the Data Architecture and Accessibility Team.

Location: Hybrid, downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Responsibilities: Manage the product backlog by clearly setting the priority based on near, mid, and future-term initiatives. Proactively champions new delivery opportunities, collaborating with technical leads and business stakeholders. Serve as product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions related to the platform's current capabilities and future enhancements. Create and articulate a compelling vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution plan for the product domain. Gain alignment from cross-functional team members and executives for the vision and strategy. Leads requirements workshops and/or individual sessions and associated follow-ups to assist with the modification of business processes, business automation, data lifecycle management and documentation. May need to perform business requirements analysis, intake documentation and solution design to ensure solutions are fit for purpose. Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) resources to test solutions. Identify and assist to remediate root causes of integration related issues/anomalies that may be encountered, in partnership with IT, vendor support, and other stakeholders. Represents the product and user base during integration meetings and advocates for platform data governance. Works with leadership to identify resource gaps. Provides oversight to the development and operations of products within the group, ensuring adherence to DLH's safety and compliance, regulatory, cybersecurity, and legal standards.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline, or the equivalent in work experience, is required. Seven (7+) or more years of relevant/direct industry experience required, with minimum of three (3) years of Project Management, Business Analysis, Product or Program Management experience in IT and/or Business Operations preferred. A minimum of 3 years in Business Intelligence, Data Governance/Data Management, Data Engineering or Software Engineering preferred. Relevant industry credentials, such as Certified Product Owner (CPO) strongly preferred.

Skills and Abilities Utilized in this Role Include: Experience with Cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, etc. Brings a continuous improvement lens to products and programs by incorporating feedback and best practices. Exceptional com unication, organization, negotiation, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with the ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams and drive results. Stakeholder Management: Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to drive outcomes and create alignment around a vision or course of action. Adaptability and Learning Agility: Ability to learn and adapt to rapidly changing business needs, processes, standards, and tools. Product Management: Strong product management skills, including an ability to communicate and inspire product vision, strategy, and roadmap, apply unique business insights, prioritize work to be completed, and make sound decisions aligned to business goals. Agile Tools: Knowledge of tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, etc. Agile Methodologies: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Scrum.

Must possess a positive attitude and strong values that fit with DLC's core values: Energized to shape the future; Bold in thinking and exploration of new possibilities; Collaborative in approaching all challenges; Responsible in commitment to safety, management of assets and finances and interaction with others; Selfless in serving the community, both on the job and through volunteerism.

Scope: Primary focus is on daily deliverables, outputs and reporting. Accountable for managing one's own time and workflow and leads projects and/or large project steps. Work is complex in nature, requiring the incumbent to draw on previous knowledge to perform role. Acts independently the majority of the time, requiring guidance in only complex situations. Has well established capabilities, acts as a resource to less experienced staff on moderately complex issues.

Decision Impact: Problems and issues faced are vague and require analysis of multiple sources of information for solution. Draws on significant past experience to perform role. Accountable for direct level of reasoning and decision making.

Hybrid Work: Position follows our hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.

Storm Roles: All Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company. Examples of storm roles could include but aren't limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service, or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.

Data Governance: Utilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.

Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of the employment relationship, without discrimination because of race, age, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or status as a Vietnam era or special... For full i

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