Principal Product Manager

Date: Aug 26, 2024

Location(s): St. Paul, MN, US, 55107

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 82291

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Position Specific Description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Principal Product Manager to lead product high-impact product initiatives. In this role, you will set the product direction and strategy, oversee comprehensive roadmaps for product portfolios, and drive strategic innovation. The Principal Product Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping NextEra Analytics' strategic product vision, influencing organizational direction, and delivering products that define the future of renewable energy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Vision: Develop and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with NextEra's long-term goals and market leadership objectives.

• Product Portfolio Management: Oversee multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with business priorities, seamless integration, and strategic prioritization across the product portfolio.

• Innovative Leadership: Drive innovation by identifying market opportunities, emerging trends, and unmet customer needs, and translating these insights into breakthrough product concepts and strategies.

• Cross-Organizational Collaboration: Act as a key influencer within the organization, working closely with business line leadership, engineering, data science, marketing, and sales to drive product success.

• Customer and Market Insight: Engage deeply with customers, partners, and stakeholders to understand their needs, gather strategic insights, and ensure the delivery of high-value products.

• Agile Expertise: Lead Agile development processes at a strategic level, including roadmap planning, backlog grooming, and empowering cross-functional teams to deliver results.

• Performance Metrics: Define, monitor, and optimize KPIs and metrics to measure the success and impact of products, driving continuous improvement and innovation.

• Executive Reporting: Provide strategic updates, insights, and recommendations to executive leaders, highlighting product progress, key achievements, and future roadmaps.

• Mentorship and Team Development: Mentor and develop product team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

Job Overview

This position is responsible for leading new product development. The successful candidate is responsible for developing a product roadmap for new challenges faced by customers in NextEra Energy Resources and Florida Power and Light. Employees in this role will provide project leadership and direction in guiding various internal teams to ensure timely and effective project execution within the SCRUM development framework.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides project leadership and direction in guiding various internal teams to ensure timely and effective project execution within the Agile development framework

• Leads sprint planning and directing the implementation of critical and complex projects which typically involves and impacts multiple business unit stakeholders"

• Leads sprint planning and directing the implementation of critical and complex projects which typically involves and impacts multiple business unit stakeholders

• Oversees the development of modeling using various modeling algorithms such as supervised machine learning, optimization techniques, time series forecasting and regression analysis

• Guides the development of new or enhances existing analytical models using programming or scripting languages or performs quantitative studies to support many aspects of the business

• Administers current forecast solutions including model training, new site setup and customer service

• Plans and executes on a multi-generational product plan

• Leads new product development initiatives, oversees process improvement projects and contributes to technical analytical systems

• Provides frequent status updates and presentations, both formal and informal, to varying levels of management

• Participates in employee development, coaching and ongoing performance management

• Travels to remote office locations for detailed requirements gathering and major project briefings - travel expected 10-25% of the time

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree

The estimated base pay for this position is $119,200.00 to $178,800.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Clickto learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Project Management

Organization: NextEra Analytics, Inc

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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