Advanced Product Owner – Integrated Residential Energy Systems

Schneider Electric•Franklin, OH

21d•Hybrid

About The Position

Schneider Electric USA, Inc. seeks an Advanced Product Owner – Integrated Residential Energy Systems in Franklin, TN. This role will lead the strategy, development, and integration of next generation home energy technologies. The Product Owner will be responsible for creating and maintaining the strategic planning and product roadmap for integrated residential energy solutions, ensuring coherence across multiple divisions. They will act as the primary conduit between divisions, facilitating alignment, shared priorities, and coordinated execution on cross-functional initiatives. Key responsibilities include writing user stories and acceptance criteria, advocating for superior customer experience, and managing functional scope and deadlines for product backlog items. The role involves translating customer needs, regulatory trends, and market opportunities into system-level product strategies and feature definitions. Collaboration with technical, creative, and business stakeholders (engineering, marketing, sales, regulatory teams) is essential to deliver cohesive offerings and ensure timely product implementations. The position will drive digitalization across the home energy ecosystem, enabling real-time visibility, automation, and optimization of residential energy flows. Maintaining deep expertise in relevant electrical standards, safety requirements, and regulatory codes is crucial. Engagement with industry bodies and working groups is expected to stay ahead of evolving standards. Ensuring all product developments meet or exceed compliance, safety, cybersecurity, and interoperability expectations is a key function. The role requires direct engagement with homeowners, installers, utilities, channel partners, and integrators to validate needs and test concepts. Championing user-centric design for both digital and physical interactions is important for a seamless customer experience. Monitoring product performance, customer feedback, and competitive trends will guide continuous improvement. The Product Owner will manage the entire product lifecycle from concept to launch and long-term roadmap evolution, ensuring products remain relevant and competitive. Collaboration with divisions will support scaling, adoption, and sustained market impact. This position is remote eligible up to 2 days/week and requires 35% travel (5% international, 30% domestic) for market analysis, testing, engineering, and stakeholder coordination.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related
7 years of experience in project management, technical sales, hardware and software design, or a combination thereof
5 years of experience in Strategic Planning to lead product lifecycle end-to-end
5 years of experience working closely with various cross-functional teams and organizations
5 years of experience in product development, project execution, engineering development, or marketing
5 years of experience developing creative solutions and value propositions based on customer needs
Leadership over at least one (1) multi-year product development for integrated hardware and digital systems
Customer and market segmentation experience to understand market trends, technology landscape, competitors, industry and country specific codes

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, development, and integration of next generation home energy technologies.
Own and drive the strategic planning and product roadmap for integrated residential energy solutions, ensuring coherence across multiple divisions.
Act as the primary conduit between divisions, facilitating alignment, shared priorities, and coordinated execution on cross-functional initiatives.
Write user stories and acceptance criteria; advocate for superior customer experience; and manage functional scope and deadlines for product backlog items.
Translate customer needs, regulatory trends, and market opportunities into system level product strategies and actionable feature definitions.
Collaborate with technical, creative and business stakeholders to deliver cohesive, high impact offerings, as well as to ensure timely and accurate product implementations.
Drive digitalization across the home energy ecosystem, enabling real time visibility, automation, and optimization of residential energy flows.
Maintain deep expertise in relevant electrical standards, safety requirements, and regulatory codes that guide residential energy system design.
Engage with industry bodies and working groups to stay ahead of evolving standards and participate in shaping future requirements.
Ensure all product developments meet or exceed compliance, safety, cybersecurity, and interoperability expectations.
Engage directly with homeowners, installers, utilities, channel partners, and integrators to validate needs, value proposition and test concepts.
Champion user centric design across both digital and physical interactions, ensuring a seamless, intuitive customer experience.
Monitor product performance, customer feedback, and competitive trends to guide iteration and continuous improvement.
Manage the entire product lifecycle (concept to launch to long term roadmap evolution) while ensuring products remain relevant, competitive, and aligned across divisions.
Collaborate closely with both divisions to support scaling, adoption, and sustained market impact.