Digital Operations Product Owner

RWE•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

RWE Americas (RWEA) is a rapidly growing renewable energy owner/operator in North America. Our wind, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets combine to form a portfolio of 13GW. With the continuous development of additional digital tools, RWEA has need of a Digital Operations Product Owner. The Digital Operations team owns and manages multiple digital products on behalf of the business. The Digital Operations Product Owner will be accountable to the Operations & Asset Management department and work consistently with the IT/OT department to maintain and further develop current products, along with creating new products. The team works with software developers, SCRUM masters, and tech leads using an agile methodology.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science, IT, or Business required
Minimum 3 years related experience
Experience in software development required
Proven project management skills including scope management, prioritization, and facilitation
Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to manage stakeholder relationships
Strong analytical abilities and the ability to quickly understand, clarify, and document new concepts
Ability to maintain focus while context-switching, working both independently and on a team
High motivation and ability to operate and grow independently while communicating with others as needed
Desire to learn about RWE and the renewable energy space
Strong organization skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and deliverables
Proven ability to empathize, build relationships, and effectively communicate with people from a diverse set of backgrounds
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a product owner strongly preferred
Experience in Energy or Industrial Controls fields preferred
Training in SCRUM strongly preferred
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps preferred

Responsibilities

Work within a SCRUM team to manage user stories - write, prioritize, clarify, review, and close them, and communicate new features and bug fixes to users and stakeholders
Gather feedback from user groups (Field Operations, Control Center, Engineering, etc.) on existing features and their further needs to develop new user stories
Meet with technical teams in IT/OT and Engineering departments to understand the capability of the underlying systems and develop solutions to enhance the product landscape
Develop documentation, training material, and release communications to support product adoption and effective system use
Analyze the application landscape and identify strategic needs and gaps that can be supported and filled by product enhancements, feature development, and/or new products. Present those ideas to management and develop implementation plans as needed
Develop and track Product KPIs and evaluate the success of products and functionalities
Manage the budget for development resources working on improvements to the products
Define user-level access permissions and manage approvals day-to-day for user access
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the manager