IT Product Owner, Cloud (Azure) Hybrid Schedule

Eversource Energy•Berlin, CT

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

We have an amazing opportunity for a Lead, IT Product Owner, Cloud (Azure) . This critical role is responsible for developing and delivering new capabilities and enhancements to the current and future IT strategy and needs at Eversource. This position will monitor cost and performance of existing products and services, meet with other IT and business teams to understand current and emerging needs, perform technical and business analysis on various IT solutions and communicate results to both IT and business partner teams. This position will review and analyze Eversource’s current and projected technology systems and projects to determine staffing requirements. This position will develop and execute recruiting and training programs to meet anticipated requirements and will provide overall leadership as it relates to developing, advising, teaching, mentoring, providing career guidance and professional development counseling, and providing feedback on overall performance. The role is based in Berlin, CT.

Requirements

Possess initiative to think several steps ahead in the new cloud environment and anticipate needs of customers, employees, and partners.
Must be technically oriented with the ability to write and interpret requirements, QA releases and interact effectively with technical resources.
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with acute attention to detail.
Strong organization skills, meticulously thorough and tenacious.
Good analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable plans and tactics.
Good communication (verbal and written), strong interpersonal, negotiation and management skills, and strong business acumen.
Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email.
Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
Knowledge of data concepts
Knowledge of cloud concepts
Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, etc.), or applicable work experience.
Eight (8) to Ten (10) years of work experience preferably working within an IT or data organization.

Nice To Haves

Preference given to individuals that have a solid understanding of Eversource’s data IT applications, and business processes associated with those applications.
Agile and/or Six Sigma certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Plans and prioritizes needs in the form of a backlog and prioritizes their development.
High level of collaboration with various business teams to drive product decisions and prioritization of requirements.
Supervisor junior product owners or business analysts
Supports stakeholders; identifies areas of improvement and works with individuals and teams to implement these improvements.
Manage relationships with vendors to ensure that the services provided are high quality and cost effective.
Supports the IT development process and project lifecycle end-to-end along with developing test plans, cases and participating in the testing and approval of new functionality implementations.
Identifies business requirements and codifies well-defined specifications, stories and supporting artifacts that articulate simple, elegant solutions to consumer problems.
Identifies risks which could jeopardize the deliverables and results of Eversource initiatives or objectives.
Provides business and technical consultation to management, users and staff.
Develops and monitors operating budgets