Principal Data Product Manager

NextEra Energy

About The Position

The Principal Data Product Manager is responsible for leading the lifecycle of data-centric products, focusing on product discovery to ensure alignment with user needs and business value. Job OverviewThis 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Experience: 6+ years

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in data analysis, data warehousing, and other data software architecture considerations.
Software development experience (e.g. knowledge of ETL processes, CI/CD workflows, alerts and error handling).
Understanding of product lifecycle management.
Experience with data visualization and reporting tools.
Strong skills in product discovery, user research, and prototype testing.
Master's Degree

Responsibilities

Define data product strategy and vision aligned with NEE and EDP goals.
Develop a product roadmap that evolves with changing user needs.
Identify Enterprise Data opportunities and user needs through research and analysis.
Conduct design sessions with business unit stakeholders to ideate and yield draft product requirements.
Conduct user interviews and surveys to gather insights and validate product concepts.
Develop mockups and conduct usability testing.
Engage in competitive analysis to identify differentiation opportunities.
Utilize data-driven techniques to uncover emerging trends and inform discovery.
Partner with engineering, solution architects, and business unit stakeholders to translate discovery insights into product features.
Prioritize features and functionalities based on business impact and technical feasibility.
Engage with stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements and communicate product status.
Advocate for product within the company and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Provide training and support for users and stakeholders to maximize product adoption.
Utilize data analysis tools to derive insights and inform product decisions.
Ensure the accuracy and quality of data within products.
Define and monitor KPIs to assess product performance and return on investment (e.g., product-level Profit and Loss forecasting and analysis).
Manage budget for product development and ensure optimal resource allocation.
Prepare reports and presentations to communicate results and insights.
Create product collateral (e.g. case studies, 1-pagers).
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
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