Senior GIS Product Owner

Schneider Electric • Nashville, TN

10d

About The Position

Schneider Electric is seeking a passionate and strategic Advanced Product Owner to lead the development and lifecycle of our SF - free Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) portfolio. This role is central to advancing Schneider Electric’s commitment to sustainability and innovation by delivering high-performance, eco-efficient GIS solutions that eliminate the use of SF gas. The Product Owner will drive product strategy, collaborate across functions, and ensure AirSeT meets evolving customer and market needs.
Product Owners are key positions in a global organization, delivering value to the business while maintaining a clear view on customer needs and what needs to get done. Product Owners represent the customer and act autonomously to communicate the right vision of the product within the Squad while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders (customers / commercial / plant / internal sponsors). Product Owners are responsible for the Switchgear portfolios through the entire lifecycle from roadmap planning, product maintenance and withdrawal. They partner with League Leaders to set priorities (define, own and maintain the backlog), drive the strategic intent of the product and maximize the value of work done with the Squad. They create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership. The Product Owner (PO) has content authority over it and is responsible for maximizing the value of the product through the backlog (list of customer requirements for the product, software or service in development). PO's regularly interacts with the scrum team (small agile team) as needed and acts as the voice of customers and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering degree preferred) and 4 years of product development or management, or application engineering experience, or 3 years of product development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience with Medium or Low Voltage Electrical Equipment.
• Experience presenting to Customers & Leaders, and experience in saying 'No' when required
• Experience in successfully building and leading teams in a matrix environment.
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), an in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles would be an advantage
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Responsibilities

• Co-build product backlog/roadmap and business cases with Offer Marketing Owner
• Execute product backlog/roadmap as planned in the business case.
• Periodically assess health of business case with Offer Marketing Owner
• Create, prioritize & communicate with Squad members the Squad backlog, release map & roadmap.
• Challenge and evaluate requests (from business, quality,...)
• Periodically review critical quality issues and associated mitigation plans
• Build, manage and prioritize the product backlog (note : Backlog should be transparent, visible & understood)
• Communicate backlog refinement
• Streamline the execution of priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or componements for the team.
• Define, update and validate the offer/marketing requirement (in sync with companion Squads and Leagues guidelines / strategy) within backlog product prioritization
• Build the releases plan and global roadmap according to technology, feasibility, budget, resources, TTM
• Communicate the product roadmap to all stakeholders
• Periodically review customers demo feedback to assess new needs
• Periodically review with internal stakeholders (including management agreement)
• Lead the offer requirement trade-offs
• Communicate E2E offer change notifications with Schneider internal stakeholders & our external customers
• Define with Squad members the sprint strategy and achievement criteria.
• Take accountability in sharing outcomes with stakeholders:
• Organize iterative deliverables for each sprint based on release objectives
• Ensure team understands and refines backlog items before committing to them
• Ensure sprint objectives contribute to value for customer (backlog) and product/process robustness
• Define and update achievement criteria
• Consider retro session outcomes in the iterative sprint definition
• Guide the Squad to set-up and re-prioritize realistic but ambitious enough sprint objectives : squad velocity
• Support the Squad to deliver on sprints & “rendezvous”, acting as obstacle troubleshooter :- Be the voice of the customer for the squad questions
• Support the squad on all obstacles (including capacity issues)
• Periodic analysis of the product cost to deliver the right level of product cost
• Define the best trade-offs between all parameters (e.g. : Squad budget, schedule, product cost and business stake, quality, time to market, innovation)
• Ensure product/process robustness (according to « major rendezvous »)
• Review periodically main acceptance criteria with the Squad.
• Synchronize with companion Squads
• Create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership :
• Organize, lead, challenge and motivate the Squad
• Be the voice of the Squad in case of trade offs and success needs with stakeholders outside of the Squad
• Provide transparency to key stakeholders
• Be part of the Agile rendezvous
• Celebrate team's success

Benefits

• Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best.
• We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values.
• We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
• At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value.
• Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to our stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior