Senior Product Owner - Customer Data & AI Solutions

Duke Energy Corporation • Charlotte, NC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. Position Summary: The Sr Product Owner defines, delivers, and manages the lifecycle of products in a product portfolio. Leads the product team(s) developing the product(s). This position may be involved in the funding management and budgeting processes for the products and / or portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• In addition to required degree, four (4) or more years related work experience
• In lieu of Bachelor’s degree(s) AND four (4) or more years related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND eight (8) or more years related work experience
• Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action, preferably with experience shipping software
• Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to a new product development team
• Clear passion for topics of technology products and an ability to identify possibilities to innovate
• Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to build relationships and effectively influence across all management and organizational levels
• Strong understanding of the SDLC process and the ability to work in an agile environment with bi-weekly releases
• Experience with relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs where you have the accountability to determine the best course of action to meet your goals

Nice To Haves

• Certified SCRUM Product Owner
• Experience with Jira Plans, Features, and Epic creating, and mapping them to other Jira tasks
• SAFe certification, preferably SAFE 6.0+
• Experience leading integration of vendor technologies in SaaS and/or COTS models, especially integrations between SaaS and “homegrown” platforms
• Experience leading delivery of data lakes of massive scale on Cloud infrastructure
• Experience leading and supporting customer-facing digital technologies and data sets
• Familiarity with CDAIS product artifacts and expectations
• Familiarity with Customer Technology PMO artifacts and expectations
• 7 or more years working in the utility industry
• Experience as a Senior Product Analyst
• Agile Product Owner certification
• Experience with Jira "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

• Defines and manages product roadmap
• Build, groom and prioritize the product backlog, continuously managing expectations with relevant stakeholders – including the senior leadership team
• Manage the sprint planning process and participate in all relevant ceremonies (reviews of prior sprints, grooming, retrospectives, etc.)
• Develop a deep contextual understanding of our customer, worker and user needs
• Gather market feedback through user interactions, focus groups, and by performing industry research to support future development
• Write detailed functional specifications, user stories and product documentation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, designers and analysts to implement and deliver new products and features
• Collaborate with the organization on vision, strategy, decisioning, tactical execution, and measurement systems
• Communicate roadmap stages and timelines internally with key stakeholders

What This Job Offers

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