Description:
Group Product Managers work with business and technology stakeholders and product teams to develop and convey product vision; define backlog; and deliver and sustain the end-to-end customer experience. Group Product Managers conceive, define, test, deliver, monitor, refine and retire digital products to maximize business results. They must also be able to partner effectively with a wide range of teams, including business leaders, delivery teams and external partners, driving business success while promoting the self-organizing culture that makes agile delivery organizations successful.
Job Responsibilities
This position is to manage the Field Area Network group responsible for Distribution Automation, FirstNet IoT Services, AMI Grid Stream Networks, FCC & FAA Regulatory Compliance, 900 MHz Radio System, Microwave System and Real-Time Operations Group Products and Services.
- Oversees all the Product Teams within their Business Unit domain. Drives and executes projects within the assigned Business Unit domain. Partners with IT and business leadership and other key stakeholders to define opportunities and to identify and prioritize products based on predefined criteria (return on investment, productivity, compliance).
- Accountable for receiving approval from stakeholders on portfolio strategy and plan. Ensure operations of these technology solutions are consistent with service and business performance objectives; take necessary steps to deploy remedies where needed with internal and external partners. Works with governance bodies to review and approve strategies, categories and overall structure.
- Establishes priorities of the product backlog (Features and Technical Debt) in collaboration with the Business and Product Teams. Ensures the development of the life cycle view of the solution including the conception of its need, design and execution, and upgrade and/or replacement when appropriate.
- Accountable for designs, specs and program management for projects that fall within the scope of their Business Unit domain. Ensures timely escalation and management of technical and service shortfalls to relevant technical support teams for resolution and for future prevention.
- Manages quality assurance rollouts and performs functional analysis to assess the robustness of projects recently launched. Collaborates with Finance to define cost allocation, cost recovery and pricing plan within the overall context of chargeback or pricing model for a product.
- Develops and manages the cost model for portfolio products and identifies appropriate cost levers for improvement. Develop and analyze performance dashboards and scorecards to quantify and measure outcomes and identify shortfalls, remedies and opportunities to management. Provides feedback on product design and operational features in order to ensure the adoption of new products.
- Accountable for overseeing the development of the product backlog and actionable user stories for a portfolio of products. Identify the guidelines for project operational roll outs and acts as a safeguard to protect the business case for the program.