Manager, Product Development

Manage a team that develops customer products, solutions, and programs to meet customer needs and corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects, solutions, and objectives to meet goals.
• Lead, set priorities, and assign work to direct reports for maximum efficiency and to meet goals.
• Obtain resources and foster positive relationships with internal and external clients.
• Ensure effective application of business processes and guide continuous improvements.
• Finalize goals and plans with direct reports.
• Provide strategic leadership in the development of new products and services for customers.
• Lead the development of sound business cases that help meet product growth, profitability, and customer service targets.
• Provide expertise on all aspects of the business, including target markets, product launches, advertising and promotion plans, customer management, pricing, channels, strategic planning, data analytics, operations, and budget management.
• Direct the investigation and research of new technologies and other product concepts to evaluate whether they should be developed to meet strategic segment requirements.
• Drive and champion business needs; manage group to provide requirements and market information for business cases.
• Responsible for hiring, developing, training, coaching, counseling, and rewarding a group of professional employees.
• Accountable for customer product and/or program goal attainment, tracking, and reporting.
• Provide leadership for cross-team collaboration to achieve results.

Requirements

• College degree, preferably in business, marketing, engineering, sustainability, or a related field.
• Seven years of experience in product development and/or product management.
• Three years' experience in the energy industry.
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing needs with finesse.
• Proven results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Management/supervisory experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience, and preferably leadership experience, in several of these areas:
  • Leading a team to deliver Demand Side Management, Distributed Energy Resources, and/or Electric Vehicle customer programs.
  • Understanding of utility regulatory requirements and frameworks.
  • Strong analytical acumen and familiarity with utility potential studies and cost-benefit analyses.
  • Collaborative approach to creative problem solving of internal and external issues, including managing third-party relationships.
  • Demonstrated experience developing products or programs in the energy industry.
  • Background with Distributed Energy Resources.
  • Understanding of traditional Demand Side Management Utility programs.

Pay

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is $130,000.00 to $160,000.00 per year.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit programs
• Employee recognition program
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.