Sr Product Mgr

Primary Purpose Of Position

The Product Owner is responsible for the tactical execution of the product roadmap and the prioritization of backlog items to both support and enhance the product, driving customer and business results and outcomes.

Primary Duties And Accountabilities

• Partner with business sponsors, leaders, other PMs and deliver product roadmaps and is responsible for managing the Product Backlog.
• Prioritizes work according to business strategy, business impact and concrete results.
• Create, inspire, and drive forward evolving product vision and measures impact to product/customer value continuously.
• Provide context to the Agile Delivery Team to help build solutions to meet current and future customer and business needs.
• Regularly review and report out on progress relative to business plans and business value in the context of the broader vision.
• Understand competing business and stakeholder expectations and prioritize accordingly.
• Review, approve and provide feedback on Agile Delivery Team work progress, stories, sprint planning and product deliverable(s).
• Help remove impediments for the Agile Delivery Team by supporting information gathering from relevant business stakeholders and bring issues that disrupt the team to the Scrum Master.
• Manage product budget, coordination of resources, and assists with identification of risks and issues.

JOB SCOPE

• Responsibilities span the Exelon Utilities organization with a high-frequency of interaction across multiple departments.
• Responsible for the pursuit of maximizing value and return on investment for the Agile Delivery Teams as the primary representative of the business area(s)/product.
• Collaborates with technology teams to groom features.
• Supports development team throughout the product delivery lifecycle through clarification of business and customer needs.
• Responsible for defining business value and tracking to business goals.
• Be a customer experience visionary, thoroughly understand and anticipate customer and business needs in order to develop engaging customer experiences.
• Own, vet, maintain, and socialize product roadmaps and features based on data-driven trends and competitive/industry insights to meet business goals and provide a world-class customer experience; prioritize features based on customer value proposition.
• Create and present executive product updates, including performance metrics and delivery status.
• Support project management processes such as risk and issue management and budget management.
• Lead the definition of product requirements and minimum viable product using input from various sources including external sources such as digital trends, technology innovations, and customer research, as well as internal sources such as analytics and customer feedback.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree in related field and minimum 5 - 6 years related business experience
• Strong business operation knowledge and understanding of business KPIs
• A strategic thinker with a customer-centric mindset that understands technology and how to leverage it to achieve business results; proven track of getting things done
• Demonstrated ability to make well-informed decisions leveraging data analysis/interpretation and based on clear understanding of delivery objectives
• Accountable, self-starting, and proactive; always looking for process improvements and creative ways to solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional team
• Ability to establish trust, communicate effectively, and foster culture change leveraging situational awareness, continuous improvement, empowerment, and transparency skillsets
• Excellent project, budget, and resource management skills as well as advanced skills in conflict management and negotiation
• Strong written / verbal communication and presentation skills; ability to speak to, and influence peers, partners, and executive leadership
• Experience dealing with ambiguity and demonstrated aptitude of prioritizing business needs and value with the ability to communicate with the delivery team
• Experience on a technical enhancement team, including as a business stakeholder, in high-tech development environments with multiple priorities and initiatives