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Job Summary

The Senior 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.

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

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• Minimum 4 years related work experience
• In lieu of Bachelors degree(s) AND 4 year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 8 year(s) related work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Previous Duke Energy Experience
• 7 or more years working in the utility industry
• Experience as a Senior Product Analyst
• Agile Product Owner certification
• "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification
• Experience with Jira

Working Conditions

Virtual Mobility Classification – Work will be performed from a remote location after the onboarding period. However, virtual employees should live within a reasonable commute to a Duke Energy facility and must live within a footprint state of Duke Energy (NC, SC, FL, OH, KY, IN) or the DC metro area. Office environment mostly, often with research, analysis or engagement conducted in plants or field.

Specific Requirements

• 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

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Travel Requirements

5-15%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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