Product Manager – Grid Constraint
- Posted 15 July 2019
- Salary £50,000 - £75,000 dependent on experience
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Renewable Energy & Infrastructure, Energy Storage & DSR
- ReferenceEE 6653
- Contact NameWill Mackay
Job description
The Client:
An innovative company working in the energy space that has established itself as a market leader over the last decade. This company has stability and structure but is also entrepreneurial and is a great place to grow professionally.
The Role:
- Own the product, be responsible for the overall Grid Constraint management product strategy
- Be the expert and go-to-person on all matters regarding the product and the markets it serves
- Be the voice of the customer inside the business
- Responsible for product roadmaps/features and prioritizing enhancements to existing products based on customer/market/competitor/technology inputs
- Responsible for gathering, understanding and articulating market requirements for software development teams
- Support sales efforts by attending customer meetings and present product details (once opportunity is in more advanced stages, after initial conversations led by sales)
- Be the commercial lead for the product, working closely with the sales team, including responsibility for product pricing, go-to-market strategy, tendering and contract negotiations
- Lead scope definition of new opportunities in close cooperation with technology and Agile Account Manager
- Responsible for market intelligence related to the product, including competition analysis, customer analysis, market sizing, programme/country specifications and market opportunity analysis
- Own product marketing including collaterals (presentations, flyers, exhibitions, events etc) working closely with Head of Marketing
- Present product and company at events, exhibitions, customer meetings
- Support other product managers and understand all other products in the suite well enough to take on a specific opportunity if required
- Define hand-over of a signed opportunity to Agile Account Manager for software development and delivery phase and to Operations Manager for hardware installs and ongoing day-to-day operations
- Maintain the Grid Constraint management product technology development backlog
- Responsibility for accepting Grid Constraint management work packages (from Technology) as complete
- Understand complexity in the problem domain, minimise complication in the solution
- Use judgement in defining the appropriate level of product quality
The Individual:
Desired Skills:
- Highly motivated and driven individual
- Enthusiastic about green energy and technology
- Familiarity with agile software development processes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills – able to confidently present sophisticated / technical concepts to a wide variety of stakeholders
- Strategic thinker, with operational delivery capability
- Proficient in strategic market analysis and planning
- Strong relationship building skills, coupled with strong listening and communications skills
- Mature, entrepreneurial, self-motivated individual
- Team player, able to work both individually and on team projects
- Lead and inspire teams to success without being their line manager
- Strong commercial acumen