Duke Energy Corporation

Senior Product Owner - The Portal

Duke Energy Corporation • $108K — $130K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Enterprise Technology
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 4 years of relevant work experience
  • High School/GED with 8 years of related work experience in lieu of a degree
  • Certified SCRUM Product Owner (preferred)
  • 7+ years in the utility industry (preferred)
  • Agile Product Owner certification, Six Sigma Black Belt, or experience with Jira (preferred)
  • Experience with Modern Microsoft SharePoint and associated M365 applications (preferred)
  • Familiarity with user experience and accessibility best practices for digital products

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage the product roadmap with a focus on new technology integration
  • Build, groom, and prioritize the product backlog while managing stakeholder expectations
  • Manage sprint planning and participate in retrospective ceremonies
  • Understand employee and contingent worker needs for a user-centric product design
  • Gather market feedback through user research and industry benchmarking
  • Write functional specifications, user stories, and product documentation
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new products and features

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model after onboarding; remote and onsite options
  • Opportunities for professional development and training in the latest technologies
  • Involvement in a dynamic, cross-functional team environment
  • Exposure to industry best practices through peer collaboration
  • Potential to influence product direction and user experience
Full Job Description
Position Summary

This position leads the product team responsible for the company's Microsoft 365 SharePoint-based workforce intranet, The Portal.The Sr 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
  • Define and manage the product roadmap, including evolving a vision for introducing new technologies as they become available.
  • 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 employee and contingent worker needs, ensuring that the product prioritizes a user-centric design and architecture as it evolves.
  • Gather market feedback through user interactions, focus groups, and by performing industry research to support future development. This includes meeting regularly with industry peers to benchmark efforts and share best practices.
  • 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
  • Develop and communicate site standards to a group of site managers distributed in the business. Train them on the same.
  • Partner with site managers to foster strong relationships, enabling collaboration and alignment on shared goals that deliver value to the workforce.


Required/Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree
  • In addition to required degree, four (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
  • Certified SCRUM Product Owner


Additional Preferred Qualifications
  • 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
  • Experience with owning or administering Modern Microsoft SharePoint experiences and associated M365 applications (Teams, Lists, Power Automate, Forms)
  • Experience with SharePoint analytics packages such as Tygraph
  • Experience applying content lifecycle management principles to large volumes of managed content or knowledge
  • Experience applying user experience and accessibility best practices in digital experiences


Working Conditions
  • Hybrid - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to the designated Duke Energy facility.
  • 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


Travel Requirements

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.

About Duke Energy Corporation

Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest.

Duke Energy Corporation Careers

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Learn more about Duke Energy Corporation
Size
27,605 employees
Market Cap
$79 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$1.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$23.8 billion
NASDAQ
DUK
* Ladders Estimates

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