Product Strategist

Job Title: Product Strategy Lead, Expert
Primary Skills: Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) 2.0 strategy, customer roadmap, and business development strategies.
Location: Oakland CA
Duration : 6+ Months
Job Description:
This execution-oriented candidate will play a Product Strategy Lead role within the Grid Products team in a mixture of new product innovation initiatives that support the Innovation Accelerator, product go‑to‑market, and the Grid Edge Strategy. The role will include creating, modifying, and collaborating on the strategy and vision for our electric grid; the tracking, reporting up, and coordination of teams working on the products and projects; and leadership across key initiatives that require open ended problem solving.

In addition to the innovation focus on new products, the Product Strategy Lead will also play a supporting role in the broader Strategy & Innovation team as a key stakeholder in our DER Management vision and Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) 2.0 strategy, customer roadmap, and business development strategies.

Responsibilities:

Tracking, coordination, and management of the Innovation Accelerator Product Portfolio

Be the point person who is tracking and managing up on a portfolio of Product initiatives which are in various stages of development

Create executive presentations relaying progress and recommendations across the portfolio

Engage with the broader organization, “growth advocates”, and product teams to ensure they are coordinated and supporting the product launches

Ensure coordination and cohesion across the Innovation Accelerator product initiatives that leads to a platform approach rather than disparate point solutions

Develop and manage the Grid Edge AMI 2.0 Strategy in partnership with the Customer Org

Grid Product initiatives to date have been heavily focused on AMI 2.0 innovation; continue to lead the strategy for this work in partnership with the Customer organization

Identify from the “bottoms up” where value in an AMI 2.0 system can be originated and analyze and create the business case for these initiatives

Work from a “top down” to realize a larger grid transformation vision through AMI 2.0 and grid edge computing

Bring together the strategy, create analysis and deck content for management, and advocate for the creation of projects/products to realize the value

Drive key strategic initiatives

Stand up AMI 2.0 initiatives, bringing together a plan and resources, as needed to support the Grid Edge AMI 2.0 Strategy

Form a Grid Edge Consortium between utilities, meter vendors, and device providers establishing the operating structure and driving collective outcomes

Become a key stakeholder in the rest of Strategy & Innovation work with a particular focus on customer electrification, load management, and AMI 2.0

Work through executive level problem solving or opportunity exploratory requests as they arise

Minimum Qualifications:
A strong applicant will be organized and motivated, with a strong track record of success in building consensus and managing many moving parts within matrixed teams.

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Business, or Computer Science

8 years of job‑related experience in energy, products, strategy, or finance

Experience with strategy, business case creation and approval, and management of a portfolio of solutions

Desired Qualifications:

Experience both inside and outside of the utility industry

Experience with Distributed Energy Resources, consumer energy products, or product development

Experience leading cross cutting programs or technology deployments, with a focus on emerging/innovative technologies and creating new process & structure for rapid scale‑up

Chief of staff or management experience

Desired Characteristics

Bias toward action, concise, and passionate

Strong ability to ideate both linearly and non‑linearly

Removes barriers to products and projects moving forward in an autonomous fashion

Able to operate at different levels of abstraction, outcome focused while understanding and adhering to process where necessary

Empathic and curious – has an ability to seek to understand while driving towards shared outcomes

Handles multiple projects and stakeholders and pushes for pace with self‑directed drive

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