Product Owner – Energy & Utilities

Product Owner – Energy & Utilities

Job Location: Boston, MA

Join our team

Centric Consulting is an international management consulting firm with expertise in digital, business and technology. We are looking for a Product Owner – Energy & Utilities to join our growing team.

What We Offer?

We offer benefits to support your physical, emotional, mental and financial health:

• Time Off, When You Need It. A self-managed paid time off (PTO) program.
• Built For Families. Parental leave and flexible remote working options.
• Care For You and Yours. Flexible health care options for you, your family and your pets. Plus, long-term disability, 401(k) benefits and more!
• Help With the Little Things. Stipends to offset home office costs (such as internet, cell service and supplies).
• Our Success Is Your Success. A profit-sharing program and annual company-sponsored trip to celebrate our accomplishments together.
• Opportunities to Grow. Take courses. Attend conferences. Get certified.

Want to know why you should work with us and what we offer employees? Visit our website to learn more.

In this role, you will:

• Plans and prioritizes product feature backlog and development for the product.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, business partners, and stakeholder management for successful product(s) release.
• Supports stakeholders; identifies areas of improvement and works with individuals and teams to implement these improvements.
• Assesses value, develops cases, and prioritizes stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.
• Provides backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories.
• Supports the IT development process and project lifecycle end-to-end along with developing test plans, cases and participating in the testing and approval of new functionality implementations.
• Identifies business requirements and codifies into well-defined specifications, stories and supporting artifacts that articulate simple, elegant solutions to consumer problems.
• Identifies, contacts, and collaborates with internal and external subject matter experts, including partners, vendors, and trade organizations in order to gather, organize and share market trends and best practices.
• Collaborates with other product owners and key stakeholders to formulate, coordinate, and evangelize product roadmaps and strategic plans.
• Works with cross-functional teams to investigate, gather and develop detailed business requirements that effectively translate business problems into innovative and practical solutions.
• Translates business problems into project requirements and supports the IT process from build to launch.
• Assists in the development of user experience goals, stories and requirements that can be used to create self-service support product specifications.
• Identifies risks which could jeopardize the deliverables and results of client’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) initiatives or objectives.

Who you are:

• Must have industry experience with Energy & Utilities along with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) deployments.
• Customer-first orientation and strong passion for delivering quality tools, information, and content in service to consumer needs.
• Possess initiative to think several steps ahead in the digital environment and anticipate the needs of customers and employees.
• Must be technically oriented with the ability to write and interpret requirements, QA releases and interact effectively with technical resources.
• Must be able to evaluate internal and external resources for development and execution of digital and website initiatives.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with acute attention to detail.
• Strong organization skills, meticulously thorough and tenacious.
• Good analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable plans and tactics.
• Good communication (verbal and written), strong interpersonal, negotiation and management skills, and strong business acumen.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies

About Centric Consulting:

Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses. Now numbering more than 1,400 employees across the country and India, we’re committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.

Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bring unmatched experiences to clients and employees. These aren't just words we use — it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.

We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion , from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. At Centric, we are looking for and embrace candidates of all backgrounds and identities who have a hunger for learning, collaborating, and generating unmatched experiences. This is how we bring our mission and core values to life, working together to provide the highest quality services to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential.

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