JOB TITLE: Senior, Product Strategist for our Digital Solutions
JOB LOCATION: Syracuse, NY - onsite 1 day a week
WAGE RANGE*: $55-60/hr.
JOB NUMBER: NGGJP00016211
In office 1 day a week local candidates only Syracuse with some travel to other sites also required on an as needed basis

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in business, technology, engineering or relevant field
3-5 years relevant business experience
Experience working on digital product teams highly preferred
Experience designing and refining value case (e.g., financial value to the business, strategic value, etc.)
Experience in defining, testing, and refining product assumptions
Experience in Agile product or project management
At least 1-2 years working with (or within) utility
Financial modeling and value case development experience

Job Description:

Our Client is hiring a Senior, Product Strategist for our Digital Solutions team in New York (Syracuse, NY).
IT and Digital works in a harmonized partnership with the Our Client group of diverse energy businesses to deliver technology which revolutionizes the way we operate. As we lead the charge towards a carbon-free future, our teams are embracing disruptive changes in our industry by working with Agile methodologies and adopting Digital mindsets to drive efficiency and bring new capabilities for our internal and external customers.
Our work here is critical. Our Client moves energy to millions of homes and businesses in the UK and US and the technology we utilize to complete that task is down to us. The successful applicant for this position will be an integral contributor towards this goal and we will support Job Purpose The Product Strategist is responsible for supporting the business and operations work stream within a multi-disciplinary digital product team structure. They partner closely to execute several activities, such as identifying risky assumptions, building the value case, defining the future-state process vision, executing change management plans, etc.

Key Accountabilities

Support business capability assessment, design, alignment and roadmapping for product line with cross-functional teams
Construct business case, including value projections and detailed investment estimate; ensure these are aligned with product definition
Track objectives and key results to assess benefit realization of products
Proactively identify riskiest assumptions and support product team in designing and executing experiments to increase confidence in business case assumptions
Support business/operation work stream team, participating in Agile sprints during full product roadmap
Define future-state operations solution (process, org change), including detailed current state-process and future-state process documentation
Support change mgmt. and product roll-out plan, with help from the change mgmt. team as needed
Implement marketing, sales, business development, user acquisition, and user support strategies
Provide support to product & technical workstreams (e.g., RFP support, stakeholder mgmt., value alignment, IT governance, IT PMO)
Support preparation of materials for key stakeholder readouts (e.g., Digital Board meetings) and regulatory engagements.

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.