Associate Director Product Management | Energy and Commodities | Remote

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is well known as a leader in Digital Transformation and we are seeing our clients in Supply & Trading pursuing new, modern architectures and ways of working.  Our deep experience in established CTRM solutions like [Endur]combined with digital product management mean our services are in high demand, as our existing clients seek to accelerate their transformation journeys, and potentially new clients seek partners to start their own.

As a result our team is growing, and we are looking for an Associate Director (Senior Manager) to join and lead digital transformation within the E&C industry.

Job Description

As Associate Director, Product Management at Publicis Sapient, you will serve as our clients’ trusted advisors in defining, articulating and executing a product strategy that transforms customer experience and business outcomes. As a Product Owner, you will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business and end-customer needs, and then constantly deliver value with fast release and feedback cycles.

Your Impact:

• Partner with clients, consultants, and strategists to articulate business goals and value pools from which we can shape product propositions that provide transformative business outcomes or customer experience
• Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on competitive benchmarking, industry and market trend analysis, and customer journey mapping – to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testing
• Translate product strategy into a roadmap containing well-defined and prioritized user stories, and features and enablers that will realize the product vision to assist the client in achieving a long-term competitive advantage 
• Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
• Design and enable solutions or digital transformation initiatives that enhance business value delivery and responsiveness for our clients by applying Lean and Agile practices and frameworks
• Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority
• Inspire, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of Product Analysts to continually facilitate improvements in developing and enhancing best-in-class digital products and services

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success managing digital products, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions/services from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and services
• Significant industry knowledge and expertise within the energy and commodities industry 
• Experience working with industry specific platforms like ETRM or CTRM systems, and experience with technologies like ENDUR and RightAngle
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
• Deep understanding of design thinking principles, having led or facilitated workshops to cultivate the innovation process
• Ability to solve complex business problems to maximize value while balancing technical constraints
• Mastery in techniques and methodologies that maximize flow of value and are deeply rooted in Agile, Lean and continuous delivery principles – with a passion to extend that understanding throughout the organization
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholder and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value
• Ability to use storytelling to influence decisions without formal authority
• Comfortable with financials, KPIs, and forecasts with success leveraging such data to make decisions about product iterations

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Certified Scrum Product Owner designation
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation

Additional Information

Publicis Sapient offers a wide variety of flexible working options and a multitude of benefits to support you and your family. You can find more information about our benefits here:

https://publicissapient.mybenefitsguide.co.uk/simply-benefits-guide/cover/