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ID #49526155
State Texas
City Houston
Job type Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Publicis Groupe
Showed 2023-03-23
Date 2023-03-23
Deadline 2023-05-22
Category Et cetera
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Director of Product Management - Energy & Commodities

Texas, Houston, 77001 Houston USA

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Director Product Management – Energy & CommoditiesAs a Director Product Management at Publicis Sapient, you act as your clients’ trusted advisor in leading the overall vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization for a specific digital product, or products, within an engagement. You will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business, end-customer needs, and then constantly deliver value with fast increment cycles. Your Impact:Partner with client(s), strategists, experience leads, and architects to frame business goals and value pools from which we can shape product propositions that provide transformative business outcomes and customer experienceGain deep insight into client’s problems and become a trusted thought partner and advisor to senior client executives and ensure high levels of client satisfactionDevelop product vision, strategy, market/user research, by keeping the customer at the center of everything we do while using design thinking toolsEstablish customer journey mapping to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testingRepresent client in ideation workshops with cross-functional leaders where you identify new ideas, customer needs, pain points, and solution options through customer centricity and applying design thinking.Develop solution hypotheses iteratively, based on user research, and industry and market trend analysisTranslate product vision into a roadmap containing well-defined, prioritized features that will realize the product vision and value. Specific emphasis on:Ability to be “hands on” when needed especially as it relates to problem solving and generation of business solution optionsAbility to work closely with the team, including modeling and rapid prototyping in instances where complex business features require it for progressing furtherValidate and present the business case to the C – level executives and lead business reviews to ensure the team prioritizes the right features. Specific emphasis on:Navigating the client stakeholder landscape to solve issues and build consensus on solutionBeing politically savvy and able to maneuver amongst business and IT stakeholders and/or across various levels of client stakeholders (PO, Directors and VPs)Strong ability to distil and abstract information for consumption (especially as it relates to solution options, complex business issues) by the relevant audience (such as client’s operational and commercial business owners)Serve as a voice of the customer among the cross-functional team, always understanding the customer needs. Specific emphasis on:An ability to communicate to stakeholders at various levels and functions within the organization i.e., be able to tune the message and connect with both, operational and commercial stakeholders and/or with client BAs and executive business sponsorEstablish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes. Specific emphasis on:Problem solving, an ability to rapidly assimilate the information on the issue being discussed (the individual is not expected to understand every detail), pull in the appropriate stakeholder, outline a resolution path to get to desired business outcomesMasterfully apply Lean Agile practices and frameworks Collaborate with product owners, solution managers, and cross-functional product managers, to ensure alignment towards the same program increment (PI) objectives. Specific emphasis on:Managing overall Product direction across releases, tracks of work and business areasAdept at escalating and resolving areas of ambiguity (with team and clients) including discussions on business scopeCollaborate with system architects to envision and prioritize system enablers. Specific emphasis on:Understanding of the underlying technology and architecture to engage in meaningful discussions with system architects and development leadsRepresent industry best practice and market trends to assist the client in maintaining competitive advantageBuild and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority. Specific emphasis on:Team communication and messaging, being able to articulate overall direction and path forward concisely and to a large teamAbility to hear opinions and think through solution options and get closure across stakeholders.Being a patient listener, ability to listen and assimilate inputs from a variety of stakeholdersAn ability to remain calm and maintain composure in demanding client and team situationsWork with Publicis Sapient regional leadership and capability leaders to drive organic growth through trust and value-led relationships with the key client stakeholders responsible for digital transformationParticipate in sales pursuits and business development and contribute toward business growth in the region through prospect cultivation, account plan development and value demonstration activitiesInspire, 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. Specific emphasis on:Be a team player, have the ability to work closely and improve the effectiveness of SPOs, BAs and POs (both Publicis Sapient and client personnel on the team)Act as an enabler to the team, give them autonomy to take decisions, outline paths and then be able to build consensus & take them along the journey

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