Principal Technical Product Manager, Portland, OR or Salt Lake City, UT

$115,900 - $136,300/Yr

PacificCorp

Full-time - Senior

Utilities

About the position

The Principal Technical Product Manager at PacifiCorp is responsible for leading Agile product delivery for technology products and operational processes. This role involves managing and coordinating technology development within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), focusing on asset data and system performance tracking. The position requires identifying innovative product opportunities, analyzing emerging technologies, and ensuring compliance with company standards while managing vendor relationships and program agreements.

Responsibilities

• Apply Agile methodologies to research and define user problem statements, use cases, and functional requirements for multiple products
• Perform benchmarking for alternative approaches and insights
• Identify improvement needs based on external and internal stakeholder input, measurement and evaluation, and gap analysis
• Apply Agile methodologies to develop prioritized project plans, product roadmaps, and resource allocations for multiple products
• Manage external and internal stakeholder relationships and oversee development milestones with transparency
• Manage vendor relationships and work closely with vendor product teams to coordinate delivery and implementation of enhancements, issue resolution, and new products
• Conduct user testing and product demo sessions as part of an iterative development process
• Promote a continuous improvement mindset by conducting retrospectives and sharing lessons learned
• Oversee budget development and coordinate budget activities with various groups
• Support creation and delivery of process and technology training for end users
• Provide regular written and verbal updates to leadership on project status, successes, and lessons learned
• Work closely with leadership teams to identify ways to collaborate and meet business objectives
• Coordinate license procurement and payments for supported applications
• Support regulatory activities by writing testimony and responding to data requests
• May lead teams and train/mentor junior staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7 years related professional experience
• Demonstrated experience applying Agile practices to manage complex, enterprise-level software development and implementation
• Demonstrated experience applying Agile practices to manage product backlogs and use cases, create product roadmaps, and coordinate resource allocation for multiple products
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with team members and internal customers.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Business, Computer Science, or Engineering
• Experience using and supporting electric utility data systems
• Experience developing and supporting applications within the Palantir Foundry platform
• Experience managing cross-functional product teams
• Experience managing projects with more than 20 internal and external stakeholders
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Manager/Product Owner certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits

• Health care
• Retirement
• Paid time off
• Tuition assistance
• Paid short-term and long-term disability
• Paid bereavement leave.