Puget Sound Energy - Bellevue, WA
posted about 2 months ago
The Senior Product Development Manager at Puget Sound Energy (PSE) plays a pivotal role in leading customer product and service development initiatives. This position is focused on driving innovation in areas such as customer energy efficiency, decarbonization, and electrification, while also integrating these efforts into the utility's overall system planning. The role involves managing collaborations with critical external stakeholders, conceptualizing product and pilot categories, and developing long-range strategic business objectives. The Senior Product Development Manager will be responsible for business plan development, financial modeling, and overseeing the product lifecycle management process. In this capacity, the manager will act as a primary lead across multiple departments, supporting business cases that rely on data-driven customer and market research, financial profit and loss forecasts, vendor development and negotiation, regulatory planning, and operational planning. The role also includes the development of pilot programs that leverage emerging technologies and existing program channels to validate the potential value of future offerings. Securing approvals for product proposals will require collaboration with external stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and occasionally, executive leadership. The Senior Product Development Manager is expected to uphold safety compliance standards as per PSE's operating procedures and promote a culture of total safety. Additionally, the manager must demonstrate a commitment to ethical business practices, ensuring that all duties are performed in accordance with regulatory compliance obligations.