Product Manager

Summary

The job is for a Product Manager position at Kraken, a technology company specializing in smart, sustainable energy systems. The role involves enhancing the product strategy for the US market and delivering end-to-end products. The candidate should have experience in agile software product management, working within an Energy Trading environment, and/or US energy markets.

Requirements

• Experience in agile software product management; from inception, requirement gathering, and prioritization through to launch
• Experience in managing an agile roadmap with multiple stakeholders, and championing cross-functional team work to identify the best solutions and best delivery path
• Outstanding facilitation skills & being comfortable managing client or product workshops, from discovery to detailed requirements
• Excellent communication skills showing the ability to summarize complex problems and recommend concise plans of action, translating for non-technical audiences
• Experience of working within an Energy Trading environment and/or US energy markets
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done

Responsibilities

• Work with customers and other parts of the business to understand and shape requirements to feed into the product backlog and longer term roadmap
• In collaboration with the development team, write user stories, high level user journey and business process flow charts and conduct ongoing user acceptance testing, product quality sign-off, and product documentation
• Drive the delivery of the roadmap by supporting the work of the development team using agile tooling, running ceremonies (retrospective, planning, discovery, demos…) and acting as facilitator with other teams to remove dependencies or clarify issues
• Coordinate across other regional or global product teams to proactively support scalability of the product globally and support a customer-centric approach
• Plan, track and proactively manage strategic and customer projects driving adoption of our platform and operational efficiency
• Use analytics data and first-hand research to understand user behaviors and inform product and design improvements
• Write newsletter and blog updates to keep customers informed of new features being developed/launched

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in UX & UI design is desirable
• A passion for clean tech and a strong desire to contribute to the decarbonization of the planet is crucial

Benefits

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance. options including FSAs
• Paid time off. — we know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need
• 401(k). plan with employer match
• Parental leave.. Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax. commuter benefits
• Flexible working environment:. you need to shift around your schedule? You do you, we genuinely believe in work/life balance
• Equity Options:. every Octopus employee owns part of the business. We’re a team, working together towards huge goals. Every person is crucial to our success, you should be rewarded as such
• Modern office. or co-working spaces depending on location