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Product Owner - Medium Voltage (Finance)



Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity for a Product Owner - Medicum Voltage Equipment & Core Components for the North America portfolio. This is a hybrid role (2 days per week on-site) in the Nashville, TN metropolitan area. You will work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the "Great Places to Work" and by Glassdoor as the 11 th spot as the "Best Place To Work", by Forbes as "America's Best Employers for Diversity", and by Equileap as the "World's Top 10 in Gender Equality" and by TIME as the "Most Sustainable Company in the World". Join our dynamic, multicultural team where you'll have the autonomy to shape your role and adapt successful strategies from other regions to North America. You'll collaborate with high-caliber experts across departments, bringing creative solutions to diverse challenges, and making a significant impact on our sustainability mission. Enjoy a flexible schedule, a fascinating work environment, and the opportunity to influence the future of a highly profitable and rapidly growing global business.

Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

What do you get to do in this position?

Product Owners (PO) are key positions in a global organization, delivering value to the business and customers while maintaining a clear view on customer needs and what needs to get done. PO's represent the customer and act autonomously to communicate the right vision of the product within the Squad while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders (customers / commercial / plant / internal sponsors). PO's are responsible for the Switchgear portfolios through the entire lifecycle from roadmap planning, product maintenance and withdrawal. They partner with League Leaders to set priorities (define, own and maintain the backlog), drive the strategic intent of the product and maximize the value of work done with the Squad. They create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership. The PO has content authority over it and is responsible for maximizing the value of the product through the backlog (list of customer requirements for the product, software or service in development). PO's regularly interacts with the scrum team (small agile team) as needed and acts as the voice of customers and stakeholders.

Defining the Role:

  • Co-build product backlog/roadmap and business cases with Offer Marketing Owner:
    - Execute product backlog/roadmap as planned in the business case.
    - Periodically assess health of business case with Offer Marketing Owner
  • Create, prioritize & communicate with Squad members the Squad backlog, release map & roadmap:
    - Challenge and evaluate requests (from business, quality,...)
    - Periodically review critical quality issues and associated mitigation plans
    - Build, manage and prioritize the product backlog (note : Backlog should be transparent, visible & understood)
    - Communicate backlog refinement
    - Streamline the execution of priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or componements for the team.
    - Define, update and validate the offer/marketing requirement (in sync with companion Squads and Leagues guidelines / strategy) within backlog product prioritization
    - Build the releases plan and global roadmap according to technology, feasibility, budget, resources, TTM
    - Communicate the product roadmap to all stakeholders
    - Periodically review customers demo feedback to assess new needs
    - Periodically review with internal stakeholders (including management agreement)
    - Lead the offer requirement trade-offs
    - Communicate E2E offer change notifications with Schneider internal stakeholders & our external customers
  • Support the Squad to deliver on sprints & "rendezvous", acting as obstacle troubleshooter:
    - Support the squad on all obstacles (including capacity issues)
    - Periodic analysis of the product cost to deliver the right level of product cost
    - Define the best trade-offs between all parameters (e.g. : Squad budget, schedule, product cost and business stake, quality, time to market, innovation)
    - Ensure product/process robustness (according to « major rendezvous »)
    - Review periodically main acceptance criteria with the Squad.
    - Synchronize with companion Squads
  • Create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership:
    - Organize, lead, challenge and motivate the Squad
    - Be the voice of the Squad in case of trade offs and success needs with stakeholders outside of the Squad
    - Provide transparency to key stakeholders
    - Be part of the Agile rendezvous
    - Celebrate team's success
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering degree preferred)
  • 4 years of product development / management, or application engineering experience
  • 3 years of product development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience with Medium to Low Voltage Electrical Equipment.
  • Experience presenting to Customers & Leaders with experience in saying 'No' when required
  • Experience in successfully building and leading teams in a matrix environment.
  • Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
  • Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
  • Knowledge of an Agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), an in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles would be an advantage
  • Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

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You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

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€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity for a Product Owner - Medicum Voltage Equipment & Core Components for the North America portfolio. This is a hybrid role (2 days per week on-site) in the Nashville, TN metropolitan area. You will work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the "Great Places to Work" and by Glassdoor as the 11 th spot as the "Best Place To Work", by Forbes as "America's Best Employers for Diversity", and by Equileap as the "World's Top 10 in Gender Equality" and by TIME as the "Most Sustainable Company in the World". Join our dynamic, multicultural team where you'll have the autonomy to shape your role and adapt successful strategies from other regions to North America. You'll collaborate with high-caliber experts across departments, bringing creative solutions to diverse challenges, and making a significant impact on our sustainability mission. Enjoy a flexible schedule, a fascinating work environment, and the opportunity to influence the future of a highly profitable and rapidly growing global business.

Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

What do you get to do in this position?

Product Owners (PO) are key positions in a global organization, delivering value to the business and customers while maintaining a clear view on customer needs and what needs to get done. PO's represent the customer and act autonomously to communicate the right vision of the product within the Squad while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders (customers / commercial / plant / internal sponsors). PO's are responsible for the Switchgear portfolios through the entire lifecycle from roadmap planning, product maintenance and withdrawal. They partner with League Leaders to set priorities (define, own and maintain the backlog), drive the strategic intent of the product and maximize the value of work done with the Squad. They create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership. The PO has content authority over it and is responsible for maximizing the value of the product through the backlog (list of customer requirements for the product, software or service in development). PO's regularly interacts with the scrum team (small agile team) as needed and acts as the voice of customers and stakeholders.

Defining the Role:

  • Co-build product backlog/roadmap and business cases with Offer Marketing Owner:
    - Execute product backlog/roadmap as planned in the business case.
    - Periodically assess health of business case with Offer Marketing Owner
  • Create, prioritize & communicate with Squad members the Squad backlog, release map & roadmap:
    - Challenge and evaluate requests (from business, quality,...)
    - Periodically review critical quality issues and associated mitigation plans
    - Build, manage and prioritize the product backlog (note : Backlog should be transparent, visible & understood)
    - Communicate backlog refinement
    - Streamline the execution of priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or componements for the team.
    - Define, update and validate the offer/marketing requirement (in sync with companion Squads and Leagues guidelines / strategy) within backlog product prioritization
    - Build the releases plan and global roadmap according to technology, feasibility, budget, resources, TTM
    - Communicate the product roadmap to all stakeholders
    - Periodically review customers demo feedback to assess new needs
    - Periodically review with internal stakeholders (including management agreement)
    - Lead the offer requirement trade-offs
    - Communicate E2E offer change notifications with Schneider internal stakeholders & our external customers
  • Support the Squad to deliver on sprints & "rendezvous", acting as obstacle troubleshooter:
    - Support the squad on all obstacles (including capacity issues)
    - Periodic analysis of the product cost to deliver the right level of product cost
    - Define the best trade-offs between all parameters (e.g. : Squad budget, schedule, product cost and business stake, quality, time to market, innovation)
    - Ensure product/process robustness (according to « major rendezvous »)
    - Review periodically main acceptance criteria with the Squad.
    - Synchronize with companion Squads
  • Create a conducive and collaborative environment through effective leadership:
    - Organize, lead, challenge and motivate the Squad
    - Be the voice of the Squad in case of trade offs and success needs with stakeholders outside of the Squad
    - Provide transparency to key stakeholders
    - Be part of the Agile rendezvous
    - Celebrate team's success
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