Product Manager - Energy Trading & Risk Management (Endur) in City of London

At Publicis Sapient, we help our clients with their Digital Business Transformation journey. In the energy & commodities trading space, our clients are increasingly investing in the transformation of their digital estate, architecting for speed and agility in the context of the challenges and opportunities brought by the Energy Transition.

As Senior Product Manager at Publicis Sapient, you will serve as one of our clients’ trusted advisors, assisting our senior client facing leaders in defining, articulating, and executing ETRM product strategy that transforms customer experience and business outcomes.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will collaborate with clients and our engineering teams in the energy and commodities trading space, driving transformation by understanding business and end-customer needs and continuously deliver value through rapid release cycles and iterative feedback.

Your Impact

• Partner with clients to articulate business goals and value pools from which we can shape product propositions that provide transformative business outcomes or customer experience.
• Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on your and the team's experience and expertise, to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testing.
• Translate product strategy into a roadmap containing well-defined and prioritized user stories, and features and enablers that will realize the product vision to assist the client in achieving long-term advantage.
• Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes.
• Design and enable solutions or digital transformation initiatives that enhance business value delivery and responsiveness for our clients by applying Lean and Agile practices and frameworks.
• Articulate technology-based solutions and present in workshops.
• Be the first point of contact to identify, manage and resolve requirement questions, dependencies, issues and risks with the onshore and offshore team and business.
• Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority.
• Help to inspire, lead and mentor more junior Product Analysts to continually facilitate improvements in developing and enhancing best-in-class digital products and services.

Your Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated success managing digital solutions in the ETRM space from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality.
• Knowledge and expertise within the energy & commodities industry.
• Hands-on project experience implementing Endur ETRM package.
• Good understanding of end to end processes in physical commodity, trading or banking industry.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• 5+ years’ experience in delivering complex business or technology solutions, from solution design to end-to-end system implementation, in the ETRM space.
• Experience in (or a strong desire to learn) techniques and methodologies that maximize flow of value and are deeply rooted in Agile, Lean and continuous delivery principles.

• Technical knowledge of database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, MySQL etc.
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager qualification.
• Certified Agile Product Manager qualification.
• Experience/knowledge of competing ETRM packages (e.g. Rightangle, Orchestrade, Aspect, Beacon).

Wellness program and employee assistance. Generous paid leave and holidays. Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family. Flexibility to support work-life balance. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities. An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com.