Product Manager, Renewables

Company: UL
Location: Skokie
Posted on: October 6, 2021

Job Description:

Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

To support the intersection of three main components of a successful Product Strategy: defining and owning the product direction; building and growing a product team; and establishing the product organization and processes.

Role Responsibilities

Product Vision and Strategy – Product Manager, Renewables

• Help establish and support the product vision for the renewable energy segment, in concert with deep market understanding, to inform the core and new product strategy.
• Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities and address.
• Supports and contributes to the go-to-market strategy for renewables, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how UL’s products are differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be in each market.
• Prioritize product functions and features into a product roadmap.
• Monitors set of product goals, outcomes, and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against and drive future activities and strategies.
• Evangelizing and communicating the product vision, strategy and goals internally and externally is a critical responsibility of this role.

• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes in order to meet business objectives.
• Interview skills – ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients, prospects and stakeholders in order to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements, and conduct other types of researchand analysis.
• Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills.
• Product management tools – product/service design, analysis (Power BI), product/service development task management and project management, documentation and knowledge (SharePoint), collaboration (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (and related software tools).  
• Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus. 

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new.  Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL.  We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers’ create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles,  you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
• Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
• Total Rewards: All employees at UL are eligible for bonus compensation. UL offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off.

Technical Requirements

• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes in order to meet business objectives.
• Interview skills – ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients, prospects and stakeholders in order to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements, and conduct other types of researchand analysis.
• Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills.
• Product management tools – product/service design, analysis (Power BI), product/service development task management and project management, documentation and knowledge (SharePoint), collaboration (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (and related software tools).  
• Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus.

Required Experience

• University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of technical or business experience in Renewables or a related industry field.
• 5+ years of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency in Product Management.
• Working with remote teams is highly valued.
• Project management certification is a plus

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