Technical Product Owner

Requisition ID:

88302

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy is seeking a dynamic and experienced principal level business analyst to act as a technical product owner for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) networks and head end systems. This is a critical role required to drive the industry evolving AMI capabilities focused on real time accuracy.

In this crucial role, you will serve as the dedicated product manager for the FPL AMI networks including smart meters, network communication devices, communication protocols, network design, network cybersecurity, and observability. The role also includes product management of FPL’s AMI head end system, associated technology stacks and software.

Your mission will be to drive the evolution of the AMI network and AMI head end systems value proposition to strengthen current value stream capabilities, and enable the Smart Grid 2.0 new capabilities.

Job Overview:

This role crosses drives AMI technology and data over the product portfolio with responsibilities including driving agility and a product-based mindset, resource management, procurement management, process documentation, compliance, and financial management. The ideal candidate should have prior experience as a scrum master, business analyst, and/or product manager with a strong desire to grow and learn while supporting the product portfolio. Experience with AMI networks, AMI head end systems and back-office integration is key for this role.

Key Responsibilities: Strategic Planning:

- Drive the development and execution of quality and reliable product solutions delivering tangible business value.

- Develop and maintain a product vision and strategic roadmap that aligns with organizational goals.

- Clearly define data goals, value, and vision to guide decision-making and prioritization.

- Integrate technical knowledge and experience in AWS full stack development, Advanced Meter

- Infrastructure (AMI), and AWS platforms into strategic planning.

Collaboration And Communication:

- Act as a bridge between engineers, analytics, and other data consumers to foster cross-functional collaboration.

- Align internal and external stakeholders with a cohesive plan.

- Serve as a liaison between business units, product owners, technical leaders, and agile teams to facilitate best practices.

AI Technology Oversight:

- Understand the transformation of AI and aligning AI technologies to business capabilities.

- Drive business outcomes and enhance operational efficiency with AI and advanced machine learning algorithms

Resource And Vendor Management:

- Lead the execution of statements of work and purchase orders in collaboration with Release Train

- Engineers (RTEs) and vendors.

- Foster and manage relationships with vendors to ensure effective partnership and delivery of services.

- Oversee third-party technical and outsourcing relationships to maintain operational excellence.

Process Improvement And Documentation:

- Identify and implement process and work automation opportunities to drive efficiency.

- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for selected project frameworks.

- Collaborate with business and IT teams to develop process maps and integrate onshore and offshore resources.

Financial And Technical Oversight:

- Business case planning, budgeting, and financial management for multiple projects and products.

- Manage the AMI product portfolio cloud FinOps architecture to ensure cost optimization.

- Ensure agile teams prioritize and follow defined AMI DevSecOps practices.

- Leverage AWS technologies for scalable and efficient solutions.

Incident And Change Management:

- Prioritize L3 incidents with business partners in backlog refinement, sprint, and PI planning.

- Drive and manage change management processes within the product portfolio.

- Continuously monitor and adapt to market trends and technological advancements affecting the business domain.

Desired Skill Set:

- Excellent communication and writing skills.

- Proficient in Confluence, Jira, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

- Experience with resource management, statements of work, technical workflow management, and process creation.

- Strong ability to identify patterns and define innovative solutions.

- Technical knowledge and experience with AWS full stack development, Advanced Meter Infrastructure, and AWS data platforms.

- Proven experience in product management or technical product ownership, particularly in AMI technology.

- Strong knowledge of AMI head end systems, networks, and associated functionalities.

- Experience in business case planning, budgeting, and financial management.

- Technical experience with AWS full stack development and AWS platforms.

- Ability to collaborate effectively with IT and business product management teams.

- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead incident management.

- Excellent communication skills to act as the liaison between multiple stakeholders.

If you are passionate about driving the future of AMI technology and are excited to work at the intersection of smart grid operations and product management, we encourage you to apply for this vital role at NextEra Energy.

Job Overview

This job analyzes business processes and practices and identifies technology opportunities. Employees in this job design and implement information technology solutions to meet customer needs and business goals and strategies.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Demonstrates a strong familiarity with business processes that are in their area of business focus

- Establishes and manages effective customer relationships with users of business, financial and operations systems, as well as technical team members

- Applies advanced analytical skills within functional area to decompose work into manageable value-based units

- Responds to requests, identifies conflicts, and makes recommendations where needed

- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems

- Uses knowledge of business processes to identify interdependencies and functional gaps

- Builds strong working understanding of the technical solution being delivered and analyzes and determines failure points in the solution

- Contributes to the application testing process (directly or to support end users)

- Creates and updates documentation, as appropriate, for selected project framework

- Maintains a familiarity with market trends in technology

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

- High School Grad / GED

- Bachelor’s or Equivalent Experience

- Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

- None

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Employee Group:

Exempt

Employee Type:

Full Time

Job Category:

Information Technology

Organization:

Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided:

Yes, if applicable

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