Head of Program Management

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102053BR

Job Title:

Head of Program Management

No. of Positions:

1

Job Description:

The Head of Program Management will lead program management activities for the Energy Platform ecosystem, which includes the Energy Platform team as well as its partners including energy asset aggregators, platform vendors, and software application development teams that support or build on the Energy Platform. This senior leader will build, oversee, develop and optimize a growing function made up of dedicated program management professionals as well as matrixed personnel from central Shell functions and portfolio companies. Responsibilities include:

Build and nurture a high-performing program management team

Team – build, oversee, and nurture the program management function within the Energy Platform team

Culture – develop and nurture an empathetic team culture based on respect, collaboration, equal opportunity, and recognition of strong contributions

Collaboration – Work closely and align principles, tools and techniques with Shell Product Owners and development teams across Shell Energy Platform ecosystem

Recruiting – proactively recruit exceptional talent, maintaining a rich pipeline of talent to quickly bring onto the team

Professional development – proactively motivate, develop and retain talent, maintaining a deep talent bench and developing team capabilities needed to succeed

Process – Nurture embrace of best practices in agile program management, product portfolio management, lean management, multi-track agile, and associated processes to support delivery of outstanding product quality, agility, and velocity

Develop approach and lead program managements’ leadership and facilitation of the Energy Platform ecosystem product portfolio management approach

Develop and continuously improve holistic product portfolio management approach

Implement product portfolio management approach and gain and maintain positive stakeholder engagement

Implement governance that is appropriate for product and development team maturity

Lead facilitation, codification and maintenance of a product portfolio strategy for the Energy Platform ecosystem

Working with the Energy Platform ecosystem stakeholders, facilitate development of a product portfolio strategy and codify associated collateral (e.g. product portfolio canvas, positioning, alignment with business capabilities, business case, etc.)

Define the global governance and process for maintaining the product portfolio strategy

Proactively seek customer and stakeholder input into the product portfolio strategy

Serve as an industry-expert on the market, competitors, customer value proposition, business model, and differentiating capabilities of the Energy Platform ecosystem

Serve as a lead evangelist of the product portfolio strategy across stakeholders

Lead facilitation, codification and maintenance of a product portfolio roadmap for the Energy Platform ecosystem

Facilitate and lead development and maintenance of a product portfolio roadmap across the Energy Platform ecosystem

Proactively seek customer and stakeholder input into roadmap, including organizing and facilitating product portfolio planning sessions

Facilitate alignment of releases, including coordinating dependencies, negotiating overlaps of scope, and eliminating misalignment in approach

Define the global governance and process for maintaining the product portfolio roadmap

Lead program managements’ support of the various product delivery teams within the Energy Platform ecosystem

Provide advisory guidance to product development teams’ efforts to build, maintain, and cultivate product strategies, product requirements, roadmaps and release plans

Support efforts to ensure that product development teams are appropriately resourced and have the right processes and tools to deliver products aligned with Shell’s strategy

Support, as appropriate, product team’s prioritization of delivery backlogs, evaluation of product design tradeoffs, and delivery of product capabilities on time and on budget

Support other Energy Platform ecosystem teams and efforts

Support Shell’s efforts to commercially leverage the Energy Platform ecosystem

Support efforts to monetize the Energy Platform and ecosystem

Support delivery of beta and pilot programs

Serve as senior leader on the Energy Platform team

Serve as a senior leader of the Energy Platform team, providing expertise, support, and leadership across the Energy Platform team

Support Energy Platform business planning and continuous improvement activities

Auto req ID:

102053BR

Country of Work Location:

United States

Company Description:

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with about 84,000 employees across more than 70 countries. We aim to meet the world’s growing need for more and cleaner energy solutions in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. We have expertise in exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals.

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.

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Work Location:

California - San Francisco

Requirements:

At least 15 years of experience that informs program management, product management, product development, and technology expertise and capabilities in complex and innovative energy software solutions with a globally distributed user base

Experience leading both technical product management and program management teams

Technical degree as well as an MBA a plus

Demonstrated leader in program and product management functions, with experience leading portfolio-level product strategy, discovery, and delivery efforts

Demonstrated leadership in building strong stakeholder relationships and mitigating conflict across globally-distributed teams

Demonstrated leader in energy management domain, with experience in energy asset integrations, energy-domain platform services (e.g. tariff engines, energy market constraint builders, energy asset data models, etc.), and energy-domain applications (e.g. wholesale energy market bidding and transactions, DER product sales support tools, portfolio optimizations, etc.)

Expertise across a broad range of technologies and software design patterns

Expertise in working with various third-party vendor systems to design software solutions

Experience with energy asset device integration / connectivity / IoT configurations

Comfort across dual-track Agile, continuous integration, extreme development, and test-drive development approaches

Familiarity across advanced analytics, machine learning, and optimization techniques

Familiarity across Cassandra, Scylla, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernettes, Docker, among others

City, State (if applicable):

San Francisco, CA

Company info

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