As the Grid Inform Product Owner, you will:
- Collaborate closely with the Product Manager, who defines the strategic vision, roadmap, and success metrics for Grid Inform
- Translate the roadmap and strategic priorities into actionable backlogs, epics, features, and user stories
- Drive delivery of new features and enhancements that help utility planners and engineers identify grid risks, model scenarios, and justify investment decisions
- Work closely with our Client Success team, who manage client relationships and funnel use cases and feature requests into the product backlog
- Partner with data scientists, engineers, and designers to plan and release features on a steady, predictable cadence
You will be the day-to-day product lead for the delivery teams, ensuring Grid Inform evolves into a powerful platform for utilities to improve grid performance and resilience.
A little about E Source
E Source combines industry-leading research, data science, and consulting to help utilities make and implement better data-driven decisions that positively impact their customers, their bottom line, and our planet. Headquartered in Boulder, CO, we have teams across the US and Canada. Learn more at www.esource.com.
How you’ll help:
- Own and maintain the Grid Inform product backlog
- Translate roadmap themes and client use cases into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria
- Prioritize features and technical enhancements to balance customer value, technical feasibility, and delivery capacity
- Partner with the Client Success team to gather and synthesize feedback from utility planners, engineers, and reliability program leads
- Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and UX designers to plan and deliver new features — including real-time grid condition monitoring, scenario modeling, and program planning tools
- Facilitate agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
- Validate completed features and coordinate user acceptance testing with Client Success
- Track delivery progress, dependencies, and risks and communicate them to the Product Manager and leadership
- Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery teams, while escalating strategic questions to the Product Manager
What Will Make You Successful
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Familiarity with utility operational and planning data (outage history, asset health, AMI, GIS, work management, SCADA, weather)
- Understanding of grid reliability and resiliency planning workflows — risk modeling, program design, cost-benefit analysis, and prioritization
- Comfort working with technical teams to break down complex requirements into clear deliverables
- Collaborative working style with Product Manager, Client Success, and technical teams
- Clear and proactive communication with both technical and business stakeholders
What will make you a great fit:
- 2–5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role on an agile software team
- Experience delivering data-driven SaaS or analytics products
- Hands-on experience writing user stories, managing backlogs, and working in agile tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Experience working with or for electric utilities (preferred), especially in grid operations, reliability engineering, or planning
- Technical background (data analytics, engineering, or software development) a plus
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
What you can expect
- Excellent insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision plans; company-paid life insurance; company-paid long- and short-term disability insurance; and medical and dependent-care flexible spending plans.
- A flexible time off (FTO) program where you can take as many paid days off per year as they need, with manager approval, while fulfilling their work obligations and ensuring proper coverage of their responsibilities.
- Flexible schedules, flexible work locations, and a paid parental leave benefit.
- A 401(k)/RRSP plan with a 3% employer match.
The budgeted salary for this position is:
- $115,000 – 155,000 USD + annual bonus.
We are open to mid-level or senior-level candidates for this position. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US or Canada. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas or Labour Market Impact Assessments (Cdn) at this time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Employees of E Source are encouraged to apply. To foster a positive work environment and company culture, we support our employees in their career growth at E Source. If you are interested in similar job opportunities in the future, visit the E Source careers page for a listing of all open positions and contact Human Resources.
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