Product Manager - San Francisco CA

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88847BR

Job Title:

Product Manager - San Francisco, CA

No. of Positions:

1

Job Description:

The Downstream Marketing businesses are setting ambitious growth plans to double the business in 2025. Digital initiatives are the primary levers to drive and enable this journey.

To achieve this, the Connected Mobility Hub, based in San Francisco, will create new ventures managed through an “Incubator Model” to support continuous rapid delivery and adopt agile principles of working. The incubation will consist of cross functional teams including (global and local business teams, Shell developers, data scientist, design consultants, insights and external contractors).

This position will report to the Digital Venture Manager for Connected Mobility.

The purpose of the Venture Associate role is to support the vision and delivery of a disruptive product to market. This role will primarily be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team through an agile-based product development process – e.g., Design, Develop, Learn, Adapt.

The Venture Associate must possess a broad base of skills and knowledge spanning digital technology, strategy and business planning, user experience design, engineering and agile/lean development practices. They possess an entrepreneurial drive to develop new products, while managing client needs and timeframes to broker complex relationships that evolve into real solutions. The ultimate success of a venture associate (focusing on product management) hinges on their ability to lead their peers while influencing decision makers.

Main accountabilities of the position:

Innovation


Gain insights into competitive products and technology trends
Identify emerging best practices in other industries (Exemplars)
Assist human-centered design in the development of personas, pain points and journeys.
Develop the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Feature list and three-year roadmap
Validate feasibility of the MVP feature set
Develop an early budget and workplan for the product development phase


Product Development

The venture associate is the leader of the product development phase.


Lockdown the MVP value proposition and feature set
Create, manage and track the product development budget.
Develop user stories detailing customer requirements
Working with engineering, develop the detailed sprint and testing plans
Oversee all aspects of project execution as the agile scrum master (aka project manager)
Working with strategic design, develop and monitor the concept testing plan
Working with experience design, oversee the development of a compelling user experience.


Commercialisation

During commercialization, the venture associate is accountable for ensuring that the product is ready to be launched in the desired markets to the desired number of customers.


Develop the post launch feature roadmap and execution plan.
Design operational processes, service level agreements and interface requirements for product partners
Optimize owned product solution or 3rd party technology partnerships post launch to support the scaling of new ventures that deliver out-sized growth
Contribute to Business Development, supporting Directors and Managing Directors across all client need areas
Contribute to the planning and scoping of innovation, development and design projects
Design and facilitate co-creation sessions with multi-disciplinary client teams
Communicate new product solution concepts to internal and external audiences
Develop intellectual property; points of view, industry and topic platforms
Contribute to the development of thought leadership across a range of emerging business, technology and design topics
Leverage industry relationships to facilitate workshops and ideation sessions to explore new opportunities
Execute expense and financial management rigor across project
Develop NDA agreements for contractors and business partners
Support creation of SOW and client agreement documentation
Support development of business case and operating plan
Deliver project reviews to support training and development of project team
Coordinate hiring and staffing of innovation and product development team


Auto req ID:

88847BR

Country of Work Location:

United States

Company Description:

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with over 90,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories. In the US, we have operated for over a century and are a major oil and gas producer onshore and in the Gulf of Mexico, a recognized innovator in exploration and production technology, and a leading manufacturer and marketer of fuels, natural gas and petrochemicals. We deliver energy responsibly; operate safely with respect to our neighbours and work to minimize our environmental impact. We are in search of remarkable people who will thrive in a diverse and inclusive work environment to deliver exciting projects locally and globally. People who are passionate about exploring new frontiers. Innovators and pioneers. People with the drive to help shape our future. Because remarkable people achieve remarkable things.

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Work Location:

California - San Francisco

Requirements:


Degree in a Technical Discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering) MBA or equivalent post-graduate qualification desirable
Demonstrate excellent leadership skills and communicate well across multidisciplinary team
Ability to influence through persuasive verbal and written communication
Experience with management of product integrations, launches, and change management
Experience leading development, training, and communication of new product introductions
Strong organizational, research, and time management skills Experience setting and managing expectations at the executive level
Ability to manage and own delivery schedule in order to meet challenging deadlines


City, State (if applicable):

San Francisco, California

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