Global Product Delivery Manager
Houston, TX, USA
Product – Program Management /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Are you viewed as a natural leader of teams? Are you excited by the challenge of working in a start-up atmosphere with a purpose?
We are seeking a versatile and motivated individual to join our team as Global Delivery Manager. This role will manage the end-to-end release process for Fluence BESS products and their corresponding software. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Agile methodologies, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product releases efficiently.
As the Global Product Delivery Manager, you will lead a team of regional delivery managers to deliver market-leading energy storage products and digital applications for renewables and storage that enable the global clean energy transition. You will be responsible for aligning product releases with customer project deliveries, communicating upcoming releases, and identifying and mitigating product delivery risks.
What does a Global Product Delivery Manager do at Fluence?
- Lead a team of regional delivery managers to align regional customer project deliveries with the global product roadmap and system test plans
- Plan and schedule product releases in coordination with product management, software architecture/infrastructure, development, quality assurance, and global lab teams
- Manage release timelines and communications, ensuring that release activities are well-coordinated and well-communicated
- Proactively monitor release progress and identify, communicate, and mitigate product release risks
- Collaborate with program managers and lab testing teams to align software releases with system lab testing milestones
- Partner with quality assurance, testing, and documentation teams to monitor test plans and execution, ensuring the quality of product releases and associated product documentation
What does the ideal candidate look like?
- Growth Mindset – belief in both one’s own ability and the ability of others to continuously grow and develop in knowledge, skills, and habits
- Servant Leadership –focuses on building up and empowering the team to deliver their best work
- Strong communication and facilitation – effectively leads, facilitates, and communicates within and across teams and stakeholders
- Initiative –proactively acts to address obstacles, continuously improve, and implement positive change
- Experience developing dashboards to track KPIs
- 6-10 years experience in quality assurance, delivery management, and/or Agile coaching
- Nice to have: Experience applying Agile methods to cyber-physical products (integrated hardware + software products); experience as an Agile Release Train Engineer or release manager; experience in JIRA administration; certification and knowledge of Agile methods, such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Kanban-EXP, SAFE, etc.
