Senior Manager, Product Development

TITLE: Senior Manager, Product Development
DIVISION: Business Operations
REPORTS TO: President
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
GENERAL SUMMARY 

For 25 years, Nationwide Energy Partners (NEP) has partnered with property developers, owners, and managers who demand a better energy service experience for their multifamily properties. We are committed to providing transparency and transformation to achieve your energy efficiency, cost savings, and resident satisfaction goals. 
We are seeking to hire a full-time Senior Manager, Product Development to own the identification, creation, and implementation of our next-generation products and services. This is a unique ‘entrepreneur in residence’ opportunity that will require a broad range of skills focused on advancing nascent ideas from inception to full market launch. We are looking for an outgoing individual with a passion for innovation and new business development to create and implement products and services to reinvent the energy industry and its support of the multifamily industry. 
 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Responsible for new product and service identification, vetting, and development. 

• Develops and farms new opportunities for NEP based on customer feedback, an understanding of NEP’s position in the market, and an understanding of the energy, technology, and multi-family industries. 

• Creates initial business models and opportunity analysis as required for new product/solution development. 

• Assesses the existing competitive marketplace and develops new product/solution feasibility analysis to support business models. 

• Works with internal stakeholders to receive support and cross-functional approvals for new product/solution development. 

• Secures approval for new product/solution rollout from the executive management team. 

• Creates and helps to execute initial go-to-market plan including operational details, marketing details, pricing details, etc. 

• Actively identifies and executes key partnership opportunities in support of new product/solution development. 

• Ability to align and embrace our five Core Values: Performance, Communication, Leadership, Quality, and Teamwork.

• Completes other projects as directed or assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Strong financial and product creation background with emphasis on new business, product, or solution development. 

• An entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to move ideas from vision to reality. 

• MBA or Master of Engineering highly preferred 

• Energy experience is highly preferred and a working knowledge of the energy technology industry 

• Multifamily experience is highly preferred and a working knowledge of facility operations 

• (5) years of previous product or solution development. 

• Experience with the dynamics of a service-based business. 

• Ability to present well thought out and articulated concepts to an executive management team. 

• Role requires strong multi-tasking and organizational skills. 

• Role requires the ability to analyze and solve problems effectively. 

• Must be a highly effective communicator. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of the criteria that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform these functions in accordance with applicable law.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to primarily sit; stand; walk; handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to focus. Use of simple hand tools and various electronic devices may also be required.
Work Environment: Primarily work from our Home Office in Downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Disclaimer
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.