VP of Product - Northern Hemisphere - #1740837

VP of Product – Northern Hemisphere

The Company

Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future. Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

Our Values and Culture

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are~

• Respect for the planet ;
• Respect for our customers and
• Respect for each other
  
  

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers. We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers. At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business.

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for a passionate VP of Product – Northern Hemisphere to join the company to manage all aspects of the product from vision to production as part of the global team and a member of the Senior team.

You will have multiple years of commercial experience in a software product role, driving change and demonstrating strategic leadership and insights to ensure we are always ahead of the market. You can identify opportunities, determine a clear direction for the product, and manage priorities effectively. You are a commercial product manager in your heart and soul which can also communicate and influence sales and executive teams.

What you can expect from this role~

• Ownership of the regional product vision, strategy, and roadmap and contribute to the global product strategy roadmap
• Ability to apply market insights, stakeholder views and a commercial lens to design, lead and manage from data to effectively prioritise work, maximize the value and align to our customer and strategic aspirations.
• Opportunity to explore the next wave of challenges with customers through research and regular interaction and engagement across the Gentrack team and solution with them and the team
• Collaboration with your team in thinking big, to imagining future solutions that solve these problems.
• Insights Constantly evaluate if your solutions have solved the opportunity through quantitative and qualitative measures.
• Inspire and motivate a group of committed smart people to do the best work of their careers.
  
  

What we're looking for (you don’t need to be a guru at all, we looking forward to coaching and collaborating with you)

You have multiple years of experience in a software product role, driving change and learning through multiple release cycles in agile and complex environment.

Experience~

• Enterprise App solutions deployed in a SAAS environment - required
• You have experience in Utilities industry – big advantage
• Salesforce Industries software (Energy & Utilities Cloud) – big advantage
  
  

• Ability to create and facilitate partnerships by influencing a diverse range of regional and international stakeholders
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to draft and present incisive reports targeted at a senior audience
• Well – developed business and commercial acumen and credibility
• Experience of building teams, developing and implementing operational plans from strategic frameworks
• Leadership experience~ collaborative, coaching approach to enable and grow talent
• Conceptual strategic thinking and planning with a record of delivering against strategic objectives
• Ability to engage, lead and support the business in planning for the economical creation of new products as well as enhancements to existing products
• Nurture and develop core capabilities in product development and support aligned with business priorities
• Ability to mentor / Coach and lead others and develop leadership talent
  
  

Your key strengths for success

• You are a doer, capable of leading teams by example to determine and deliver against the product priorities
• You are independent and focus on outcomes first with examples of how learning and feedback have been incorporated into strategies and experiences.
• You are a clear communicator who is able to guide discussions with executives, decision-makers, and users.
• We are very passionate about what we do and, therefore, a key strength would be your ability to deliver in a very fast-paced environment.
• You are ready to represent the product, always looking for opportunities to improve engagement and support customer success.
• You have an understanding of business application software architecture - web and cloud applications
• You are passionate about making a difference – for our customers, and the planet, with our one team ethos
  
  

What we offer in return~

• Personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence
• To be part of a global, winning high growth organization – with a career path to match
• A vibrant, culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos
• A competitive reward package that truly awards our top talent
• A chance to make a true impact on society and the planet
  
  

Gentrack want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So, if you are passionate about learning new things and keen to join the mission, you will fit right in.