North Carolina Staffing
Senior Solution Developer
North Carolina Staffing, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28245
Senior Solution Developer
More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. This posting is intended to solicit candidates for four open positions within Solutions Development, within the following three teams: Energy Efficiency and Vulnerable Customer Innovation (2 positions): focusing on initiatives for the EE line of business, and programs that serve the vulnerable personas of our residential customer population. Connected Communities Innovation (1 position): focusing on initiatives for Outdoor Lighting and Transportation Electrification. Grid Edge Innovation (1 position): focusing on initiatives for our Demand-Response line of business as well as dynamic rates. If you have any preferences for which team you are interested in, please indicate this in your cover letter. The Solutions Development's charge is to cultivate, develop and launch a portfolio of innovative solutions that customers value that are aligned to achieve Duke Energy's strategic objectives. The goals of Solutions Development are to: Cultivate a robust innovation portfolio Develop viable solutions and their business plans to facilitate timely decision making Deliver scaled solutions to the business and/or operations The Senior Solution Developer requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise. You are assigned the increasingly complex concepts to develop on schedule and on budget or complex concepts with aggressive schedules or limited budgets. The position takes a broad perspective to solving complex operational problems and finds innovative solutions. You work independently and are successful with minimal guidance from management. You act as a mentor for less experienced colleagues with no impact to your assigned projects. The Senior Solution Developer position represents a level at which your career may stabilize for many years. This position is responsible for: Taking new concepts through our innovation framework to scale the right customer solutions quickly. Working independently and in a cross-functional team environment you will transform initial concepts into viable solutions that will delight customers and contribute to Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Leading a cross-functional team through the innovation management process to identify, develop, design, test, refine and finalize new concept's business plan, business model and/or business case to facilitate timely decision making. Identifying strategic issues, customer trends and opportunities. Researching industry trends, competitors, emerging technologies, and customer-facing solutions. Assessing and prioritizing opportunities to ensure they are aligned with Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Leading a cross-functional team to evaluate risks, assess program desirability, feasibility and viability, validate key business model assumptions, determine policies and/or operations/operating model required and the forecasting of resources. Delivering the required project management duties to ensure the scope of the new concept is delivered on time schedule and on budget. Collaborating to develop requirements & specifications, go to market plans, customer journey maps, process flows, regulatory filings, data requests, training materials, operational budget, and operational playbooks. Collaborating to evaluate and select technologies and/or processes required by the new concept(s). Recommending build-buy-partner options. Collaborating with Sourcing & Legal to secure contracts. Identifying and negotiating partnerships including financial arrangements, customer sharing, and intellectual property rights. Forecasting the new concept's customer participation, financial model and/or contribution & contribution Duke Energy's objectives. Presenting to various levels of the organization to educate, secure support, gain necessary funding and approval to proceed. Delivering the implementation plans, communication plans, change management and transition management to ensure a successful acceptance and transition to the business and/or operations as the new solution scales. Representing Duke Energy. Exemplifying what it means to be a Duke Energy employee. Contributing meaningfully to continuous improvement initiatives and performing other duties required. Responsibilities Craft and deliver solutions. Deliver business plans, business models, and/or business cases. Evaluate and select technologies. Deliver financial models. Facilitate decision making. Lead teams through the innovation management process to identify, develop, test, refine and finalize business plans, business models and/or business cases to facilitate decision making that deliver Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Conduct research to identify industry & customer trends, emerging technology, and related solutions. Collaborate with Duke's Market Research & Insights team to conduct market and customer research to validate and/or refine business model assumptions. Conduct competitive intelligence research and clarify the unique value proposition. Answer "Why Duke Energy"? Assess and prioritize opportunities to ensure they are aligned with Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Evaluate and select required technologies and/or processes to support deployment of technologies on the grid and beyond the meter. Establish and refine forecasted financials, customer participation and contribution to Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Use tools like Monte Carlo simulations and other advanced analytics tools and techniques to evaluate assumptions and financial risks. Deliver presentations to various levels of the organization to educate, secure support, gain necessary funding and approval to proceed or not. Develop recommendations including "level of confidence" and/or "Go/No Go" recommendations to facilitate quality decision making. Make metered funding recommendations to help facilitate go/no go decisions. Lead cross functional teams. Perform project management and/or Agile development duties. Lead cross functional teams in a matrixed organization. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define the solution(s), evaluate risks, assess program viability, validate key business model assumptions to secure sign off on solution's financials and operating model. Lead team to deliver assigned scope on time and on budget. Performs required project management duties to ensure scope, schedule & budget are managed and delivered. Take ideas through the phases of development which requires scoping the work, developing the product definition, prioritizing feature builds, communicating status, managing scope changes, managing project risks, delivering change management. Assigns work plan tasks and action items. Negotiate contracts. Make recommendations regarding build-buy-partner. Identify and negotiate strategic partnerships including financial arrangements, customer sharing, and intellectual property rights. Collaborate with sourcing and the business owner to define vendor requirements/acceptance criteria, issue requests for proposal, information and/or quote. Select vendor(s), negotiate, secure contracts, and ensure smooth onboarding of vendors. Support legislative and regulatory requirements. Engage with stakeholders within the organization and externally to effectively communicate solutions and implementation plans to ensure regulatory model is feasible and that the organization is aligned. Maintain a high level of understanding of issues impacting customers, regions, and regulatory bodies to facilitate quality and timely decision making. Contribute to the resolution of regulatory and related regional issues facing customers and company to facilitate quality and timely decision making. Deliver required legislative and/or regulatory documentation and filings, as well as responses to Commission orders and data requests to ensure successful implementation of initiatives. Deliver implementation plans, documentation, and budgets. Develop, test, iterate, refine, and finalize implementation plans in preparation for scaling the program (aka launching the program and transitioning the work to the Line of Business or business owner). Develop and refine process flows, customer journey maps, marketing strategies, go to market plans, program requirements, regulatory filings, data requests, operational process, training materials, operational budgets, change management, transition management plans to scale solutions quickly and ensure a smooth transition to operations. Represent Duke Energy. Exemplify what it means to be a Duke Energy employee (Values of Safety, Integrity & Service and adherence to Policies & Guidelines). Represent the company in addressing customer forums, industry organizations, trade associations, customer complaint resolution, disputes, and other customer requests. Take personal accountability, actively care, be rigorous with hazard recognition to put Safety First so the team is accident free.
More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. This posting is intended to solicit candidates for four open positions within Solutions Development, within the following three teams: Energy Efficiency and Vulnerable Customer Innovation (2 positions): focusing on initiatives for the EE line of business, and programs that serve the vulnerable personas of our residential customer population. Connected Communities Innovation (1 position): focusing on initiatives for Outdoor Lighting and Transportation Electrification. Grid Edge Innovation (1 position): focusing on initiatives for our Demand-Response line of business as well as dynamic rates. If you have any preferences for which team you are interested in, please indicate this in your cover letter. The Solutions Development's charge is to cultivate, develop and launch a portfolio of innovative solutions that customers value that are aligned to achieve Duke Energy's strategic objectives. The goals of Solutions Development are to: Cultivate a robust innovation portfolio Develop viable solutions and their business plans to facilitate timely decision making Deliver scaled solutions to the business and/or operations The Senior Solution Developer requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise. You are assigned the increasingly complex concepts to develop on schedule and on budget or complex concepts with aggressive schedules or limited budgets. The position takes a broad perspective to solving complex operational problems and finds innovative solutions. You work independently and are successful with minimal guidance from management. You act as a mentor for less experienced colleagues with no impact to your assigned projects. The Senior Solution Developer position represents a level at which your career may stabilize for many years. This position is responsible for: Taking new concepts through our innovation framework to scale the right customer solutions quickly. Working independently and in a cross-functional team environment you will transform initial concepts into viable solutions that will delight customers and contribute to Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Leading a cross-functional team through the innovation management process to identify, develop, design, test, refine and finalize new concept's business plan, business model and/or business case to facilitate timely decision making. Identifying strategic issues, customer trends and opportunities. Researching industry trends, competitors, emerging technologies, and customer-facing solutions. Assessing and prioritizing opportunities to ensure they are aligned with Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Leading a cross-functional team to evaluate risks, assess program desirability, feasibility and viability, validate key business model assumptions, determine policies and/or operations/operating model required and the forecasting of resources. Delivering the required project management duties to ensure the scope of the new concept is delivered on time schedule and on budget. Collaborating to develop requirements & specifications, go to market plans, customer journey maps, process flows, regulatory filings, data requests, training materials, operational budget, and operational playbooks. Collaborating to evaluate and select technologies and/or processes required by the new concept(s). Recommending build-buy-partner options. Collaborating with Sourcing & Legal to secure contracts. Identifying and negotiating partnerships including financial arrangements, customer sharing, and intellectual property rights. Forecasting the new concept's customer participation, financial model and/or contribution & contribution Duke Energy's objectives. Presenting to various levels of the organization to educate, secure support, gain necessary funding and approval to proceed. Delivering the implementation plans, communication plans, change management and transition management to ensure a successful acceptance and transition to the business and/or operations as the new solution scales. Representing Duke Energy. Exemplifying what it means to be a Duke Energy employee. Contributing meaningfully to continuous improvement initiatives and performing other duties required. Responsibilities Craft and deliver solutions. Deliver business plans, business models, and/or business cases. Evaluate and select technologies. Deliver financial models. Facilitate decision making. Lead teams through the innovation management process to identify, develop, test, refine and finalize business plans, business models and/or business cases to facilitate decision making that deliver Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Conduct research to identify industry & customer trends, emerging technology, and related solutions. Collaborate with Duke's Market Research & Insights team to conduct market and customer research to validate and/or refine business model assumptions. Conduct competitive intelligence research and clarify the unique value proposition. Answer "Why Duke Energy"? Assess and prioritize opportunities to ensure they are aligned with Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Evaluate and select required technologies and/or processes to support deployment of technologies on the grid and beyond the meter. Establish and refine forecasted financials, customer participation and contribution to Duke Energy's strategic objectives. Use tools like Monte Carlo simulations and other advanced analytics tools and techniques to evaluate assumptions and financial risks. Deliver presentations to various levels of the organization to educate, secure support, gain necessary funding and approval to proceed or not. Develop recommendations including "level of confidence" and/or "Go/No Go" recommendations to facilitate quality decision making. Make metered funding recommendations to help facilitate go/no go decisions. Lead cross functional teams. Perform project management and/or Agile development duties. Lead cross functional teams in a matrixed organization. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define the solution(s), evaluate risks, assess program viability, validate key business model assumptions to secure sign off on solution's financials and operating model. Lead team to deliver assigned scope on time and on budget. Performs required project management duties to ensure scope, schedule & budget are managed and delivered. Take ideas through the phases of development which requires scoping the work, developing the product definition, prioritizing feature builds, communicating status, managing scope changes, managing project risks, delivering change management. Assigns work plan tasks and action items. Negotiate contracts. Make recommendations regarding build-buy-partner. Identify and negotiate strategic partnerships including financial arrangements, customer sharing, and intellectual property rights. Collaborate with sourcing and the business owner to define vendor requirements/acceptance criteria, issue requests for proposal, information and/or quote. Select vendor(s), negotiate, secure contracts, and ensure smooth onboarding of vendors. Support legislative and regulatory requirements. Engage with stakeholders within the organization and externally to effectively communicate solutions and implementation plans to ensure regulatory model is feasible and that the organization is aligned. Maintain a high level of understanding of issues impacting customers, regions, and regulatory bodies to facilitate quality and timely decision making. Contribute to the resolution of regulatory and related regional issues facing customers and company to facilitate quality and timely decision making. Deliver required legislative and/or regulatory documentation and filings, as well as responses to Commission orders and data requests to ensure successful implementation of initiatives. Deliver implementation plans, documentation, and budgets. Develop, test, iterate, refine, and finalize implementation plans in preparation for scaling the program (aka launching the program and transitioning the work to the Line of Business or business owner). Develop and refine process flows, customer journey maps, marketing strategies, go to market plans, program requirements, regulatory filings, data requests, operational process, training materials, operational budgets, change management, transition management plans to scale solutions quickly and ensure a smooth transition to operations. Represent Duke Energy. Exemplify what it means to be a Duke Energy employee (Values of Safety, Integrity & Service and adherence to Policies & Guidelines). Represent the company in addressing customer forums, industry organizations, trade associations, customer complaint resolution, disputes, and other customer requests. Take personal accountability, actively care, be rigorous with hazard recognition to put Safety First so the team is accident free.