Product Director
Location
Anywhere in India/Multiple Locations
Experience
12–22 years
Required Skills
About the Role
We are hiring for one of our MNC client.
Job Title: Product Director - Utilities Consulting
Location: Flexible / Hybrid (Client-facing, multi- geography)
Experience:
- 12+ years total professional experience
- Minimum 5 years in Product Management / Product Leadership
Role Overview:
The Product Director - Utilities Consulting will provide strategic and hands- on leadership across the product lifecycle for digital and business products in the Energy & Utilities sector. This role bridges client consulting, product strategy, and delivery execution, helping utility clients (electricity, gas, water, renewables) define, build, and scale customer- centric and operational products aligned to regulatory, market, and Net Zero objectives.
The role requires strong experience in utilities domain transformation, product operating models, and cross- functional leadership, working closely with senior client stakeholders, engineering, design, and commercial teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & Vision:
- Define and own product vision, strategy, and roadmaps for utility-focused digital and business products
- Translate client and market needs into scalable, value-driven product strategies
Align product roadmaps to utility industry trends, including:
- Smart metering & grid modernisation
- Customer self-service & digital billing
- Asset & field service management
- Decarbonisation, renewables, and flexibility markets
- Regulatory change and compliance programmes
- Drive product innovation aligned to Net Zero and sustainability goals
Consulting & Client Leadership:
- Act as a trusted advisor to C-level and senior client stakeholders
Lead product-centric consulting engagements including:
- Product discovery and business case development
- Product operating model definition
- Digital transformation and platform modernisation
- Support pre-sales, proposals, and solution shaping for utilities clients
Product Lifecycle Management:
- Own end-to-end product lifecycle - ideation, discovery, delivery, launch, scale, and optimisation
- Define clear value metrics, KPIs, and OKRs to track product success and ROI
- Manage and prioritise complex multi-product backlogs across programmes and clients
Delivery & Ways of Working:
- Partner closely with engineering, UX, data, and delivery teams to ensure outcomes are achieved
- Champion Agile and Product-led delivery models (Scrum, SAFe, Lean, hybrid)
- Ensure alignment between business outcomes, customer experience, and technical feasibility
- Drive continuous improvement in product governance, tooling, and delivery practices
Leadership & Capability Building:
- Mentor and lead Product Managers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts
- Build and scale product capability within consulting teams
- Contribute to utilities product thought leadership, accelerators, and reusable assets
Required Experience & Skills:
Experience:
- 12+ years overall experience in consulting, digital, or technology roles
- 5+ years in Product Management / Product Leadership
Strong experience in Energy & Utilities, including one or more of:
- Electricity, Gas, Water utilities
- Retail, Networks, or System Operations
- Smart Metering, Billing, CRM, CX, FSM, or Asset platforms
- Proven experience leading large-scale digital or product transformation programmes
Core Skills:
- Product strategy and roadmap ownership
- Stakeholder management at senior and executive levels
- Business case development and value realisation
- Agile / SAFe / Product operating models
- Customer-centric design and discovery practices
- Data-driven decision making and KPI definition
- Pre-sales, proposal support, and commercial awareness
- Technical & Platform Awareness (Desirable)
- Utility platforms (e.g. Billing, Meter Data Management, CRM, FSM)
- Cloud-native and SaaS product environments
- API-led, platform, and ecosystem-based architectures
- Data, analytics, and AI use cases within utilities
- Education & Certifications (Preferred)
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, or a related field
- MBA or equivalent business qualification (preferred)
- Product / Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe POPM, Scrum, Pragmatic, Scrum Product Owner)
Ideal Candidate
A seasoned product leader (5+ years PM/leadership) with deep utilities domain experience (electricity, gas, water, or networks) who has successfully owned large-scale digital transformation programmes and can fluently translate client C-suite needs into scalable product strategies.
Estimated Salary Range(medium confidence)
₹30 L – ₹55 L per year
Likely Interview Questions
- 1.Walk us through a major utilities digital transformation programme you led—what was the client's regulatory or operational constraint, and how did your product strategy directly address Net Zero or modernisation goals?
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