Southern Company · 15 hours ago
Director Product Delivery
Atlanta, GA, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expSouthern Company is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond. The Product Delivery Director will oversee the Enterprise Foundations Agile Release Train, ensuring alignment of product teams with business objectives and driving the execution of large-scale initiatives using Agile principles.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the ART-Level Product Manager, accountable for the end-to-end delivery and value realization of the Agile Release Train. Ensure alignment of all product teams within the ART to business outcomes and strategic objectives
Define and communicate the vision, roadmap, and priorities for the ART, working closely with Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Solution Architects, and Business Owners
Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of agile projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring adherence to project objectives, timelines, and budget
Champion SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) practices and principles, ensuring the ART operates with a focus on continuous improvement, transparency, and value delivery
Collaborate with Solution Architects, RTEs, Business Owners, and other ART stakeholders to ensure alignment and delivery of ART objectives
Overall accountability for all product alignments to business process, ensuring support for the products to meet business needs, and confirm with other leaders within Enterprise Foundation organization that all dependent support operations will meet the needs of the business process managers and their stakeholders
Ensure the development of product roadmaps to show how technology will meet or exceed the expectations of the business process managers
Provide direct oversight for our product managers to ensure coordinated delivery of solutions across our multiple enterprise platforms
Collaborate with product manager to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals
Coach and mentor team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture
Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships within the business and our vendors to meet business needs with product capabilities
Demonstrated ability to manage priorities with the vendor on business needs, advocate for company’s priorities, and maintain a strong partnership with vendor
Broad product knowledge across multiple vendors with ability to connect the dots between product capabilities and business needs to help their leaders build strategic roadmaps and plans
Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and techniques to enhance the product delivery process based on active engagement in the industry and user communities
Track and communicate project progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and enabling informed decision-making
Facilitate the development and manage large budget over 20+ million in labor, software, and other technology spend
Demonstrated ability to lead a team of leaders through change
Strong executive presence and recognized ability to communicate at the appropriate level
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between team members, business stakeholders, and other departments
Identify and mitigate project risks, complexities, and dependencies in a proactive manner
Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team and across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
Demonstrated experience (5+ years) in agile project management or product management roles
Enterprise cloud-based application experience; Preferably Oracle-based products
Demonstrated experience (5+ years) product knowledge of Oracle, PowerPlan, Vertex, and other technology solutions leverage by the Enterprise Foundations team both on premise and cloud
Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time and within budget
Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
Experience coaching and mentoring teams, promoting self-organization and continuous improvement
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to quickly adapt to changing project needs
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables
Preferred
master's degree
Experience operating within a Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment
Knowledge of the utility or energy industry
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Annual incentive awards for eligible employees
Health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
Incentive program
Company
Southern Company
Southern Company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.16BKey Investors
GRIP Program
2025-10-03Post Ipo Equity· $1.75B
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.45B
2024-10-21Grant· $160M
Leadership Team
Thomas Fanning
President and CEO
David Poroch
Chief Financial Officer
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