Product Strategist

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA); Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) seeks a Product Strategist to define and advance a coordinated market strategy to transform the Consumer Products product group by embedding more efficient products and practices in key markets.

You will lead cross-functional teams, build strategic partnerships across the supply chain, and ensure the market transformation strategy is operationalized inside NEEA and with external partners.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and influential leadership skills
• Ability to work in a matrixed team environment
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic thinking and market insights

Responsibilities

• Define and advance a coordinated market strategy for product groups
• Lead cross-functional teams and mentor staff
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships across supply chain
• Operationalize market transformation strategies inside and outside NEEA
• Identify opportunities and drive program implementation and market research

Job description

The Product Strategist is responsible for defining and advancing a coordinated market strategy to transform Consumer Products product group by sustainably embedding more efficient products or practices within key markets. This role establishes a long-term vision for market transformation, including strategic goals, programs, and pathways to achieve both near- and long-term business results. The position leads and coordinates market engagement efforts, building and maintaining strategic partnerships across the supply chain, including manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and trade allies.

The Product Strategist also identifies and develops market channels and supporting infrastructure, leveraging common relationships and market dynamics across multiple product groups. In close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including product management, program management, account management, market analytics, evaluation, and codes and standards, the role provides thought leadership and ensures effective operationalization of market transformation strategies both within NEEA and externally.

This position requires a high level of interpersonal and influential leadership skills as well as interpersonal flexibility and versatility to work independently but also collaborate pro-actively within a matrixed team organization.

This position is based in the Portland, OR metro area, with a hybrid work location. We are looking for candidates who can meet the requirement of working at least 2 days per week onsite at NEEA's office location. Finalists must have eligibility to work in the US as NEEA is not able to provide VISA sponsorship or have remote work outside of the US.

Salary range: $110,000 - $135,000, exempt

Salary is based on the applicants Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

The Typical Day May Include…

NEEA Product Group Market Strategy

• Lead one or more cross-functional product groups, including:
• Define and advance a coordinated market strategy for one or more strategic product groups.
• Champion the strategy and facilitate internal cross functional alignment on product group strategy and priorities.
• Incorporate change management best practices to identify successes or gaps, and make corrections when strategies are not producing desired outcomes.
• Partner with cross-functional staff to operationalize the strategy as it pertains to program implementation, product roadmaps, infrastructure development and integration, scanning for emerging technology, market research, marketing strategies or other internal activities.
• Lead concept advancement of new opportunities into the portfolio.
• Mentor junior staff assigned to the Market Transformation Manager's product group(s).

Cross-organizational Leverage Of Relationships, Resources And Infrastructure

• Coordinate product group team in identifying, prioritizing, and following through on the development of strategic partnerships with industry and supply chain partners (e.g. manufacturers, distributors, retailers and trade allies).
• In coordination with product management and Strategic Opportunities team, identify and develop market transformation opportunities outside of NEEA's current product groups.
• Support strategy development for cross-cutting infrastructure, such as data platforms and market resources that support the long-term product group and portfolio strategy.
• Partners with Portfolio Management Team on resource needs (budget and staffing) and tradeoffs to support product group market strategy and related programs and to inform resource allocation decisions.

Market Transformation Thought Leadership

• Lead, in close partnership with cross-functional contributors, the development of market transformation theory, logic model, and diffusion theory for programs throughout the initiative life cycle within assigned product group(s).
• Engage in the development of market progress indicators, strategic interventions, and other key program activities, keeping the market transformation vision central.

Strategic Partnership Development

• Contribute to the development of NEEA strategic partnerships and opportunities, including defining the partnership strategy, vision, goals, value propositions, and priorities.

Perform other duties which may be necessary or desirable to support the organization’s success.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities over NEEA staff, but they will provide leadership and strategic direction for other internal team members. This position may also be responsible for supervising and managing contractors.