Principal Product Manager - NEA

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Date: May 26, 2026

Location(s): St. Paul, MN, US, 55107

Company: Next Era Energy

Requisition : 95304

Next Era Analytics offers energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis for planning, siting, forecasting and optimizing all forms of energy projects. Our optimization and analytics platforms integrate open-source technologies to leverage massive, diverse sets of utility operating data. This enables rapid development of operational solutions. Applying expertise in advanced mathematics, data and physical sciences, we solve some of the hardest problems facing the energy industry.

Position Specific Description

The Principal Product Manager serves as a strategic leader and enterprise-level influencer within Next Era Analytics, responsible for driving the complete product lifecycle from ideation through customer delivery while maintaining close alignment with Next Era’s long-term strategic goals and market leadership objectives.

This role requires extensive experience partnering with senior leadership across NEA and Next Era Energy (NEE) to communicate compelling product strategies, build long-term cross-functional partnerships, and influence product direction across business verticals.

The successful candidate excels at customer discovery and problem-solving, working directly with customers and stakeholders to uncover underlying business challenges, operational inefficiencies, and strategic opportunities rather than simply collecting feature requests. They translate these insights into innovative and scalable SaaS solutions that deliver measurable business value.

This position demands a strategic thinker who can balance market analysis, customer insights, stakeholder alignment, and agile product leadership to deliver high-impact products and measurable business outcomes. The Principal Product Manager serves as a mentor and coach across multiple NEA and NEE teams while acting as a recognized subject matter expert both internally and externally.

• Develop and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with Next Era's long-term goals and market leadership objectives
• Oversee multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with business priorities, seamless integration, and strategic prioritization across the product portfolio
• Drive innovation by identifying market opportunities, emerging trends, and unmet customer needs, and translating these insights into breakthrough product concepts and strategies
• Act as a key influencer within the organization, working closely with business line leadership, engineering, data science, marketing, and sales to drive product success
• Engage deeply with customers, partners, and stakeholders to understand their needs, gather strategic insights, and ensure the delivery of high-value products
• Lead Agile development processes at a strategic level, including roadmap planning, backlog grooming, and empowering cross-functional teams to deliver results
• Define, monitor, and optimize KPIs and metrics to measure the success and impact of products, driving continuous improvement and innovation
• Provide strategic updates, insights, and recommendations to executive leaders, highlighting product progress, key achievements, and future roadmaps
• Mentor and develop product team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience:
  
  6+ years

• None

The estimated base pay for this position is $ to $ per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.

Next Era Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Information Technology
Organization: Next Era Analytics, Inc
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

Next Era Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.…