Kraken

Product Strategy Lead – Vertically Integrated Utilities

Kraken

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Conducting deep market research into North American utilities, including regulatory, competitive, and technology trends.
  • Engaging directly with customers and stakeholders to uncover pain points, validate opportunities, and bring the client voice into product strategy.
  • Analyzing industry data and market signals to identify and prioritize opportunities for product development.
  • Shaping and driving the long-term strategy and product roadmap for the Vertically Integrated Utilities product team.
  • Developing clear narratives on where the market is going and how Kraken will win.
  • Translating strategic insights into clear, actionable priorities for global product and engineering teams.
  • Communicating strategy and roadmap to stakeholders, ensuring visibility and buy-in.
  • Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and commercial teams to align on priorities and ensure strategic clarity.
  • Acting as a thought partner for leadership, providing strategic recommendations and scenario analyses.
  • Leading workshops and strategic discussions to drive alignment across teams.

Requirements

  • 4–6+ years of experience in consulting in the North American utility industry or product management in the energy/utilities sector.
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear direction.
  • Experience with market research, business case development, and customer discovery.
  • A track record of influencing product strategy or business transformation in utilities.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, intellectual curiosity, and a drive to seek out and act on insights.
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels.
Benefits
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options including FSAs.
  • Paid time off — we know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Parental leave. Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Flexible working environment: you need to shift around your schedule? You do you, we genuinely believe in work/life balance.
  • Equity Options: every Octopus employee owns part of the business. We’re a team, working together towards huge goals. Every person is crucial to our success, you should be rewarded as such.
  • Modern office or co-working spaces depending on location.
  • We hire a wide range of experience levels into our product teams.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
market researchbusiness case developmentcustomer discoveryproduct strategydata analysisstrategic thinkingproduct roadmap developmentscenario analysis
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsinfluencing skillscollaborationleadershipstrategic alignmentintellectual curiositycomfort with ambiguity