Entergy

Customer Experience Program Manager

Entergy  •  New Orleans, LA (Hybrid)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

*This position can be filled in New Orleans, LA, The Woodlands, TX, or Little Rock, AR.*

Purpose

The Customer Experience Initiatives team is responsible for driving measurable improvements in prioritized areas of customer experience through a structured, programmatic approach. By analyzing customer data and insights, the team identifies the highest-impact areas for enhancement and develops targeted initiatives to address these pain points. The team's efforts lead to smoother, more intuitive interactions across all customer touchpoints, increased customer satisfaction through reduced friction and better understanding of customer needs, and higher scores on key metrics like Net Promoter Score. This data-driven, standardized approach to customer experience improvements allows the team to prioritize, plan, and execute initiatives in a strategic and efficient manner, positioning the organization as a leader in delivering exceptional customer experiences.

The Customer Experience Program Manager is responsible for designing, implementing new customer programs and optimizing existing programs that enhance the overall experience of residential customers. This role ensures that customer-facing initiatives align with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and best practices to deliver seamless, efficient, and customer-centric solutions.

This position will manage and improve current residential customer programs associated with billing, payment, outage communications and affordability challenges for our customers. Development of customer program roadmaps that result in the execution of customer experience initiatives that drive strategic business impact. This role involves building a compelling business case, aligning initiatives with organizational priorities, and delivering measurable improvements to the customer journey.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Develop customer program roadmaps:

  • Establish long-term goals for customer programs, prioritize initiatives based on customer needs, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.
  • Work cross-functionally to map dependencies, secure alignment, and plan budgets, timelines, and resources for roadmap execution.
  • Set KPIs, track milestones, and incorporate customer feedback to ensure programs deliver measurable improvements in the customer experience.

Build the Business Case:

  • Develop a comprehensive business case that outlines the strategic rationale, expected benefits, costs, and risks associated with the customer experience initiatives.
  • Quantify the return on investment (ROI) and other financial and non-financial benefits of the proposed initiatives.
  • Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs) that will be used to measure the success of the customer experience initiatives.

Implement Solutions:

  • Secure the necessary funding, buy-in, and support from senior leadership and other key decision-makers to execute the customer experience initiatives.
  • Collaborate with customers to co-create solutions through focus groups, pilot programs, and beta testing.
  • Define KPIs and metrics to assess the effectiveness of customer journey improvements and track the impact of the initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

  • Engage with key stakeholders, both internal and external, to understand their perspectives, concerns, and expectations.
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive communication plan to effectively convey the rationale, benefits, and impact of the customer experience initiatives.
  • Actively listen to stakeholder feedback and incorporate it into the change management strategy.

Program Delivery and Continuous Improvement:

  • Ensure the successful delivery of customer experience initiatives within the defined scope, timeline, and budget.
  • Monitor and report on the program's performance, identifying and addressing any issues or risks.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to enhance the customer experience and drive ongoing improvements.

Agile Methodology

  • Utilize agile methodology to iterate quickly and incorporating feedback on deliverables and outputs.
  • Participate in agile project management activities, such as sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives, to ensure the timely delivery of data solutions.

Cross Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with various departments to align on customer experience goals and initiatives.
  • Communicate insights and recommendations to executive leadership to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Foster a customer-centric culture and promote the use of ethnographic research across the organization.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

  • Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field.
  • Master's degree or certification in program management is preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

  • 5 years of experience in customer experience management, program management, or a related field.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

Technical Skills:

  • Strong understanding of customer experience principles, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Proven track record in building business cases, securing executive buy-in, and delivering measurable customer experience improvements.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
  • Proficiency in using customer experience management tools, data analytics, and project management software.

Any certificates, licenses, etc required for the position

None

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Texas : The Woodlands
Job Function Corporate
FLSA Status Professional

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings 1
Req ID: 123928
Travel PercentageUp to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

Entergy

About Entergy

At Entergy (NYSE: ETR), we power life. More than 100 years ago, our founder Harvey Couch started this company with a handshake, some sawdust and a vision. Couch wanted to bring safe, affordable, reliable energy to the Middle South – energy that would power the lives of people and communities.

Today, we own and operate one of the cleanest large-scale U.S. power generating fleets including more than five gigawatts of carbon-free nuclear capacity, a fleet of highly efficient gas resources, and a fast-growing portfolio of renewable resources.

The nearly 12,000 men and women of Entergy deliver electricity and gas services to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, generating annual GAAP revenues of $13.8 billion. Headquartered in New Orleans, we continue to play a driving role in the economic growth of the Gulf South.

Our work matters. That’s been true for more than 100 years. And as we look to the next century, we remember the constant that bridges our past and future: We Power Life.

Fast Facts:

Entergy currently has a 90% rating on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This score places Entergy among the top energy and utility companies in the survey.

With roots in the Gulf South region for more than a century, Entergy is a recognized leader in corporate citizenship, delivering more than $100 million in economic benefits to local communities through philanthropy and advocacy efforts annually over the last several years.

With a total of 44 awards from EEI for its restoration and mutual-assistance work, Entergy remains the only utility company to have won either EEI's Recovery or Assistance Award, or both, every year since the awards began in 1998.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New Orleans, LA
Year Founded
1913
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