Product Manager II

Summary

Uplight creates software that manages distributed energy resources to support a more efficient and reliable power grid and accelerate the transition to clean energy. The Product Manager II will oversee Non-steerable Asset Optimization capabilities within the Flex platform, focusing on product strategy, user experience, client readiness, dispatch strategy, and OEM compatibility for utility demand response programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate a clear product strategy for our Non-steerable Asset Optimization capability
• Collaborate closely with engineering and design to shape strategy & roadmap, prioritize the most valuable problems to solve, and launch MVPs to quickly validate hypotheses in that strategy
• Lead iterative product & design thinking to continuously measure, learn, and enhance user experience in our utility-facing products
• Build a deep and data-driven understanding of customer needs, pain points, and real-life behaviors across programs
• Drive user research with clients at every stage of product development
• Define, monitor, measure, analyze, and report on key metrics for your products
• Partner closely with Designer, Engineers, fellow PMs & User Researchers, Marketers, Account Managers and more across the business to align on core user problems (or JTBD) and uncover shared opportunities together
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and iteration

Skills

• 2+ years experience leading product teams to understand highest value pain points, market opportunities, and delivering on them
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to clearly articulate your narrative to both technical and non-technical, internal and external client audiences alike
• Experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts around shared business goals or questions, embedding discovery throughout your process
• A user-first mindset that advocates for the pursuit of simple, elegant solutions, while balancing ambiguity and technical constraints
• Growth-minded and well-versed in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with a commitment to collaborative problem-solving
• A deep curiosity for exploring responsible efficiency opportunities with AI
• Comfortable jumping into complex technical domains with curiosity and humility
• Experience working in multiple industries and/or in startup environments
• Fluency in Agile environments, meeting cadences, etc

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years experience leading product teams to understand highest value pain points, market opportunities, and delivering on them
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to clearly articulate your narrative to both technical and non-technical, internal and external client audiences alike
• Experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts around shared business goals or questions, embedding discovery throughout your process
• A user-first mindset that advocates for the pursuit of simple, elegant solutions, while balancing ambiguity and technical constraints
• Growth-minded and well-versed in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with a commitment to collaborative problem-solving

Nice to Haves

• A deep curiosity for exploring responsible efficiency opportunities with AI
• Comfortable jumping into complex technical domains with curiosity and humility
• Experience working in multiple industries and/or in startup environments
• Fluency in Agile environments, meeting cadences, etc

Benefits

• Bonus
• Ample advancement opportunities
• Robust learning and development programs
• A supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave
• Work flexibility
• Employee Resource Groups offering opportunities to connect with colleagues who share their interests and backgrounds
• A collaborative environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized