Product Manager, Monitoring Platform - Energy ...

Do you want to change the world? We do, too. SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a passionate and driven team of more than 3,660 full-time employees in North America and the Philippines. SunPower provides world-class solar solutions to residential customers across the U.S. with a commitment to a superior customer experience. We welcome forward thinkers, freedom chasers and all those demanding better, cleaner energy to join us. SunPower is seeking a high-energy Software Product Manager to lead energy management initiatives This role will be responsible for building upon SunPowers monitoring software energy management capabilities. Core responsibilities include participation in the creation, validation, and ongoing refinement of the overall software strategy, and leading the development of the monitoring platform both as part of SunPowers comprehensive digital strategy. The ideal candidate will be strong both commercially and technically, and comfortable engaging with a variety of stakeholders across our customers, partners, and internal organization. This person must have experience with the energy ecosystem and be capable of driving business-level decisions at all levels of the organization. The product manager must be comfortable working with users to identify pain points, designers to visualize new features, and engineers to transform stories into the software. Must be adept at writing user stories, executing with engineers, and managing an agile backlog. The position will touch all aspects of SunPowers monitoring platform from the IoT platform to B2B and B2C applications to Analytics, focusing primarily on several energy management initiatives. ESSENTIAL DUTIES include the following: Manage the development of the next generation of SunPowers monitoring software, and lead integrations with utility energy management programs, electric vehicle chargers, and other energy systems Work with the design team to develop user personas based on qualitative and quantitative data, user interviews, and user workshops Work with SunPower dealers and homeowners to identify software pain points Generate product insights based on identified feature requests, pain points, and overall software strategy Clearly articulate product decisions to users, the product team, internal stakeholders, and engineers Manage project planning, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings Create, maintain, prioritize, and sequence the product backlog based on business value or ROI Conduct post-launch user feedback sessions to support continuous software improvement Provide ongoing tracking and analysis of key product competitors Collaborate with marketing, brand, customer experience, and other software stakeholders to create a uniform software experience across SunPower software systems Work alongside other product managers to deliver interdependent feature sets Minimum Requirements: + A minimum of two years of relevant experience with product management + Understanding of energy data and the home energy ecosystem + Demonstrated ability to work with, and coordinate, cross-functional teams + A proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide variety of clients and partners Education Requirements: + Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent experience Preferred Requirements: + A graduate degree (e.g. MBA) is a plus, but not required + Experience working with Agile software development teams + Experience in the solar industry Characteristics: + Strong communications skills both verbal and written + Ability to author technical user stories for monitoring platform and microservices architecture + Ability to absorb complex subjects and distill them into an easily digestible form for other team members + Self-starter, able to thrive in a fast-paced and continually changing environment + Leadership skills and strong analytical skills OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION + The candidate must be legally entitled to work and reside in the United States + Position can be located in San Jose CA, Richmond CA, Austin TX or remote Dont meet every single requirement? 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As a part of the Companys obligations under law, it must develop a written Affirmative Action Program (AAP) for the Disabled, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, Disabled Veterans and Active Duty Wartime Or Campaign Badge Veterans and for Women and Minorities as specified by law. Non-confidential and non-proprietary aspects of the AAP are available for inspection by applicants and employees, consistent with applicable law, which will be made available during office hours by contacting the EEO Officer. Diversity at SunPower: Equal Opportunity EmployerSunPower Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individuals qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. SunPower''s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.SunPower is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.Accommodation for ApplicantsSunPower Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at SunPower Corporation: [Click Here to Email Your Resumé]. Please indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response.

Created: 2025-09-06