Product Manager, R&D

About Gridware

Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit .

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Manager for our R&D Engineering & Data Science teams to lead the product development of two new customer offerings. This role requires deep technical expertise in addition to an insurgent operational mindset to lead product definition, roadmap planning, and cross-functional execution on tight timelines. It also requires someone ready to interface with utility customers to develop products that tightly align with customer needs.

You’ll partner internally across hardware and software engineering, data science and analytics, manufacturing, field operations, customer success, and with external utility stakeholders to ensure that Gridware continues to deliver high-quality, cutting-edge services to utilities on a rapid basis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of new product delivery at Gridware. Develop a structure to turn technically validated innovations into valuable services for customers.
• Translate technical discoveries into d2d operations. Partner with academics and novel scientists to provide the program and product infrastructure
• Document and validate a vetted product plan. Write product specs, prioritize sprints, and work closely with design and engineering to ship critical MVP features.
• Drive alignment across teams. Work cross-functionally to ensure these new products deeply interconnect into our existing operation with as little friction as possible.
• Interface with utilities.
• Build for scale. Evolve early-stage ideas into configurable, repeatable, and trusted delivery mechanisms that support continued innovations.
• Deliver (multiple) successful product launches. Define and track adoption, engagement, and utility operational outcomes for our software experiences.

Required Skills

• 5-8 years of experience in product management,with exposure to B2B and a mix of hardware/software products
• Experience as a Technical Program Manager a major plus – this pulls in elements of that job
• Past delivery of complex products, ideally in complex or regulated domains (utilities, energy, finance, etc.)
• Insurgent mindset to solve the hardest of technical challenges at break-neck pace
• Technical acumen in deeply data driven contexts, including machine learning and ideally edge intelligence
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity and growth
• Comfort engaging with a broad set of stakeholders, from utility dispatchers to firmware engineers to executives
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Experience working with alerting systems, enterprise APIs, or operations tools

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)

Paid parental leave

Alternating day off (every other Monday)

“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.

Commuter allowance

Company-paid training