Principal Product Manager

Summary:

• Location: Oakland, CA - Remote
• Duration: 6 Months
• Work Mode: Hybrid, with expected onsite frequency around once a month

Responsibilities:

• Conduct interviews with utility stakeholders, residential customers, vendors, developers, aggregators, and industry experts
• Evaluate customer pain points and willingness to adopt battery-enabled solutions
• Identify emerging market opportunities in DERs, VPPs, microgrids, and flexible capacity services
• Develop and refine battery-related product/program concepts
• Assess ownership, operational, and financing structures
• Explore utility-owned, third-party-owned, and customer-owned deployment models
• Support development of commercialization and scaling strategies
• Analyze battery capabilities, performance constraints, and deployment considerations
• Evaluate battery participation opportunities in CAISO, resource adequacy, demand flexibility, and other DER markets
• Assess opportunities for value stacking across utility and customer use cases
• Prepare materials for governing executive board members
• Support development of business cases and investment recommendations
• Identify risks, dependencies, and scaling considerations

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in BESS, DERs, distributed grid solutions, or related energy markets
• Demonstrated experience with customer-sited or distributed battery solutions
• Strong understanding of battery economics, value stacking, and deployment models
• Experience working with electric utilities, utility customers, energy developers, aggregators, or DER service providers
• Familiarity with wholesale and retail electricity markets
• Experience conducting market research, customer discovery, or product strategy work
• Strong analytical, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proven ability to work in highly ambiguous, early-stage environments
• Ability to work within a consensus-driven environment

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with California energy markets and regulatory environments
• Familiarity with CAISO, resource adequacy, demand response, and virtual power plant programs
• Experience working with large commercial and industrial energy customers
• Understanding of distribution planning, grid modernization, interconnection, or non-wires alternatives
• Experience in venture building, product management, management consulting, innovation programs, or startup environments
• Experience developing utility-scale or behind-the-meter battery products