Residential Program Manager, Construction Installations

Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!

We are looking for a Residential Program Manager, Construction Installations to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to the Director, Global Program Management and will be based in San Jose, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role.

Prospective candidates must have a passion for creating and deploying disruptive, innovative technologies, and altering the way electricity is generated and distributed worldwide. The Residential Program Manager will lead the new BE Home residential program, building out the strategy for site evaluation, client management and deployment of our new BE Home product. The role commands high level visibility with high end residential customers, key vendors, and manages the efforts of multiple individual team members and other functional support roles. This role is customer-facing and is key to providing an extraordinary experience for Bloom Energy customers.

The ideal candidate will have built a program from the ground up in residential solar or energy storage, managing niche specialty contractors and having the right customer facing approach to deal with high end residential home owners. The candidate will work exclusively on the BE Home program and will will draw on their own experience to help define the company strategy for program deployment. The candidate will be responsible for implementing said company strategy.

Role and Responsibilities:

Principal responsible and accountable for solid oxide fuel cell energy residential program from mid-stage development to commercial operation requiring direct and/or indirect management of the following:

• Develop overall program delivery strategy and manage team members in locations throughout the U.S. to execute to the strategy.
• Program execution process optimized for cost, quality, and minimal customer disruption
• Program budget and schedule creation and execution
• Source and select external partners to execute turnkey design, procurement and construction of site specific requirements, including contract negotiation and fulfillment.
• Client management, including setting appropriate expectations, managing questions and concerns during project execution and implementing a successful turnover to the operations team that provides our clients with a high quality experience
• Ensure exemplary safety and execution performance through specific metrics during site construction and commissioning
• Deliver presentations confidently to all project stakeholders
• 25-35% travel

Skills and Experience:

• At least 7 years of project management experience required; 2+ years of distributed energy solution experience in a residential application required. Candidate experience must include management of multiple, schedule constrained, capital projects with multiple contractors.
• Project management experience should include management of budgets, schedules, design contracts, and construction contracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams of subject matter experts required.
• Extremely organized and can confidently communicate program status and risk mitigation strategies to Bloom Energy senior executive leadership with little notice.
• B.S. Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and/or Mechanical Engineering strongly preferred though other technical degrees (Construction Mgmt, Architecture, etc.) will be considered.
• Scheduling software programs: Microsoft Project and/or P6
• Command of Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel. Advanced experience is strongly preferred
• Experience in a fast paced, dynamic and risk tolerant organization a plus. Candidate must demonstrate ability to adapt to changing environments to deliver on customer and business needs.

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Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.

Salary Ranges:

$170,600.00 – $245,400.00