Director, Product Management – Hardware

About Us Meet Powin At Powin, we are advancing the next frontier of energy and changing the way we power our daily lives by ensuring access to clean, resilient, and affordable power. With 17 GWh of projects deployed and under construction, we are a leading and trusted energy storage provider dedicated to creating an exceptional customer experience through end-to-end energy storage solutions. As a global energy storage solutions provider, we offer fully integrated battery solutions, software, and services to optimize grid performance and enable the transition to cleaner energy sources.

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Summary:

The Director of Product Management, Hardware will lead a team of product owners with strong engineering backgrounds, driving technical excellence and innovation in energy storage solutions. This role is responsible for owning and developing a product roadmap that is primarily focused on hardware, with strong integration into software, systems, and firmware solutions to ensure a seamless ecosystem that meets customer needs and anticipates future market opportunities. The emphasis is on delivering hardware-driven solutions that serve as the backbone for Powin’s energy storage systems.

Job Details:

• Understand market trends, customer needs, and the competitive landscape within the energy storage hardware industry.
• Engage with customers to gather insights, validate product concepts, and ensure hardware products meet market demands, can be installed and supported, and address regional variations.
• Define, communicate, and maintain Powin’s hardware product vision, hardware product roadmap, and strategy that aligns with the company’s business objectives, while ensuring software and systems integration as needed.
• Collaborate with necessary stakeholders to align hardware product strategy with overall company strategy, ensuring the primary focus remains on hardware solutions, while supporting software and system-level integration where necessary.
• Work closely with partners and system integrators to deliver comprehensive hardware solutions, ensuring seamless collaboration with software, firmware, and systems where required.
• Represent the product team in executive functions as the technical expert on Powin hardware solutions.
• Ensure product requirements are compliant with all relevant regulations and standards, both globally and regionally, to ensure products meet local requirements and certifications.
• Ensure seamless integration of hardware products with other systems and platforms, providing a cohesive customer experience.
• Implement best-in-class product management processes and tools to streamline hardware development and delivery.
• Collaborate with program management to ensure hardware projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure hardware product performance and drive data-informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with support teams to ensure seamless hardware product launches and maximize business impact.
• Monitor and analyze hardware product performance post-launch, identifying areas for improvement and driving continuous enhancements.
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering, marketing, projects, sales, and customer support teams, driving alignment and support for hardware product initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of hardware product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Build and develop a high-performing product management team, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
• Establish clear goals, roles, and responsibilities within the team, ensuring accountability and professional growth.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or equivalent education and work experience.
• 7+ years of hardware product management experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Deep technical experience in providing evidence-based analysis for product hardware decisions, including lifetime analysis and Total Cost of Ownership.
• Deep technical knowledge of li-ion batteries, grid-scale energy storage, and hardware system integration within the industry.
• Effectively engages with senior executive stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully bringing complex hardware products to market.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience building and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with product development methodologies and tools.
• Proven experience working with partners, system integrators, and managing integrated hardware solutions.
• Experience in developing scalable, safe, reliable, and compliant hardware solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (MA/MS)

Powin is not accepting resumes from unsolicited headhunters or agencies at this time.

EEO STATEMENT: The Company is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices and laws. The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants without unlawful regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identification or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, protected veteran status, disability (mental or physical), or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local law.

E-Verify: Powin participates in E-Verify and candidates will need to pass successfully upon completion of hire date.

Compensation for this position is commensurate with location, experience and relevant skills. The national Average Base Salary Range is $172,000 – $246,000. Positions may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on company and personal performance. Additional Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Short-Term/Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, EAP, 401(k), Flexible Work Arrangements and more.