Product Manager, Energy Services
FreeWire Technologies seeks a Product Manager – Energy Services to join our team. At FreeWire, we fundamentally change the way businesses and utilities electrify. We build battery-based energy storage systems that provide clean and quiet power anywhere it’s needed. FreeWire’s solutions are evolving from providing just mobile power and EV charging to a full suite of energy services to accelerate sustainable electrification. FreeWire has secured major strategic investors from Fortune 100 companies and serves leading corporate, utility, and retail customers. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded FreeWire with a $3.5m grant to develop our energy services offerings. The market feedback on the Boost Charger, FreeWire’s DC fast charger, has been overwhelmingly positive and we are growing rapidly to meet our ambitious goals. This role will serve as the vital link between Engineering and the Sales/Marketing teams. You will be tasked with understanding customer’s needs and market opportunities to define the company’s future energy services offerings. This is a great opportunity for an individual with product management experience who is passionate about sustainable electrification.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct market analysis to understand both the market opportunities and technical requirements for energy storage at commercial & industrial sites, and by aggregating multiple sites to deliver grid services
- Conduct primary and secondary research to understand the needs of all stakeholders, including site hosts (C&I businesses, municipalities, private fleet operators, etc.), utility companies, grid operators, EV drivers and FreeWire
- Quantify the opportunity associated with all energy services features to define the scope of product offerings, the value proposition to all stakeholders, and develop the internal business case
- Present product offerings and business case to executive team for approval
- Write detailed market requirements that effectively express and evangelize new products and features to the engineering team and other key stakeholders, then collaborate with engineering to evaluate feasibility and timeline to develop those requirements
- Collaborate with engineering, program management, quality/reliability, and operations to align on program timelines
- Serve as technical representative on product features and functionality for Sales and Marketing teams, including participating in customer meetings as required
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify potential partners or other industry stakeholders that can help deliver the required solutions
- Act as subject matter expert; create and present briefs, presentations, webinars to customers and internally
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science, Mathematics, Engineering, Analytics, or business-related field
- MBA is a plus, but not required with sufficient professional experience
- 3+ years of professional experience, including 1+ years as a product manager
- Previous experience in energy required, including familiarity with value streams available to stationary energy storage systems
- Familiar with performing market research and evaluating both the technical requirements and value created from both local energy services and grid services
- Must be able to communicate clearly (written and verbal) to technical and non-technical personnel
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel (PPT, Excel, Word, etc.) Equally comfortable working in Google Suite (Slides, Docs, Google Sheets, etc.)
- Self-starter, willing to take initiative and dig into the details
- Ability to distill complexity into simple, understandable concepts
- Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity
- A team player with ability to collaborate cross-functionally, especially with engineering
- Excited to work in a start-up environment
- Ability to effectively plan and organize projects and manage priorities
At FreeWire Technologies, we offer fair and equal opportunities to all our candidates and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, disability status, parental status protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. FreeWire Technologies believes in hiring individuals only based on their qualifications and experiences that meet our business requirements to fill the positions.
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