Senior Product Segment Manager – Commercial Buildings

About NEEA 

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance of more than 140 electric and natural gas utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of Northwest energy consumers to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products services and practices. Since 1997, the region has achieved the equivalent to enough energy to power more than 700,000 Northwest homes each year.  

The alliance is powered by harnessing the energy, brainpower, and innovative thinking of motivated professionals like you. NEEA places a high value on diversity, and welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, identities and fields of expertise, with or without previous experience in the energy industry. Are you talented, committed, and motivated? If the answer is yes, we encourage you to apply to help us create a vibrant future for all Northwest communities. 

Follow this link to our website and learn more about the organization. 

This position is based in the Portland, OR metro area, with a hybrid work location. We are looking for candidates who can meet the requirement of working at least 2 days per week onsite at NEEA’s office location. Finalists must have eligibility to work in the US as NEEA is not able to provide VISA sponsorship or have remote work outside of the US. 

Position Summary 

The Senior Product Segment Manager - Commercial Buildings contributes to NEEA’s strategic goal of filling the program “pipeline” with new resource efficient products, practices, and services in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders. This position requires effective planning for the evolution of products through the full lifecycle stages of identification, assessment, confirmation and product readiness for deployment in a full-scale market transformation effort. Working across a wide range of products that use electric power and / or natural gas requires Senior Product Managers to contract with testing labs, industry experts, engineering firms, and other market partners to support the full range of analysis and testing of products. 

NEEA’s product management team serves as product experts on assigned product lines, as well as conducting research on emerging technologies and practices that could bring energy and carbon savings and/or grid flexibility benefits for Northwest consumers. They partner closely with NEEA’s Market Transformation Managers and Program Managers and work in cross-functional teams as a key contributor to new and existing Market Transformation Initiatives. 

This role will have a focus on a new Commercial Whole Building Efficiency project aimed at motivating and equipping the commercial building sector to undertake deep energy efficiency and decarbonization retrofits.  Working with regional stakeholders, the project will deliver tools and resources that address known barriers to commercial sector engagement and develop a new commercial whole building market transformation program. 

The Senior Product Segment Manager will share our deep commitment to diversity and inclusion and advancing practices, strategies and policies that achieve equitable outcomes for all. 

Salary range: $115,000 - $130,000, exempt 

• Salary is based on the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. 

The Typical Day May Include… 

• Scanning: Scan the market, at a national level, for new innovative products, practices or services that support energy efficiency, grid flexibility, and/or decarbonization; and screen those opportunities for inclusion and prioritization within NEEA’s portfolio of emerging technologies.  
  • Routinely scan industry publications  
  • Track industry and technology trends  
  • Share industry and technology data with team  
• Product Definition and Management: Define the product plan for each assigned product/service/practice, evolving and maintaining this plan throughout the product lifecycle. Become a subject matter expert on the product, providing ongoing guidance and support to Market Transformation Managers, Program Managers, external contractors and other involved parties to ensure consistency in definition and implementation of market transformation objectives.  
• Product Testing: Design and develop appropriate measurement and verification approaches that demonstrate products’ energy performance and fitness for use. Support Codes and Standards Engineers in recommending test method changes for state and federal standards development. Identify product performance and attributes that impact market transformation goals.  
• Voluntary Product Standards: Coordinate with state, national and international organizations involved in voluntary standards to update test methods and p