Senior Software Product Manager

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimization (ES&O) is the leading global energy storage optimizer. Our mission is to deliver integrated energy solutions that build a resilient, intelligent, and flexible energy infrastructure - unlocking the way to an optimized renewable future. By integrating renewables, energy management technology, and storage with traditional energy resources, we reinvent clean energy production from the largest and most complex grids to the most remote and essential microgrids. We play a key role in Wärtsilä’s vision towards a 100% renewable energy future through flexibility, reliability, and integration and a more sustainable world for us all.

We are looking for a Software Product Manager to guide our development of the software for our Battery Energy Storage System. This role will be particularly focused on the interface between software and hardware, including serving as product owner of the hardware required to operate our power plant controller, the cloud infrastructure, and embedded systems. This position will be reporting to the General Manager of Software Product Management, Energy Storage and Optimisation. 

The preferred locations for this role are Herndon, VA, Houston, TX, or Emeryville, CA. This position will be a remote and/or hybrid work structure where the employee can work remotely or from the office, as needed and based on demands of specific tasks.

What will you be doing:

The individual in this position will play a key role in defining product requirements for the servers required for our power plant controller, as well as helping define customer requirements for our BMS. The product manager will be responsible for collaborating with the sales organizations, software and hardware managers/engineers, operations, supply chain, logistics, and marketing in support of meeting our commercial goals and objectives. The ideal candidate has three to five years experience as a Software Product Manager with direct industry experience in energy storage, communications, and/or networking. The candidate should have strong software product management knowledge along with excellent communication skills. The Software Product Management team is responsible for creating the product requirements and establishing the development priorities based on business requirements, industry reports, and competitive analysis.
 

Software Product Manager, requirements:
· The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of buyers for energy storage and renewable energy software solutions, their challenges, needs, and how software can support their operations.
· Have deep knowledge of how the buyers use software to manage energy storage and renewable energy solutions.

· Understanding of electronic hardware & embedded systems, and experience working with hybrid hardware/software teams.
· Experience working with logistics and supply-chain and an understanding of manufacturability concerns
· The successful candidate will understand the competitive landscape for energy storage EMS/BMS
· Work with Business Development and Sales to procure market research as required, as well as conduct voice of the customer interviews to inform the business strategy and product direction.
· Build product requirement documents based on feedback from sales, operations, engineering, and customers
· Work with software team on development of software products in an agile manner, seeing the product through from scoping through to deployment, and then collect customer feedback post-deployment to support ongoing software development.
· Oversee and contribute to the creation of the customer facing documentation and marketing support material. Coordinate with regional Business Development Manager to plan and execute the launch of new product and feature releases.
· Possess strong communication skills and financial acumen to aid in the definition and creation of high-impact marketing and sales materials.
· Understand and support the sales team and channel partners. Train sales and operations on the solution’s value proposition, develop internal tools, and teach them how and when to use each.
· Ability to understand how batteries operate at a technical level, understand asset management pain points, and how we can add value with a robust analytics platform
· In collaboration with Business Development mentor and support the sales teams and individuals with customer presentations, proposal development, RFP responses.

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:
· Three to five years of software industry experience and/or ener