Director of Product/Sr Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.

The Position

We are seeking a Director/Sr. Manager, Product to join our team in India and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.

What you get to do

In this position you will play a critical leadership role as the Product leader in India for Uplight’s various capabilities that power its Demand Stack offering to Energy Utilities.

What you will Contribute

• Devise and drive strategy to deliver outcomes in areas of ownership.
• Manage and mentor a group of Product Managers in India working across multiple capabilities.
• Work closely with Uplight leadership, Product, Engineering, Delivery, Sales colleagues and Customers across Uplight’s global locations to deliver on collective OKRs.
• Manage timelines, budgets, risks and resources to ensure on-time, within-budget product roadmap delivery.
• Develop, Track and Analyze metrics to evaluate Product performance against Customer outcomes.
• Support other functions like Industry Solutions, Customer Support and Professional Services.

What you bring to Uplight

• The ideal candidate should have more than 10 years of experience in Product Management with 3-5 in leadership positions. We really do not mind the experience criteria for the right candidate.
• Industry knowledge in the field of Energy, Cleantech is highly desirable.
• SaaS expertise.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Strong people management skills. Hiring, mentoring, motivating highly skilled Product managers.
• Strategic thinker, capable of developing, communicating and implementing long-term growth strategies.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What makes working at Uplight amazing

In addition to all the standard medical benefits, that kick in Day 1, we are:

• Proud to be over 500+ world-wide purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more sustainable planet.
• Committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities.
• Focused on career growth by following defined career ladders.
• Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!
• We are a remote-friendly company, but we believe in-person collaboration is essential for fostering innovation. Therefore, we create opportunities for team members to come together and encourage working from our beautiful, well-equipped new office in Pune.

We also provide:

• Medical insurance
• Management by objectives bonus plan
• Innovative flexible time-off policy
• Exceptionally collaborative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, with an MBA or advanced degree preferred.