The Product Manager - Energy and Sustainability is expected to lead the product management efforts to build and enhance Nantum’s AI driven energy optimization capabilities. The Product Manager - Energy will perform all product management duties including energy-related roadmap management, ideation, requirements gathering, scoping and spec-ing of energy related features and initiatives working together with internal and external stakeholders, build and maintain an up-to-date market and competitive landscapes analysis and follow an agile product process to bring to a successful release of the features and initiatives. Stakeholders and teams include, UX/design, engineering, QA, customer success, advisory board, sales, operations and marketing. The successful candidate must have the experience, vision, creativity, and drive to get up to speed quickly and perform this role effectively. A balance of business understanding and technical acumen is required to translate the business needs into unique and engaging user product offerings.

The ideal candidate has professional experience in real estate energy-related technology and platforms and is excited by complex, open-ended, and real-world building challenges.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and propose energy related initiatives and features that will add and enhance Nantums AI driven energy optimization vision.
• Define an energy focused roadmap for delivery and drive ongoing roadmap developments suggesting opportunities for growth.
• Create and manage an implementation plan for the initiatives and features including the scoping and spec-ing in detailed user stories that typically include mockups and acceptance criteria.
• Lead cross functional team including customer, partners, engineering, product, and operations, to gather requirements, prioritize and deliver against the product roadmap and deliverables.
• Follow an agile product management process to deliver and release the energy related features including the release notes and documentation. Continually communicate the status, dependencies, limitations and other relevant information to all relevant stakeholders .
• Establish Key Performance Indicators to measure the impact of new features as well as opportunity for further improvements.
• Build and maintain an on-going analysis of the relevant energy market and competitors.
• Resolve tactical issues to ensure effective and efficient product management and product development processes
• Maintain a high-level of understanding of most frequent support issues and stay current on select product stability and critical issues.
• Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills & Abilities

• Proven experience in real-estate energy optimization including a good understanding of buildings’ HVAC equipment and building automation systems, energy M&V principles and audits, demand response, energy procurement, Energy Star and sustainability.
• A proven track record of end-to-end product management life-cycle for energy-related features and capabilities.
• A successful history of leading cross-functional teams including engineering, marketing, sales, operations, to gather requirements, scope and spec, prioritize and execute to implementation.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and up-to-date on industry standards and best practices. Experience working with Jira a plus.
• Strong analytic skills and ability to consume complex information to make recommendations, priorities and trade-offs optimized to meet business demands and customer needs.
• Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships within the product team, UI/UX team, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, leadership and customer service skills with proven ability to inspire and lead cross-functional teams.
• Organizational skills including, but not limited to, the ability to handle multiple demands and assignments, the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently, and the ability to manage available resources.
• Good knowledge in Microsoft Office programs including but not limited to, Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills including, but not limited to, listening effectively and soliciting input from others.

Education

• Bachelor’s (BA or BS) in business, computer science, engineering, or related field; master’s is a plus, but not required
• Other Professional certifications (LEED, CEA, CEM etc.) a plus.

Experience

• A minimum of three years related work experience as a product owner, product manager, business analyst or position in an real-estate energy related field.
• Experience working on SaaS-based technology solutions
• Agile methodology: 1 year
• Product Management: 3 years
• Experience working in start-up environment -- you must be adept at working in a fast-paced environment and have shown yourself to be adaptive and flexible - a plus.

We take care of you!

• Great benefits, including medical and dental all starting on your first day
• 401K Plan
• A great place to work!!