Senior Product Manager, 3D Geo-Modeling

About Aurora Solar

Aurora is on a mission to create a future of solar for all. Our award-winning software puts the power of data and technology into the hands of every solar professional to make solar adoption simple and predictable. Our software has designed millions of solar projects so far, empowering solar companies to sell, design, and install residential and commercial solar arrays accurately, seamlessly, and at scale. 

We are a remote-first collaborative team of sustainable energy enthusiasts who love what we do. We’ve been named one of "The Best Mid-Sized Remote Companies To Work for in 2024" by BuiltIn.com and have been recognized for the second time as a Certified Green Business (CGB) with the city of San Francisco. We’re in this together to support the world’s transition to solar.

About the Role

Aurora Solar is looking for mindful and strategic product managers who have a passion for delivering simple, useful, and delightful solutions to complex problems. Our product managers are customer-focused product people who are dedicated to bringing the voice of our customers to every table and empowering our organization to solve the most important obstacles for our customers. In this role you will be responsible for the solar site modeling journey, empowering designers to seamlessly and efficiently model land including roofs, trees, parcel boundaries and more. This involves the identification, prioritization, ingestion, and user experience for geodata sources used to model residential and commercial & industrial solar projects.

Your Impact

• Set a compelling long-term vision for your product area that aligns with the overall top-level product vision

• Set a strategy to achieve that vision that is coherent with the company mission, the larger product and business strategy, the competitive landscape, and market trends

• Take in a range of inputs - data, user research, customer conversations, and internal stakeholder perspectives - then clarify and prioritize problem-focus areas

• Define clear, measurable goals and metrics for your product area that represent success for our users, customers, and business

• Partner with Engineering and Design peers to define the roadmap and bring impactful products to market

• Partner within and across teams, and contribute to a culture of camaraderie, psychological safety, and workplace satisfaction

What You Bring 

• 5+ years of product management focused on web products (B2B SaaS preferred, or mix of B2B and B2C) with a strong foundation of product-building skills across engineering, design, strategy, analytics, and user research

• Have led major projects from start to finish (soup to nuts), including measuring impact and iteration. Possess strong prioritization skills and stakeholder management. Able to articulate priorities among a mix of projects

• Big thinker: strong product vision, and customer advocacy, with the ability to tie your work back to the business strategy

• Proven director: able to help a small team achieve goals out of their comfort zone and influence company management

• Outcome-oriented: articulates the desired outcome and works collaboratively to create a path to achieve it; proven ability to bring simplicity and measurable results to complex, ambiguous situations

• Rigorous: asks hard questions, validates their assumptions, and guides the way to achieving goals

• Analytical and technical: experienced in highly-matrixed product development, effective at finding critical points of leverage to measure

• Excellent communicator

• Passionate about creating quality customer experiences

Nice to Haves 

• Experience building a product that involves graphics or collaboration with graphics engineers 

• Technical degree or background

• Design background or proficiency

• MBA or relevant business-wide experience

What We Offer

• 🏖️Flexible PTO - Take the time when you need it

• 🍼Parental Leave - 16 weeks with 100% base salary + gradual return to work

• 💰WFH Stipend - An initial $675 CAD(Non-engineers) or $1000 CAD (Engineering roles) 

• 🏢 Coworking Stipend - $400 CAD / month if you prefer to be at a coworking facility near you

• ☀️Energize Fridays - Company-wide days to log off and recharge

• 📶Connectivity Stipend - Up to $100 CAD / month towards internet or phone

• 🩺Medical, Dental, and Vision - Aurora will cover 100% of premiums for employee-only and dependent coverage of our supplemental medical, dental, and vision plans

• Please take a look at our 2024 Canadian Benefits Booklet for a deeper dive into our offerings

Where Aurorans are: Aurora currently has teams within the US, Canada, Mexico, and Germany with additional locations on the horizon. We’re united in our work to support the world’s transition to solar!

Aurora is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of people who believe in and are passionate about creating a future of solar energy for all. We are an equal opportunity employer, we welcome and consider qualified applicants regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. We encourage you to apply even if you believe that you do not meet all of the above criteria!

Aurora is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

For San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.