Launch and Integration TPM - job 1 of 2

Our Mission  

SPAN is enabling electrification for all

SPAN is mission-driven to design, build, and deploy products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change.

• Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.

• Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.

At SPAN, we believe in:

• Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy

• Making electrification upgrades possible

• Building more resilient homes with reliable backup

• Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid

The Role 

We are looking for a dynamic, customer obsessed, and solution-oriented Technical Program Manager to lead Product Launch Readiness and Product Integration. This is a highly cross-functional role that will sit within the Product organization and report directly to the VP of Product. In this role you will be responsible for driving two of the most critical cross-functional programs for SPAN: the launches of our expanding HW product portfolio and the joint product integration with one of our key partners. 

Successful candidates for this role will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and are not hindered by ambiguity or conflicting priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and own execution to get the job done. As a seasoned TPM, you anticipate risks/bottlenecks and bring solutions to mitigate rather than just problems, you provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You build cross-functional mechanisms, drive high-judgment decisions, and most importantly, deliver world-class products that enable our mission to electrify and decarbonize.

Product launch and integration has a broad and highly cross-functional scope that is focused  on coordinating with each of the respective functional leaders (and identifying and filling gaps where they exist) to ensure a successful product launch/integration. In this role you will drive:

• Product success - working with PMs to ensure product launch success metrics are defined, tracked, reported out on, and used to inform future decisions. This will include coordination with Product and Engineering on pilots and beta testing.

• Product operations - coordinating with sales ops and supply chain on forecasts inventory planning, internal and external product documentation

• Sales & marketing - bridging product and commercial input into to the Gen3 roadmap, sales forecasts, sales strategy, order placement, sales enablement, customer engagement and marketing plans, branding and messaging

• Installer program readiness - ensuring installer training, tech Portal content, lead pass programs, etc are all geared-up and ready for launch

• Customer support & service engineering - ensuring customer-facing documentation and FAQs, internal troubleshooting tooling and processes, and RMA processes are ready

• Ongoing supply chain and manufacturing operations - informing order fulfillment, inventory management, ensuring quality of all products

• Legal - ensuring installer or customer agreements, partner agreements, consumer protections and other regulatory requirements are ready for launch

About You 

Required Qualifications

We are seeking a technical program manager who has:

• 5+ years of experience in technical project management of hardware and software products

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams

• Experience managing programs with highly cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating product launches

• Experience leading product integration

• Experience working with R&D, hardware and systems engineering teams on highly technical projects, and a track record of shipping releases on time

• High level of comfort with ambiguity and fast-paced environments

• JIRA, Confluence, Atlassian experience

• Ability to step outside their comfort zone and wear a multitude of hats as they help throughout the organization

• Ability to influence and align efforts of disparate groups to achieve a common goal

Bonus Qualifications

We would love to hire someone who has:

• Relevant domain experience in energy, solar/renewables, utilities, grid services, and/or smart home and IoT

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

• MS technical degree or equivalent

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $143,000 - $216,000 plus benefits, equity and variable compensation for Sales-related roles. This range represents SPAN’s good faith estimate of competitively-priced salary for the role based on national, real-time industry data from companies of a similar growth stage. This range reflects minimum and maximum new hire salaries for the role in San Francisco county. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and individual factors including relevant skills, experience and education or training. This range correlates to the relative level of the candidate we believe we need for the role and may require an adjustment for candidates of a different level. 

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the location this role is based during the hiring process. 

 Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. 

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comprehensive benefits: 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage.  Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns

⚡ Flexible hours, one holiday per month, and flexible time off

Interested in joining our team? Apply today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!