Software Product Manager

Product Manager

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. is accelerating the shift to American energy independence with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Our breakthrough Znyth™ aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. It is safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable, manufactured in the U.S., and the core of our innovative systems that today provides utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative for 3 to 12-hour applications. Eos was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey.

About the Role:

The Product Manager will be a key contributor to Eos' product development path to realize a growing battery energy storage product portfolio based on Eos' unique battery technology.

Accountable For:

The Product Manager will be accountable for product drivers that is aligned to Eos product strategies and development roadmap leading to maintaining a stable product platform while contributing to the development of next generation product features.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify product gaps, industry needs/trends, and pain/value points for internal and external customers through rigorous market research. Focus on opportunities for product differentiation and growth.
• Quantify the value of new product features to help define a minimum viable product and product roadmap
• Collaborate with Commercial, Projects Field Service, and Engineering organizations to present a clear picture of current product capabilities and a future timeline of product types and capabilities
• Translate product roadmap and business strategy into detailed requirements which the software engineering organization can develop into software products and platform. Obtain buy-in from key stakeholders across the organization.
• Participate in customer meetings with Sales/Business Development/Commercial teams to advise on questions about product capabilities
• Coordinate product development, testing, and release between internal and external stakeholders to ensure new products meet product requirements and expectations, and release commitments
• Write business cases as well as user stories, market requirements, product requirements, and other similar documents
• Create or lead internal efforts to create transition materials for platform and products for software introduction steps, and also to onboard new stakeholders
• Design and build operational processes to help engineering and development teams towards product delivery outcomes
• Visit Eos customer installations and production facilities depending on customer and business needs
• Manage multiple initiatives concurrently, both minor and major
• Additional job duties may be assigned at any time, with or without notice, as determined by business needs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Direct knowledge of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), software platforms and products in the ESS industry
• Strong organizing skills and ability to balance multiple priorities at once.
• Facilitate agile team meetings
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with professional and technical staff, manufacturing and operations staff, third-party partners, customers and customer-facing department members.
• People management skills; supervising of direct reports including, but not limited to, Technical Project Managers.
• Ability to keep team members accountable for assigned deliverables in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong professional presentation skills and the ability to develop effective presentation content for stakeholder communications.
• An understanding of how to manage and balance product costs, features, and development/launch schedules.
• A passion for solving complex problems with creative, innovative, elegant solutions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, or similar required.
• MBA or bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, or similar preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience.

Travel

• Local Travel: 10-25%
• Overnight/North America: 10-25%

Working Conditions

• Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Factory - The worker may be subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, vibration, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to temperature changes or exposure to chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, odors, dust, mists, and gases. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, work boots, and lab coats. May be required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Customer/Partner Locations – Employee may visit customer or partner locations that may be comprised of office, manufacturing floor, laboratory environments and construction sites depending on the location and reason for visit.