Staff Product Manager

Summary

Join Aurora Solar, a leading provider of solar design software, as a Product Manager to lead the development of innovative tools for efficient and accurate solar and storage system design and simulation. You will define and execute the product strategy for the electrical design experience, focusing on system performance optimization and battery modeling. Collaborate with engineering, design, and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions. This role demands strategic thinking, technical expertise, and user-centric problem-solving. You will leverage data and customer insights to prioritize product opportunities and track key success metrics. Contribute to a high-performing team culture focused on delivering business and customer value while advancing the clean energy transition.

Requirements

• Proven product expertise: 5+ years of product management experience in SaaS, with a track record of navigating complexity and leading cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions in a fast-paced environment
• End-to-end ownership: Drives the full product lifecycle—from discovery and strategy to execution, launch, adoption and iteration—while ensuring measurable success
• Customer-obsessed mindset: Actively engages with users through interviews, feedback loops, and data analysis to build products that directly address their needs
• Data-driven decision-making: Translates complex data into actionable insights, using metrics and experimentation to guide product direction and measure impact Understands the balance of data-informed vs. data-driven decisions and leverage both when needed
• Strategic problem solver: Navigates ambiguity with confidence, proactively identifying risks, defining priorities, and aligning teams around a clear execution plan
• Exceptional communication: Effectively conveys technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influences decision-making across all levels of the organization
• High attention to detail: Thinks critically, validates assumptions, and ensures every solution aligns with the broader product vision and business goals

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product vision & strategy to enhance the electrical design experience, improving system performance optimization and battery modeling capabilities
• Leverage data and customer insights to prioritize product opportunities, balancing user needs, market trends, and business objectives
• Drive cross-functional collaboration by partnering with Engineering, Design, and other teams to deliver high-impact solutions on time and with measurable success
• Establish and track key success metrics, ensuring product enhancements lead to increased adoption, improved accuracy, and streamlined workflows for solar professionals
• Translate complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions that enable solar installers to design and simulate systems with ease and precision
• Advocate for the customer by integrating user research and feedback at every stage, from ideation to post-launch iteration
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture, ensuring alignment across stakeholders while maintaining a shared focus on delivering business and customer value
• Elevate product craft at Aurora through leading by example, sharing best practices and contributing to a culture that values strategic product management, iterative value delivery and continuous discovery

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with solar and storage design and simulation, the regulatory environment, and/or the financing environment of software
• Preference for B2B product experience

Benefits

• 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 $500 (Non-engineers) or $750 (Engineering roles)
• Coworking Stipend - $300 / 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 / month towards internet or phone
• Learning & Development - $720/annually to use towards professional development (You have to complete 90 days of employment to receive this stipend)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision - Premiums are 100% covered for Aurorans and 90% for dependents