Senior Product Manager, HelioScope

Posted Jun 30

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 Team 

At Aurora, we’re building products that are helping shape and accelerate the rapidly growing solar energy industry, globally. Want to make a meaningful impact by creating great products and experiences that push solar energy further, faster? Want to join a company that is in pole-position to capture massive market share and deliver immense value in a trillion dollar industry? 

We’re looking for curious, empathetic, and outcome-driven product managers passionate about delivering simple, valuable, and delightful solutions to complex problems. People who understand that outputting features is not what product is about; solving for the jobs customers need to get done while growing our business is what you relentlessly care about pursuing. 

About the Role

The Senior Product Manager in this role will lead one of three teams dedicated to improving and expanding Aurora’s product for Commercial and Industrial solar design: HelioScope. Here they will develop and manage the strategy, definition, execution, and roll-out for one of the most significant updates to the product in years. In close collaboration with Design and Engineering, this person will deliver a more efficient and delightful end-to-end user experience while driving important advancements in solutions to the complex and nuanced problems surrounding solar designs including financial modeling, collaboration, report and proposal customization, partner integrations, user and permission management, and self-service subscription management. With this broad opportunity space, the ideal candidate will ruthlessly prioritize, control scope, and ground decisions in customer insights and business objectives. 

Your Impact

  • Set the vision, strategy and product roadmap for your team
  • Prioritize solving problems that add customer value and deliver business results
  • Originate, collect, and synthesize product ideas from customers
  • Validate opportunities and mitigate risks upfront through qualitative and quantitative research
  • Discover the best solutions to customer problems using agile and lean product strategies and techniques
  • Partner with engineering to define scope, requirements and timeline for deliverables
  • Work collaboratively within your product team and with other teams to deliver valuable and delightful user experiences
  • Evangelize customer needs, problems and feedback throughout the organization 
  • Develop metrics, systems, and processes to measure the effectiveness of the experiences and outcomes and continue to iterate until goals are met

What You Bring 

  • Experienced product manager: 5+ years of product management experience working on web products (SaaS preferred) with a strong understanding of the roles of engineering, design, analytics, and user research in product development
  • Big thinker: must have strong product vision and business instincts
  • Proven leader: able to help a small team achieve goals out of their comfort zone and influence company leadership
  • 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 makes sure product investments connect to and are proportional to the goal
  • Excellent communicator
  • Passionate about creating great consumer experiences for B2B

Nice to Haves

  • Technical degree or background
  • Design background or proficiency 

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.