Staff Technical Product Management

Ever since we started in 2007, Sunrun has been at the forefront of connecting people to the cleanest energy on Earth. It’s why we’ve become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. Today, we’re on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, and we’re building a company and brand that puts power at the center of life. And we’re doing it by designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. We’re unlike any other solar company. Our vertically integrated model gives us total control over every part of the energy lifecycle – from sale through installation and beyond – so you can find endless opportunities for growth. Come join a career you can grow in and a culture you can run with.

This position is primarily remote, with occasional visits to a local office or our corporate headquarters for team-building, training, and collaborative project work. These on-site sessions are designed to strengthen connections, share insights, and ensure a seamless experience for our team and customers. Equipment pick-up from a local branch will be required. We will  provide advance notice whenever on-site attendance is required, making these times purposeful and rewarding.

As the nation’s largest residential Solar/CleanTech company, Sunrun is on a mission to create a planet run by the sun. To realize this vision, Sunrun is developing advanced products, services and technologies to reinvent the way people power their homes.

As the Staff Technical Program Manager, you will work closely with cross-functional partners to define requirements and document solutions that enable our teams to deliver with quality and speed.

If you are execution oriented, passionate about analyzing and driving forward tool and process improvements and motivated by solving one of the biggest and most critical challenges of our time, then we say bring it on…help us disrupt a 100 year old industry and partake in advancing Sunrun’s mission of creating a planet run by the sun!

A successful candidate will work with business partners to identify, bring clarity to problems and needs, be able to effectively influence up and across the organization, and have a consistent track record of delivering results by applying and utilizing insights and analytics.

This role offers an opportunity to continuously make critical process and technical decisions that will enable Sunrun to continue to differentiate our offering from the competition and continue to be a leader in an ever changing landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Consistent and transparent communication with peers, stakeholders, and leadership regarding overall program updates and corporate functions.

• Strong sense of ownership and demonstrated maturity to own multiple critical SaaS  Products services and Program delivery.

• Must be an extremely well organized leader (Verbal & Written) with excellent presentation skills to explain key concepts and decisions to large audiences.

• Must possess an innovative mindset with problem-solving skills that include the ability to develop and propose solutions. 

• Ability to lead the efficient delivery of projects and define organizational product and program roadmap goals.

• Ability to understand, interpret, and author technical solution design/architecture artifacts into Program milestones for delivery.

• Positive attitude to correcting system challenges or ambiguous business requirements with a hands on approach. 

• Outstanding leadership and professionalism with Contractors, Vendors, Business Stakeholders, and Technical Team resources.

• Analyze, quantify, and scope technical requirements and effectively prioritize technical program deliverables.

• Articulate common business and system data models with ability to document, define, and translate both as-is and to-be state user and data flows.

• Drive incremental program, product, process and technical improvement for Sunrun services.

• Be highly autonomous and communicative with a long-term vision and big picture approach to program and product decisions.

• Collaborate with stakeholders and end users to define requirements that benefit customers and corporate stakeholders.

• Apply first-principles / critical thinking to challenge assumptions (such as functional requirements and solution designs).

An ideal candidate for this role has extensive experience in articulating and clearly defining innovative customer-facing features dependent on real-time data needs. In this role, you will partner with Engineers, Sales, Business, Scientists and UX designers to create innovative customer and business experiences. 

Qualifications: 

Minimum:

• 7-10+ Years working as a Program Manager delivering programs, products, and technology services.

• 7-10+ Years Experience working with Full Stack SaaS Cloud/Device platforms (AWS, SFDC, Azure, Snowflake)

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field (Masters preferred) or equivalent work related experience.

• 5+ Years Experience within an Energy Industry

• Extensive Program Delivery and Product management of customer facing products.

• Technology background or proficiency in Renewable Energy hardware (Panel/Inverter/Battery).

• Proficiency with Business/Collab/TPM tools (SFDC, Atlassian, Lucidcharts)

Recruiter:

Please note that the compensation information is made in good faith for this position only.  It assumes that the successful candidate will be located in markets within the United States that warrant the compensation.  Please speak with your recruiter to learn more.

Starting salary/wage for this opportunity:

Compensation decisions will not be based on a candidate's salary history. You can learn more here.

This job description outlines the primary responsibilities, some essential job functions, and qualifications for the role. It may not include all essential functions, tasks, or requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and you need reasonable accommodation during the hiring process or to perform this role, please contact us at candidateaccommodations@sunrun.com.

Sunrun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.  We believe that empowering people and valuing their differences are essential for our mission of connecting people to the cleanest energy on earth. Learn more here: EEO | Sunrun