Director of Product, Uplight
$185-215k
+ Bonus
Clean energy technology partner
Be an early applicant
Clean energy technology partner
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-215k
+ Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To fuel the transition to clean energy in order to build a more sustainable future.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years experience leading product teams to understand highest value pain points, market opportunities, and delivering on them
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to clearly articulate your narrative to both technical and non-technical, internal and external client audiences alike
- Experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts around shared business goals or questions, embedding discovery throughout your process
- A user-first mindset that advocates for the pursuit of simple, elegant solutions, while balancing ambiguity and technical constraints
- Growth-minded and well-versed in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with a commitment to collaborative problem-solving
- Big plus: Experience working with a globally distributed product and engineering team
- Big plus: Experience integrating AI into products in a thoughtful, impactful way; experience leveraging AI-based tools to drive organizational effectiveness
- If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic, collaborative, and execution-oriented Director of Product to lead our Engagement & Enrollment product suite
- In this role, you will define and execute the product strategy for Uplight’s services-enabled SaaS suite focused on engaging and enrolling utility customers at scale
- You will own and drive forward the vision, strategy, and roadmaps for your teams to deliver outcomes for our utility clients and drive meaningful impacts for all users, from program managers to energy users
- You will collaborate closely and intentionally with other cross-functional leaders (engineering, sales, industry solutions, account management, marketing, delivery, and implementation) to ensure stewardship of the product vision and strategy as market and client needs evolve
- Articulate a clear product strategy for the Engagement and Enrollment products, aligned with Uplight’s vision, accelerating our ability to drive engagement and enrollment with Demand Stack solutions and shift megawatts at scale
- Collaborate with product and crossfunctional peers in other parts of the business, including Flexibility Management and Data Platform, as well as commercial and delivery teams to plan for and prioritize the next most valuable work at all times
- Shape your teams’ product roadmaps to align with that strategy, and incorporate market context and client needs, balancing near-term execution with long-term vision
- Focus on delivering, delighting, and growing to continuously enhance the outcomes we drive for our clients as well as Uplight’s competitive position
- Guide your teams to ruthlessly prioritize the most important and impactful problems to solve; drive aligned product roadmaps across teams to ensure we collaborate effectively to deliver meaningful solutions
- Define outcome-oriented product metrics and hold teams accountable to meeting them
- Drive customer-centric innovation and design thinking, informed by research, data, market trends, and evolving utility needs
- Leverage quality and user experience as strategic advantages, ensuring all Uplight products are intuitive, accessible, and impactful
- Navigate difficult conversations with radical candor and professionalism across executive leadership, commercial sales teams, and delivery teams
- Synthesize fragmented, highly complex technical hurdles into concrete, actionable milestones and communicate the plan and progress against the plan to key stakeholders
- Champion client-centricity across product teams, consistently considering delivery commitments to build and maintain client trust
- Lead with people first: build, mentor, and empower PMs and designers in a global team setting
- Foster an inclusive product culture and inspire teams toward clarity, ownership, and accountability
- Empower teams to improve building processes while remaining focused on business outcomes
- Enable product teams to become more cross-functional, agile, iterative, and empowered
- Implement and coach best practices, rigorously measuring continuous improvement on customer value delivery
- Leverage strong business instinct to question convention and drive innovation, including strategic integration of advanced AI/ML technologies where appropriate
- Drive the productization and externalization of core APIs and widgets (including eligibility engines, enrollment ledgers, billing insights, and communication history) to unlock frictionless, instant enrollment ecosystems with leading OEMs (e.g., Nest, Ecobee, Optiwatt)
- Champion a culture of reliable performance by leading initiatives to close systemic testing gaps by establishing automated data generators, unified internal sandbox/UAT environments, and robust end-to-end testing frameworks across multi-service pipelines
Application process
- Application Deadline: August 15, 2026
Our take
Uplight provides end-to-end technology solutions that aim to increase efficiency within energy ecosystems. The company's tech solutions consist of energy personalization systems to motivate customers to use energy more efficiently, in addition to energy reports, marketplaces, and other API microservices. They're currently working with more than 80 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities.
Uplight’s software gives these utility companies granular data about how customers consume energy in their homes and businesses and offers ways to reduce their base power demand. They also offer a consumer marketplace for finding rebates and deals on energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles.
The company has grown rapidly, reaching Unicorn status in 2021, despite only being founded two years previously. Uplight has since entered its next phase of growth, and is focused on significantly scaling its software solutions to further expand globally.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Supplemental Medical Plan: Our Employer of Record partner provides access to supplemental medical coverage tailored to the regulations and needs of your country.
- Generous PTO and Sick Time: Employees enjoy generous paid time off and sick leave to prioritize their well-being.
- Pension (where applicable): We know saving for the future is important, so we help contribute.
- Parental Leave: Support programs so you can focus on your growing family, specific to your country of residence.
- Learning and Development: Take charge of your career development with courses tailored to your interests and goals.
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Luis D'Acosta
(CEO)Previously Executive Vice President at Schneider Electronics, CEO at SEL, Director General of Mexico for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Power Systems Manager in Mexico for ABB.
Michelle Anastasi
(CPO)Prior to joining Uplight in 2021, Michelle wserved as the CPO at Mersive Technologies and Ibotta. She also spent 4 years at ComPsych as the VP of Human Resources.
Hannah Bascom
(Chief Growth/Commericial Officer)Previously, Hannah was a VP of Regulated Business at SPAN. She also spent nearly 5 years at Google as the Head of Energy Partnerships .
Jesse Demmel
(CTO)Jesse was previously the CTO of Sovrn Holdings before joining Uplight in 2021. He also spent nearly 4 years at Under Armour in VP Engineering roles and 3 years at MapMyFitness in Senior Development Manager/VP Engineering roles.
Sally Lambert
(COO)Sally has been at Uplight since 2019, initially joining the team as a Regional Director of Customer Success. Since then, she has held a number of roles and became COO in 2024. She previously held Director roles at Tendril and CLEAResult.
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