Technical Project Manager, Gradient Comfort
Part-time
$90 to $105 per hour + Equity
3-5 days a week in office
Hybrid cooling and heating system
Be an early applicant
Hybrid cooling and heating system
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$90 to $105 per hour + Equity
3-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To cool the world by transforming every home to be more comfortable and healthy for the people who inhabit it.
Role
Who you are
- Shared commitment to building world-positive businesses and products, from climate change mitigation to design as a tool for increased human well-being
- 5+ years of technical project management in a consumer technology or related industry, with experience managing product iterations and refinements
- Experience managing a project through various refinement cycles or from prototype through to production
- BS or MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar
- Exceptional communication skills and organizational abilities
- Proven experience working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment with people from diverse backgrounds
Desirable
- Critical Chain Project Management
- Experience managing outsourced consultants and agencies
- Experience seeing a hardware or software product through multiple iteration cycles
- Experience managing and mentoring others
- PMP or other Program Management Certification
What the job involves
- We are looking for a part-time (up to 20 hours per week) leader to manage Technical Project Management for hardware and software product iterations, refinements, and future products across a diverse and highly technical engineering team
- Manage the development and refinement of Gradient’s current and future products, focusing on hardware and software iterations and improvements
- Work with engineers, manufacturing, and leadership to develop and manage project scope, timeline, and budget for product updates and new concepts
- Serve as a translator between teams, helping to weigh competing tradeoffs and ultimately guide the team to unite behind critical changes and decisions for product evolution
- Develop internal tools to track issues, design history, test results, budget etc., specifically for iteration and refinement cycles
- Lead efficient team meetings that highlight changes, blockers, next steps, and action items; take useful meeting notes
- Identify areas that need improved resourcing, such as critical risks and tasks with slipping deadlines in the iteration process
- Communicate effectively to motivate others to improve productivity, including multi-tasking, being agile and flexible, giving and receiving feedback, solving problems, and taking initiative
Our take
The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry hasn’t really undergone much innovation in the last few decades. However with increasing awareness of climate change and growing regulations in this space, action is necessary to reduce the environmental damage caused by the increasing use of HVAC systems worldwide.
To solve this problem, Gradient has developed a hybrid air conditioner and room heater which reduces the carbon produced by as much as 95% when used to both heat and cool. It’s not the only company working on more environmentally friendly HVAC solutions, but what sets Gradient apart is that its window lodged device is much cheaper and easier to install as well as being quieter, and much less obtrusive than the average AC unit.
The company has attracted a large amount of investment, most recently in 2023 closing a Series A round which was co-led by Sustainable Future Ventures and Ajax Strategies. It is using this funding to develop new products, add further IoT functionality to its devices and increase its headcount. Gradient's environmentally friendly approach to heating and cooling puts it in a good position to capture a large share of the estimated $100 billion market for HVAC products.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2023
$9m
SERIES A
Feb 2023
$18m
SERIES A
Total funding: $33m
Company benefits
- Family friendly + paid family bonding leave policy
- Flexible and open vacation policy
- Employee-contributed 401k
- Access to a 2500 sq. ft. modern prototyping shop including a waterjet cutter, high-power laser cutter, 5-axis mill, lathe, and more
- Pet-friendly office is located in a historic building in San Francisco’s vibrant Mission district
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Equity
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation package ( out of state applicants only )
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Vince Romanin
(CEO)Former Research and Development Engineer at Otherlabs, from which Gradient emerged. Launched and was CEO of Treau in 2017, which was then rebranded as Gradient in 2021.
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