Job Details: Product Management: Rooftop Systems

Job Title Product Management: Rooftop Systems
Company SunPower Corporation
Location San Jose CA (US)
Date Posted 01/29/10
This job description covers multiple available positions within the rooftop systems product management team. The individual titles and areas of responsibility are:
• Inverter Product Manager: inverters and other electrical balance-of-system (BOS) equipment associated with rooftop PV systems, with focus on residential and commercial PV market segments.
• Residential Rooftop Systems Product Manager: residential rooftop mounting systems for the residential PV market.
• Commercial Rooftop Systems Product Manager: commercial rooftop mounting systems for the commercial and utility PV markets.
In all cases, the individuals filling these positions will have product management responsibility for their respective product areas. You will work closely with Sales, R&D and other product managers to deliver industry leading products and solutions for customers. You will represent the voice of the customer for market needs both current and future, in order to define new products and to tactically manage existing products. You will be knowledgeable of industry trends in commercial and/or residential photovoltaics (PV) systems. You will own your product line from conception through development, deployment and end of life.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Inverter Product Manager:
o Work with R&D to develop and maintain SunPower’s inverter and electrical BOS product strategy by engaging with customers on their system requirements, examining competitive offerings, tracking industry trends, and establishing a successful product roadmap.
o Manage our existing inverter product lines with an eye toward reducing product cost, enhancing product functionality, and improving product quality and yield.
• Residential and Commercial Rooftop Systems Product Managers:
o Work with R&D to develop and maintain SunPower’s residential or commercial rooftop product strategies by engaging with customers on their system requirements, examining competitive offerings, tracking industry trends, and establishing a successful product roadmap.
o Manage our existing rooftop product lines with an eye toward reducing product cost and driving further market adoption.
• General:
o Work with engineering teams in developing make / buy recommendations and the associated vendor analyses.
o Document product strategy (including technical requirements and business cases) in product requirements documents.
o Play an active role in cross-functional product team meetings by guiding product trade-off decisions and otherwise assisting R&D and Manufacturing to ensure successful, on-schedule product development.
o Develop and implement go-to-market plans with cross-functional teams.
o Lead preparation of product-specific sales training and sales support collateral.
o Reconcile sales forecasting and operations build planning with market share goals.
o Travel domestically and internationally to customer, vendor and internal company sites.
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Required
• BS/MS in technical field (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or equivalent) from a leading engineering program.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a technical capacity with PV system vendors, or in the case of the Inverter Product Manager role, electrical system vendors targeting the residential or commercial markets. This experience may come from a traditional product management role or from technical support or sales engineering roles.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Preferred
• Experience in energy fields such as PV, wind or conventional fossil fuel technologies.
• Inverter role: Knowledge of inverter systems and technologies (e.g. AC/DC and DC/DC conversion) and electrical power distribution.
• Mounting systems roles: Knowledge of PV rooftop mounting systems, residential or commercial roofing materials (e.g. tile, membrane, steel, concrete), and associated technologies.
• MBA.
LOCATION
• Positions will be based in either San Jose, CA or Richmond, CA.


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