Product Integration - Module Lead

Exponent Energy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions company in Bengaluru seeks a project manager to work with cross-functional teams on EV charging products. You will manage project risks, coordinate stakeholders, and oversee budgets. Ideal candidates have strong engineering fundamentals and experience in product development, particularly within the EV ecosystem. Join a passionate team in building innovative solutions that simplify energy for electric vehicles.

Qualifications

• Experience managing risks across functional domains.
• Track record of taking products from concept to production.
• Capable of driving data-driven decisions.
• Hands-on problem solving and proactive work style.
• People-oriented with collaboration skills.
• Experience with hardware products in EV ecosystem is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with functional leads to identify and mitigate risks.
• Oversee squad budgets for various phases.
• Manage project deliverables to ensure timely launches.
• Take projects from proof of concept to production and handover.
• Manage squad budgets including R&D, homologation, testing.

Skills

Strong engineering fundamentals

Strong analytical mindset

Hands on problem solving

People skills

Experience in EV ecosystem

Hardware product experience

Job description

You’ll be working with the product and engineering team.

This team runs on coffee with an infectious passion to build products that have never been built before. Our Flexible Energy Stack consists of the e^pack (battery pack) and e^pump (charging station) which together unlock 15-minute rapid charging.

Our philosophy: Break. Believe. Build.

There’s no playbook for disruption. The only way to create a radical future is to continuously break, believe and build — You have to BREAK stuff, assumptions and the thumb rule. You have to BELIEVE in the process, in the team and through failures. You have to BUILD fast & passionately and build to simplify.

Job Description

All projects at Exponent are delivered by Cross Functional Teams - they are internally referred to as squads. Each squad is given a target in terms of project deliverables - including cost, quality and timeline. The squad is led by what we call - Module Lead. The module lead’s job is to manage risk and ensure successful launch of the product to relevant stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with relevant functional leads to identify risks across domains - engineering, process, operations, service etc.
• Prioritize and manage mitigation as well as resolution of each of these risks.
• Coordinate with all relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth operation of the team (Squad)
• Take projects from proof of concept to production - until handover to sustenance.
• Manage squad budgets ranging from R&D, Homologation, Testing etc.

The ideal candidate

• Strong engineering fundamentals. Without this - fundamental risk tradeoff calls cannot be managed.
• Strong analytical mindset to be able to drive objective, data driven decisions.
• Should have gone through a product development cycle from the concept stage to stabilization of the production stage.
• Would like to get hands on with work and problem solving.
• Should be a people person.
• Should have built hardware products that have gone into customer hands - Exposure to the EV ecosystem is an added bonus.

What matters

• High ownership of work.
• Quality of work
• Approach towards problem-solving
• Dissatisfaction towards mediocre work
• Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing

About Us

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.

Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging.

The 200+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.