Product Manager - Solar PV Module
LOOM SOLAR PVT. LTD.
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Job summary
Loom Solar is seeking a seasoned Product Manager for Solar PV modules to own the full product lifecycle—from concept through mass production and market feedback. You will collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, EPC, Finance and Service teams to build a competitive module portfolio.
The role focuses on market research, strategy, technology selection, pricing, cost targets, and steady roadmap execution to meet residential and commercial solar needs
Qualifications
- Own the complete module lifecycle: from concept to launch and lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, EPC, Finance and Service teams.
- Define product families, wattage ranges, dimensions, cell tech and BPM targets.
Responsibilities
- Own the complete Loom Solar module portfolio across technologies and applications.
- Develop a 3-year Solar Module Product Roadmap and identify gaps to market requirements.
- Lead PRD, cell selection, BOM, prototype, testing, certification, pilot and mass production.
Skills
Education
Job description
- PM Surya Ghar
- High-efficiency modules
- Temperature coefficient
- Solar dealers
- Distributors
- Efficiency
- Degradation
- Efficiency
- Temperature coefficient
- Efficiency
- Degradation
- Module efficiency
- First-pass yield
- EL defects
- Soldering quality
- Lamination quality
- Visual quality
- EL defects
Company: Loom Solar
Department: Product Management
Function: Solar PV Modules
Location: Faridabad / Delhi NCR
Experience: 6–12 years
Qualification: B.Tech/B.E. – Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing or related field
Reporting To: CPO / Business Head – Solar Modules
Loom Solar is building a large-scale solar module business with a focus on technology, quality, cost competitiveness, manufacturing excellence and market leadership.
We are looking for a Product Manager – Solar Panels who will own the complete product lifecycle of Loom Solar PV modules:
Market Research → Product Strategy → Technology Selection → Product Development → Manufacturing → Certification → Costing → Pricing → Launch → Market Feedback → Product Improvement
The Product Manager will work closely with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, EPC, Finance and Service teams.
The objective is to build a competitive solar-panel portfolio for:
- Residential rooftop
- PM Surya Ghar
- C&I rooftop
- EPC projects
- Open Access
- Utility-scale projects
- Government projects
- Export markets
Own the complete Loom Solar module portfolio across different technologies and applications.
- Residential rooftop modules
- C&I modules
- Utility-scale modules
- DCR modules
- Non-DCR modules
- Domestic modules
- Export modules
- Special application modules
- Mono PERC
- TOPCon
- HJT
- Bifacial modules
- N-type technologies
- Higher-wattage modules
- High-efficiency modules
- Glass-glass modules
- Future PV technologies
Continuously identify the next generation of solar technology for Loom Solar.
Develop a 3-year Solar Module Product Roadmap.
Define:
- Product families
- Wattage range
- Module dimensions
- Cell technology
- Cell size
- Efficiency targets
- Bifaciality
- Temperature coefficient
- Warranty
- Target cost/W
- Target selling price/W
- Target gross margin
Identify gaps between Loom Solar's portfolio and market requirements.
Regularly interact with:
- Solar dealers
- Distributors
- EPC companies
- System integrators
- Installers
- C&I customers
- Project developers
- Government customers
- Utility companies
- Export customers
Understand customer requirements around:
- Wattage
- Efficiency
- Price
- Dimensions
- Weight
- Warranty
- Availability
- DCR requirements
- Bankability
- Degradation
- Product reliability
- Delivery lead time
Convert customer feedback into product requirements.
Own the complete module-development process:
Customer Requirement → PRD → Cell Selection → BOM → Prototype → Testing → Certification → Pilot Production → Mass Production → Launch
Define and manage:
- Cell technology
- Cell size
- Number of cells
- Module architecture
- Glass
- Encapsulant
- Backsheet / glass
- Frame
- Junction box
- Connector
- Busbar architecture
- Interconnection
- Bifaciality
- Power output
- Efficiency
- Mechanical load
- Temperature coefficient
Work closely with Procurement and R&D to select the right components.
Evaluate:
Cells
- Efficiency
- Power
- Degradation
- LID/LeTID
- Reliability
- Availability
- Cost
Materials
- Glass
- EVA/POE
- Backsheet
- Aluminium frame
- Junction box
- Connector
- Ribbon
- Sealants
- Packaging
Maintain a BOM cost and performance dashboard.
Own the product economics.
Track:
Cell Cost + BOM + Manufacturing Cost + Packaging + Logistics + Warranty = Product Cost
Monitor:
- ₹/W
- Cost/W
- BOM variance
- Yield
- Scrap
- Manufacturing conversion cost
- Warranty provision
- Logistics cost
Drive continuous cost reduction without compromising product quality.
Work closely with the manufacturing team to improve:
- Module efficiency
- Line yield
- Throughput
- First-pass yield
- Scrap
- Cell breakage
- EL defects
- Soldering quality
- Lamination quality
- Visual quality
- Module reliability
Support new product introduction:
NPI → Pilot → Validation → Mass Production
Ensure new products can be manufactured economically at scale.
Own the product-quality feedback loop.
Monitor:
- EL defects
- Micro-cracks
- Hotspots
- Delamination
- PID
- Junction-box failures
- Connector failures
- Glass breakage
- Frame issues
- Power degradation
- Field failures
- Warranty claims
Lead:
RCA → CAPA → Engineering Change → Validation → Product Improvement
Define product-validation requirements covering:
- EL testing
- IV testing
- Hi-Pot
- Insulation testing
- Thermal cycling
- Damp heat
- Humidity freeze
- Mechanical load
- Hail testing
- UV exposure
- PID testing
- LID/LeTID
- Salt mist where applicable
- Ammonia testing where applicable
- Dust/sand testing where applicable
Work with Quality and external laboratories for product qualification.
Own the product certification roadmap and documentation.
Coordinate with Quality, Engineering and certification agencies for applicable:
- BIS requirements
- IEC standards
- ALMM requirements
- DCR requirements
- MNRE requirements
- Utility requirements
- Export-market certifications
Maintain a product compliance matrix for every module family.
Develop product warranty strategy based on:
- Product warranty
- Performance warranty
- Annual degradation
- Linear degradation curve
- First-year degradation
- End-of-life performance
Benchmark warranty structures across the market.
Work with Quality and Finance to calculate:
Warranty Risk → Provision → Product Cost
Develop product pricing based on:
Cost/W + Market Price/W + Product Value + Channel Margin + Target Gross Margin
Manage pricing for:
- Retail
- Dealer
- Distributor
- EPC
- C&I
- Utility
- Government
- Export
Track competitor pricing weekly/monthly.
Build a monthly competitor tracker covering:
- Product wattage
- Module efficiency
- Technology
- Dimensions
- Weight
- Warranty
- Degradation
- Price/W
- Availability
- Certifications
- Dealer margin
- Product launches
Track major domestic and international module manufacturers.
Convert competitive intelligence into product and pricing decisions.
Own the complete product-launch process.
Prepare:
- Product name
- Product positioning
- Datasheet
- Technical specifications
- Installation guidelines
- Warranty document
- Product packaging
- Product photographs
- Sales presentation
- Product comparison
- Dealer communication
- Training material
Coordinate launch with:
Sales + Marketing + Manufacturing + Supply Chain + Service
Train the sales and channel organization on:
- Module technology
- Product benefits
- Technical specifications
- Product selection
- Competitor comparison
- Warranty
- Installation
- Customer objections
Create:
- Dealer product guides
- Installer training
- Technical FAQs
- Competitor battle cards
- Product comparison sheets
- Module sizing guidelines
Work with Sales, Supply Chain and Finance to develop:
- Monthly demand forecast
- Product-wise forecast
- Wattage-wise forecast
- Technology-wise forecast
- Channel-wise forecast
Monitor:
Forecast → Production Plan → Inventory → Sales → Stock Age
Improve forecast accuracy and reduce obsolete inventory.
Every quarter review:
Keep → Improve → Replace → Launch → Exit
Identify:
- Slow-moving products
- High-margin products
- High-volume products
- Strategic products
- Products with quality issues
- Products becoming technologically obsolete
Ensure Loom Solar does not maintain an unnecessarily complex SKU portfolio.
Work with the technology team to build product-level digital systems covering:
- Product catalogue
- Datasheets
- Serial-number tracking
- Warranty registration
- Product authentication
- Installation tracking
- Field-performance monitoring
- Customer complaints
- Product recall/traceability where required
KPI
Measurement
Module Revenue
₹ Crore
Module Volume
MW
Market Share
%
Gross Margin
%
Cost/W
₹/W
ASP/W
₹/W
Module Efficiency
%
Manufacturing Yield
%
Product Failure Rate
%
Warranty Claims
%
New Products Launched
Number
Product Development Cycle
Days
Forecast Accuracy
%
Inventory Days
Days
Customer Complaints
Number
Repeat Purchase
%
Product Availability
%
- Understand Loom Solar's complete module portfolio.
- Visit manufacturing facilities.
- Study current BOM and product costs.
- Meet key dealers, EPCs and customers.
- Analyze warranty and quality data.
- Complete competitor product mapping.
Prepare:
Loom Solar 3-Year PV Module Product Roadmap
including:
- Residential
- C&I
- Utility
- DCR
- Export
- TOPCon
- HJT
- Bifacial
- High-wattage modules
Define target:
- Wattage
- Efficiency
- Cost/W
- ASP/W
- Gross margin
- Warranty
- Finalize priority new products.
- Prepare PRDs.
- Finalize BOM targets.
- Start NPI projects.
- Establish competitor dashboard.
- Establish product-quality dashboard.
- Establish monthly product review with management.
- 6–12 years of experience in solar PV/module/product management.
- Strong understanding of crystalline silicon PV modules.
- Experience with solar module manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of PV module BOM.
- Experience in product development/NPI.
- Understanding of solar cell technologies.
- Experience with quality and reliability.
- Understanding of module certification.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills.
- TOPCon
- HJT
- Bifacial modules
- Glass-glass modules
- DCR modules
- ALMM
- Large-scale solar projects
- Module manufacturing
- Export markets
- PV testing/certification
- Solar cell procurement
- Solar PV technology
- Solar cells
- Module architecture
- Materials
- Manufacturing
- Quality
- Reliability
- Testing
- Product strategy
- Product roadmap
- PRD
- NPI
- Product lifecycle
- SKU management
- Competitive intelligence
- Cost/W
- Pricing
- Margin
- BOM optimization
- Vendor management
- Market analysis
- Ownership
- Customer focus
- Cross-functional leadership
- Data-driven decision making
- Problem solving
- Speed of execution
The Product Manager will be responsible for building a solar-module portfolio that delivers:
Higher Efficiency + Lower Cost/W + Better Reliability + Faster Innovation + Stronger Customer Value
The ultimate objective is to make Loom Solar's PV module portfolio technology-led, cost-competitive, reliable and scalable from residential rooftop to large utility-scale projects.
- 6–12 years of experience in solar PV/module/product management.
- Strong understanding of crystalline silicon PV modules.
- Experience with solar module manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of PV module BOM.
- Experience in product development/NPI.
- Understanding of solar cell technologies.
- Experience with quality and reliability.
- Understanding of module certification.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills.
- TOPCon
- HJT
- Bifacial modules
- Glass-glass modules
- DCR modules
- ALMM
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