Product Manager II

Uplight; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Generous parental leave

Work flexibility

Learning and development programs

Job summary

Uplight seeks a Product Manager II to own the Non-steerable Asset Optimization within the Flex platform, shaping the core user experience for optimizing non-steerable devices and enabling utility program managers to scale demand response programs.

Collaborate with engineering and design to define strategy and roadmap, lead user research, measure outcomes, and ensure OEM compatibility for scalable, resilient, and easy-to-use capabilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience leading product teams.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts.
• User-first mindset balancing simplicity with constraints.
• Growth-minded with collaborative problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate a clear product strategy for Non-steerable Asset Optimization.
• Collaborate with engineering and design to shape strategy and roadmap, prioritize problems, and launch MVPs.
• Lead iterative product and design thinking to measure, learn, and improve user experience.
• Build a data-driven understanding of customer needs and usage across programs.
• Drive user research with clients at every stage of product development.
• Define, monitor, and report on key metrics for your products.
• Partner with designers, engineers, PMs, researchers, marketers, and account managers to align on core problems.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and iteration.

Skills

Product leadership

Communication

Cross-team leadership

User-first mindset

Growth mindset

Tools

Agile tooling

Job description

Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses—including things like smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and even people’s behavior—to generate, shift, or save energy to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity that can be used by the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels. Our solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers.

We are seeking a Product Manager II to join our team and oversee Non-steerable Asset Optimization capabilities within our Flex platform. In this role, you will be responsible for the core user experience of optimizing non-steerable devices, ensuring utility program managers can seamlessly manage demand response programs at scale. This mission-critical role focuses on our Predictive Capacity Dispatch (PCD) capability, which enables utilities to predictably rely on the load shed of non-steerable devices—such as smart thermostats—to achieve a flat, sustained level of load reduction during peak event windows. You will guide client readiness, collaborate on dispatch strategy, and manage OEM compatibility to ensure our most sophisticated non-steerable dispatch capabilities are scalable, resilient, and easy to use.

What You Get To Do

• Develop and articulate a clear product strategy for our Non-steerable Asset Optimization capability.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and design to shape strategy & roadmap, prioritize the most valuable problems to solve, and launch MVPs to quickly validate hypotheses in that strategy
• Lead iterative product & design thinking to continuously measure, learn, and enhance user experience in our utility-facing products
• Build a deep and data-driven understanding of customer needs, pain points, and real-life behaviors across programs.
• Drive user research with clients at every stage of product development
• Define, monitor, measure, analyze, and report on key metrics for your products
• Partner closely with Designer, Engineers, fellow PMs & User Researchers, Marketers, Account Managers and more across the business to align on core user problems (or JTBD) and uncover shared opportunities together.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and iteration.

What You Bring To Uplight

• 2+ 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.

Bonus Points

• A deep curiosity for exploring responsible efficiency opportunities with AI.
• Comfortable jumping into complex technical domains with curiosity and humility.
• Experience working in multiple industries and/or in startup environments
• Fluency in Agile environments, meeting cadences, etc.

Why Join Uplight in Leading the Fight Against Climate Change?

• Make a Meaningful Impact: Your work directly impacts our mission of decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• Grow Your Career: We offer ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Thrive: We offer comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, and work flexibility to help you thrive both personally and professionally.
• Belong to an Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard. Our Employee Resource Groups offer opportunities to connect with colleagues who share your interests and backgrounds.
• Be Part of a Growing Movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized. Together, we can build a brighter tomorrow.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefits package and other perks, visit uplight.com/careers

Salary Range: $118,000 to $147,000 USD + Bonus

Application Deadline: October 1, 2026

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status (including neurodivergence), genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurotypicality, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.