Senior Product Manager, Battery & DER Grids

Cynet Systems; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Cynet Systems is seeking a battery energy storage and DER market strategist in California to conduct stakeholder interviews, analyze market opportunities, and develop battery-related program concepts. The role requires deep expertise in BESS, DERs, and utility markets, with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

The candidate will assess ownership, deployment models, and financial structures while exploring opportunities in CAISO markets, VPPs, and demand flexibility.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in retail battery energy storage solutions, distributed energy resources, and utility markets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews with a range of utility stakeholders, residential customers, vendors, developers, aggregators, and industry experts.
• Evaluate customer pain points and willingness to adopt battery-enabled solutions.
• Identify emerging market opportunities in DERs, VPPs, microgrids, and flexible capacity services.
• Develop and refine battery-related product/program concepts.
• Assess ownership, operational, and financing structures.
• Explore utility-owned, third-party-owned, and customer-owned deployment models.
• Support development of commercialization and scaling strategies.
• Analyze battery capabilities, performance constraints, and deployment considerations.
• Evaluate battery participation opportunities in CAISO, resource adequacy, demand flexibility, and other DER markets.
• Assess opportunities for value stacking across utility and customer use cases.
• Prepare materials for governing executive board members.
• Support development of business cases and investment recommendations.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and scaling considerations.
• Share early-stage solutions for feedback with potential target customers via customer interview.

Skills

BESS

DERs

Distributed Energy Resources

Battery Energy Storage

CAISO

Resource Adequacy

Demand Flexibility

VPP

Virtual Power Plants

Market Strategy

Stakeholder Engagement

Tools

CAISO Markets

DER Markets

Job description

Cynet Systems is seeking a battery energy storage and DER market strategist in California to conduct stakeholder interviews, analyze market opportunities, and develop battery-related program concepts. The role requires deep expertise in BESS, DERs, and utility markets, with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

The candidate will assess ownership, deployment models, and financial structures while exploring opportunities in CAISO markets, VPPs, and demand flexibility.