Staff Product Operations Manager

Nextpower; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextpower is seeking a Staff Product Operations Manager to connect product strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and portfolio decisions across a multi-product R&D org. You’ll partner with PM, R&D Ops, Program Mgmt, Eng and Finance to scale product management and priorities.

You’ll provide structure, analytics and governance to enable leadership tradeoffs, while PMs stay focused on customers, markets and outcomes. California-based salary range provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Operations or related functions.
• Experience in global complex product-development environments; hardware or engineering-intensive industries preferred.
• Experience with product roadmaps, portfolio prioritization, business cases, and executive governance.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to structure complex portfolio decisions and tradeoffs.
• Experience developing scalable processes, dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Ability to translate between product, engineering, financial, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers to create governance around product strategies, value propositions, target markets, and strategic objectives
• Integrate individual product strategies and roadmaps into a consolidated enterprise product portfolio view.
• Develop executive-level views of priorities, roadmap changes, portfolio performance, dependencies, tradeoffs and coordinate regular product portfolio reviews.
• Facilitate cross-product prioritization and develop tradeoff scenarios for leadership.
• Partner with R&D Program Management and Engineering to identify capacity and resource conflicts created by product priorities.
• Incorporate financial analysis, ROI, NPV, sensitivity analysis, and investment requirements into portfolio decisions. Ensure product, commercial, engineering, financial, and execution inputs are available for major portfolio decisions.
• Establish common product and portfolio KPI standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

KPI reporting

Portfolio prioritization

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Description:

Staff Product Operations Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking a Staff Product Operations Manager to build and operate the processes that connect product strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and portfolio decision-making across a multi-product R&D organization.

This role will partner closely with Product Management, R&D Operations, Program Management, Engineering, and Finance to create a consistent and scalable approach for product management and R&D priorities.

The Staff Product Operations Manager will provide the structure, analytics, and governance needed to help leadership make informed tradeoffs across products while enabling Product Managers to remain focused on customers, markets, product strategy, and product outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers to create governance around product strategies, value propositions, target markets, and strategic objectives
• Integrate individual product strategies and roadmaps into a consolidated enterprise product portfolio view.
• Develop clear executive-level views of priorities, roadmap changes, portfolio performance, dependencies, tradeoffs and coordinate regular product portfolio reviews.
• Facilitate cross-product prioritization and develop tradeoff scenarios for leadership.
• Partner with R&D Program Management and Engineering to identify capacity and resource conflicts created by product priorities.
• Incorporate financial analysis, ROI, NPV, sensitivity analysis, and investment requirements into portfolio decisions. Ensure product, commercial, engineering, financial, and execution inputs are available for major portfolio decisions.
• Establish common product and portfolio KPI standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field; MBA preferred but not required.
• 12+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Operations or related functions.
• Experience working in global complex product-development environments; hardware, industrial technology, or engineering-intensive industries preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with product roadmaps, portfolio prioritization, business cases, and executive governance.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to structure complex portfolio decisions and tradeoffs.
• Experience developing scalable processes, dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Ability to translate between product, engineering, financial, and executive stakeholders.

What Success Looks Like

• A clear and integrated enterprise view of product strategy and roadmaps.
• Consistent prioritization and business-case standards across product teams.
• Leadership has clear visibility into portfolio tradeoffs before making investment and resource decisions.
• Product demand is translated into clear, prioritized inputs for R&D portfolio planning.
• Resource and roadmap conflicts are identified earlier.

We are Nextpower

Nextpower offers a comprehensive benefits package. We provide health care coverage, dental and vision, 401(K) participation including company matching, company paid holidays with unlimited paid time off, generous discretionary company bonuses, life and disability protection and more. Employees in certain positions may be eligible for stock compensation. All plans are in accordance with relevant plan documents. For more information on Nextpower’s benefits please view our company website at www.nextracker.com.

Pay is based on market location and may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education and other job-related reasons. The annual salary range for this position is $200,000 to $215,000 (eligible in California).

At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.

Nextpower is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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