Strategic Growth Lead, Inverter & Battery Energy Systems

Qcells USA Corp.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. in San Francisco, CA, seeks a Product Strategy Manager, Energy Systems (Inverter & BESS) to drive alignment between equipment capabilities, financing solutions, and customer value propositions.

You’ll focus on inverter and battery energy storage products, shaping differentiating offerings and strategic growth across Qcells and EnFin. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Customer Service, and may

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, business, energy systems, or related field.
• 5+ years in solar, energy storage, energy tech, product strategy, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of residential solar, inverter, battery storage, or energy management solutions.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support hardware strategy development for inverter and battery energy storage offerings.
• Evaluate product competitiveness, performance, warranty positioning, and customer value propositions.
• Identify opportunities for equipment value capture and offering differentiation.
• Assess alignment opportunities between energy products and financial offerings.
• Conduct market, technology, and competitive assessments.
• Support OEM evaluations, strategic supplier discussions, and AVL-related initiatives.
• Develop business cases and recommendations for new offering opportunities.
• Partner with Product Management, Finance, Sales, Asset Operations, Engineering, and Customer Service teams.
• Support executive reviews through analysis, recommendations, and presentation materials.
• Monitor emerging trends in distributed energy resources, energy storage, power electronics, EMS, and VPP solutions.
• Manage strategic product evaluation projects involving technical and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives supporting new product and offering development.

Skills

Solar energy

Energy storage

Product strategy

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Travel coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Energy Systems, or related field

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. in San Francisco, CA, seeks a Product Strategy Manager, Energy Systems (Inverter & BESS) to drive alignment between equipment capabilities, financing solutions, and customer value propositions.

You’ll focus on inverter and battery energy storage products, shaping differentiating offerings and strategic growth across Qcells and EnFin. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Customer Service, and may