The Opportunity
As the Senior Manager of Hardware Products, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the success of our hardware and service offerings. You’ll lead a dynamic team responsible for productizing and managing key components of our portfolio, including Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), Battery Energy Storage, and accessories as part of our InCharge offering.
Your mission will be to create innovative, customer-centric solutions that meet market demands and drive growth by curating the hardware product portfolio across multiple vendors. This includes gathering Voice of Customer (VoC), defining product requirements, building business cases, running RFPs (in conjunction with Supply Chain), and managing product launches.
This role also ensures that hardware products are integrated into our service organization and enhanced by InControl. The team will maintain the product roadmap to ensure our offerings stay competitive and aligned with evolving customer needs. You will help translate EVSE functions into business-relevant documentation and support go-to-market efforts through collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Engineering.
This position reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer.
What You’ll Do
Be the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for:
- Defining product use cases and analyzing requirements to support them
- Calculating business cases and supporting Go/No-Go decisions based on functional and commercial evaluation criteria
- Managing product requirements throughout the lifecycle to ensure cohesive EV Charging Solutions are developed
- Supporting both ongoing and new initiatives with documentation and requirement development
- Collaborating with internal teams and business partners to develop strategy and drive project execution
- Planning, organizing, and monitoring requirement specifications
- Working with Engineering, Software Development, and Product Marketing teams to implement solutions and validate results
Collaborate With:
- Software Product Management and Product Engineering teams to define features, test cases, and documentation
- Product Marketing, Sales, and Operations to gather VoC, develop requirements, provide training, and produce supporting documentation
Report & Escalate:
- Weekly progress reports on product development and launch timelines
- Escalation of technical issues or process hurdles with detailed descriptions and recommendations for resolution
Your Experience & Capabilities
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in hardware product management or adjacent fields (R&D, technical business development), preferably in energy or cleantech
- Strong understanding of EVSE, Battery Energy Storage, and associated technologies
- Proven leadership ability and experience guiding cross-functional teams
- Analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passion for quality and customer-focused product delivery
- Experience launching technology products in fast-paced environments
- Highly adaptable and service-oriented mindset with a “do what it takes” approach
What We Offer
Full-time employees enjoy competitive compensation, yearly bonuses, and benefits package including 401(k) matching contribution, health, dental, and vision, cell phone reimbursement, generous vacation, office meals and snacks, team building events and activities throughout the year.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment at InCharge Energy is based solely upon individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.
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What We Do
InCharge Energy is on the frontlines of large-scale emissions reduction, accelerating the electrification of the transportation industry – one commercial fleet at a time. With end-to-end, turnkey solutions for commercial EV infrastructure projects, InCharge Energy equips fleet managers with the top brands in charging hardware and software; customized hardware and software products; short-, mid- and long-range plans for seamless fleet and facilities transition to EVs; financing; and maintenance and corrective repairs over the life of the charging assets. 🔌 InCharge develops innovative hardware, software and services designed and engineered specifically for fleets, such as service-dispatch-integrated software, fleet-management-integrated software, electricity load management, durable cable management products and high-reliability maintenance, repair and warranty services. Whether a fleet has 200 sedans or 20,000 Class 8 trucks, the team at InCharge serves a diverse clientele throughout North America, including major commercial fleets, truck and bus manufacturers, rideshare operators, EV manufacturers, school districts, municipalities and facilities owners, among many others. 🌎 Headquartered in the world’s first zero-emissions delivery zone in Santa Monica, Calif., InCharge Energy was founded by EV industry veterans Cameron Funk and Terry O’Day. The company has additional operations in San Francisco, Michigan and Virginia. 📞 If you’re looking for an experienced team to support your fleet’s electrification, please call us at 818.697.GOEV
