Program Manager (Staff)

What we are looking for

Equilibrium is a highly collaborative and interdependent company. We are looking for a highly motivated and mission-driven Program Manager to join the Equilibrium Energy team. You will be working at the intersection of software development, energy, and advanced research with an extremely talented and ambitious team of product managers, software engineers, machine learning, forecasting, data and energy scientists and researchers. As a key member of the program management team, you will play an active role in developing and implementing processes and tools that structure and organize multi-disciplinary teams. You will help set and track company-level objectives, accelerating innovation through cutting-edge research and product development.

What you will do

Project Management

• Lead the planning, execution and delivery of technical programs

• Manage day-to-day responsibilities to keep the team organized by running meetings, tracking tickets and maintaining project plans

• Communicate project updates, status and interface with senior stakeholders

• Identify and mitigate risks and blockers

• Manage scope, resources and budget to deliver on time 

Stakeholder Management

• Establish processes and tools to collaborate with all levels of the company including technical stakeholders, non-technical stakeholders, and senior leadership

• Act as the main point of contact for stakeholder requests

• Proactively identify and communicate program risks related to technical feasibility, research milestones, and product milestones

• Partner with Engineering, Science, Product, and Commercial to facilitate roadmap planning and prioritization

Accelerating Experimentation

• Collaborate with Product Management and Science leadership to implement opportunities to accelerate the pace of experimentation

• Automate workflows and streamlining processes to reduce friction

• Leverage tools to optimize research and experimentations efforts

The minimum qualifications you’ll need

• Passion for clean energy and fighting climate change

• Bachelor’s degree

• 5+ years in project/program management in a technical field. 

• Experience leading projects with technical teams

• Proven success working with all levels of management

• Experience building and implementing processes from scratch

• Must be effective working in a fast-paced team environment and navigating ambiguity

• Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work independently and as part of a group

• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical and research concepts to diverse audiences.

• Demonstrates creativity and independent thought when solving problems

Nice to have additional skills

• Experience working in energy markets, battery optimization or power systems

• Experience working with machine learning, scientific research or price forecasting teams

• Experience working in financial trading (e.g. equities trading), and quantitative analysis

• Advanced degree

• Experience working with fully remote teams

• Experience in developing platforms for internal processes

• Experience with tools; Jira, Notion, Slack, Google Workspace