Product Manager, Tracker Components

Job Description

Product Manager, Tracker Components

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director, Product Management, you will drive growth and value in new mechanical component offerings that align with the Array Technologies Tracker roadmap. In this role, you will proactively identify, research, evaluate, and launch new components that will be indispensable to our tracker system evolution. You will plan and develop the product strategy with Business Development, Customer & Product Support, Supply Chain, Engineering and Finance to manage the current component portfolio and help create new and differentiated products. This role will manage the mechanical components necessary to build the full Array Technologies tracker system(s) ensuring components meet technical requirements and meet business case objectives to support the growing company tracker system roadmap. The successful candidate will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to maximize the growth, development, and return on investment of the product portfolio today and in the future.

Key Job Responsibilities

• This role will deliver in the key areas of (1) strategy, (2) product and service delivery, (3) value pricing, (4) ongoing product management.
• Create and own the physical product component enhancement roadmap as it translates to the tracker system target markets.
• Clearly define product and market requirements for product enhancements to tracker mechanical components.
• As product leader, create and defend the business case for enhancements.
• Develop and translate voice of the customer to deliver new and essential products and services.
• Drive innovation and execution of key new products for our utility-scale solar customers
• Collaborate with product development to define project scope.
• Work as part of core development teams in executing product changes and improvements.
• Prepare materials for gate approval meetings as needed.
• Facilitate new product training overviews.
• Prepare internal and external product notifications as needed.
• Lead commercialization of new and existing offerings targeted at existing and new customers.
• Develop pitches that communicate to external stakeholders.
• Develop critical business relationships with key strategic, sales, and implementation partners. Build, establish, and maintain superior relationships with strategic partners to drive incremental revenue, expand our footprint, and capture new revenue opportunities.
• Stay informed on market trends, market requirements, PV module loading requirements, foundation technologies, best practice installation techniques, and other mechanical trends in the utility scale photovoltaic market.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of business, product management, program management, project management, or strategic consulting experience
• Travel as required (up to 25%)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering degree
• 3 or more years of experience with utility scale photovoltaic plant construction, sales, or applications engineering in utility scale PV plants
• Demonstrated comfort and willingness to move from strategic to tactical as needed.
• Entrepreneurial problem-solving attitude
• Strong analytical skills
• Highly resourceful, hands-on problem solver
• Experience in the solar or renewable energy industry
• Strong communication, presentation, prioritization, and multi-tasking abilities
• Ability to work equally well independently as well as part of a high functioning team.
• Ability to lead, manage, mentor, and inspire others.
• Ability to work across multiple organizations in a fast paced, smaller company environment.
  
  

At Array Tech, Inc., we strive to lead with our culture, and believe that our people are a key enabler of our future state. Our total rewards philosophy supports Array’s ability to attract, develop, and retain our employees. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and wellness programs that align with the local markets where we do business.

Array Tech, Inc. offers equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.