Senior Product Manager

At GAF, we cover more than buildings. We cover each other. No matter what role, tenure, or track, under this roof you are empowered to be there for your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we don’t back down from hard work– we support one another in pursuit of something bigger. We define the future while leading the present. And under this roof, we own our opportunities. Becoming the market leader only happens when everyone feels they have the opportunity, and the support, to thrive. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team Summary
GAF Energy is transforming the rooftop solar industry to generate “Energy from Every Roof”. As a Standard Industries company, GAF Energy works in partnership with North America’s largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, GAF, offering builders, homeowners, and contractors elegant, roof-integrated energy solutions. For more information about GAF Energy, visit www.gaf.energy.

Job Summary
GAF Energy is seeking a talented hardware product leader to own the development and evolution of GAF Energy's hardware product offerings, including solar roofing, energy storage, vehicle charging, and future energy service offerings to contractors, homeowners, and home builders. GAF Energy tailored offerings include both products manufactured by GAF Energy (Timberline Solar) and 3rd party products packaged together as turnkey solutions to meet the needs of the market.

This role will be responsible for conducting rolling market analysis and driving alignment across the leadership team to set, prioritize, and specify roadmap for the growth, development and successful commercialization of new product offerings.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge and experience with residential renewable energy products, impeccable written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to interface seamlessly between the business teams to drive a unified vision.

Essential Duties

• Drive the product vision and roadmap for GAF Energy's hardware product offerings, including GTM.

• Conduct market, contractor, builder and customer research to inform and develop product and services growth strategy, taking into account new developments in the way that both solar and roofing projects are sold, installed, and serviced.

• Build business cases to support the development of new applications in key markets.

• Create detailed requirements and product recommendations. Develop strong supporting justification for new offerings and assist in running pilots in the market.

• Collaborate and convey product dependencies, requirements, and approvals, including bankability, financing approval, software, hardware, field operations, and sales teams.

• Support integration of products into internal systems and track performance metrics.

• Monitor, track, and communicate the performance of current product offerings. Push improvements that deliver high quality, reliability and responsiveness for customers.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or similar field(s) of study required

• 3+ years proven work experience within renewable energy, solar energy storage, EV charging, roofing, construction, project management, or similar industries

• 3+ years proven work experience as a product manager (or related position), including managing product roadmaps, process development, and new product launches

• Experience and understanding of residential renewable energy financing (lease, ppa, loan), bankability requirements for residential energy products, and AVL approval processes.

• Strong project management capabilities and success in delivering new ideas from concept all the way through to commercialization.

• Comfort working across multiple departments to form cross-functional teams as needed for individual projects.

Qualifications Preferred

• Entrepreneurial, self-starter and self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and with diverse teams

• Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written

• Creative Problem Solver- You can assess situations with lighting speed and identify risks, challenges, and trade-offs to craft solution options. You understand that there’s always more than one way to solve a problem and don’t get caught up on the “one right answer”.

• Expert Communicator- You know how to adapt your communications to the audience to drive an initiative forward. You are comfortable in front of any audience and can facilitate complex discussions into unified decisions and actions.

• Intellectually Curious - Although you bring strong technical chops, you strive to learn more about the industry, products, competitors, technical advancements, and our customers every day. You understand that a product leader's superpower is knowing what’s around the corner, not just what’s relevant now.

Base salary and/or rate of pay ranges listed are exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Individual compensation offers will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant candidate experience and skill, education, and/or qualifications.Base Salary Range: $128,000-$176,000

How We Protect What Matters Most:

1. We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. 2. Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood. 3. Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions. 4. Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence. 5. Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program. 6. We're committed to fostering a culture that reflects our values to connect, empower, evolve, and inspire. We offer many opportunities for employees to connect with one another, including through our Employee Resource Groups who focus on education and allyship for all of our employees.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.