Director, Product Management Data Platform

Director, Product Management Data Platform

Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businessesincluding things like smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and even people's behaviorto generate, shift, or save energy to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity that can be used by the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels. Our solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers. We are seeking a Director, Product Management Data Platform to join our team and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.

In this role, you will define and drive the vision, strategy, and execution for Uplight's Data Platformthe backbone of our applications and machine learning efforts. This platform ingests and makes available high-value data from utilities, OEM devices, and other providers, ensures governance, lineage, and quality, and empowers internal and external teams with trusted, real-time insights. It also empowers accelerated model development through its Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) tooling. Beyond being an internal foundation, the Data Platform is also a customer-facing value engine. It enables business intelligence for utilities and partners, provides a Developer Platform to accelerate innovation, and serves as the launching pad for future data-driven products and services. Your mission is to ensure this platform not only scales with technical excellence but also maximizes customer value from data in every form.

What you will contribute :

• Deep Technical Expertise. You understand modern data architectures including Lakehouses, ingestion pipelines, real-time observability, governance, ML Ops, and developer platforms. You leverage this to partner with teammates to make data easy to use and power our products.
• Data Business Orientation. You have experience turning data platforms into customer-facing value propositions, such as BI tools, APIs, and embedded analytics.
• Horizontal Leadership. You influence across technical and business stakeholders, ensuring foundational data investments directly translate into customer impact.
• Systems Thinking. You see how ingestion, governance, analytics, BI, and applications connect into a single ecosystem delivering business value.
• People Leadership. You inspire, recruit, and grow world-class product talent across global teams. You set a healthy, sustainable pace and dive deep when needed.
• Strategic Growth Mindset. You understand that platforms are not just infrastructurethey are business multipliers that create efficiency, unlock new offerings, and generate revenue.
• Strong understanding of DERs and Open Standards. Understand DERs such as thermostats, batteries, EVs, and standards such as OpenADR, IEEE 2030.5 and Message Bus.

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What you bring to Uplight :

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why Join Uplight in Leading the Fight Against Climate Change?

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Salary Range : $175,000 to $225,000 + Bonus

Application Deadline : October 17, 2025

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors, including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status (including neurodivergence), genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurotypicality, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.