Senior Product Manager

About Us

Leap’s mission is to combat climate change by enabling a reliable electric grid that runs on clean energy. The electric grid is transforming from dirty (but predictable) fossil fuels to clean (but less predictable) renewable energy. To do so, the grid needs more flexible demand and supply to help maintain stability and reliability.

Leap plays a crucial role in opening up wholesale energy markets to all distributed energy resources, enabling our partners to get paid for providing flexibility to the grid. 

Leap is a privately-held tech company with funding from top VCs and well-known energy entrepreneurs. We are a distributed company, with a team spread across the U.S. and Europe.

Who are we looking for?

Leap’s Product team plans and designs products that unlock access to wholesale electricity markets for distributed energy resources and devices. We are looking for an entrepreneurial and detail-oriented problem-solver with availability during standard US Eastern time zone working hours to help innovate and execute on various product initiatives. You should be passionate about energy markets and have the flexibility and grit for working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment within a highly regulated industry.

Here’s what we hope you’ll bring:

• Background in computer science, data science or other technical discipline.
• At least 2 years of product management experience delivering software products.
• At least 2 years experience working in an early stage B2B startup environment
• Aptitude for building relationships with a multinational team across several time zones.
• Demonstrated experience successfully bringing new products to market.
• Skilled at deeply understanding customer needs and supporting prioritization decisions with qualitative and quantitative insights
• NICE TO HAVE: experience in US wholesale electricity markets, distributed energy resources, or SaaS API product development.

In this role you will:

• Investigate new product offerings using customer research, prototyping and go-to-market plans.
• Work closely with a team of engineers, data scientists and designers to bring features to market.
• Develop metrics to define expectations and measure outcomes 
• Engage executive and functional teams in release, operational and customer support plans

What’s it like to work at Leap?

Product: At our core we are a tech company. We love technical challenges and build things that we are proud of and would like to use ourselves. Everyone is highly involved in building and designing our products, making them extremely valuable and a pleasure to use.

Purpose: Some of us worked in energy before, some of us haven’t. All of us would like to make a difference and do our part in helping the world move towards a more resilient grid run on renewable energy. 

Fun: We work hard, but enjoy our time at work as well as outside of work. With the team spread out over multiple time zones we also embraced flexibility early on, and are focused on results instead of time spent or presence. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation Philosophy @ Leap 

We aim to promote equitable and competitive compensation in our organization that adequately shows the value we place on our employees and our appreciation for their work. As a remote-first organization, we aim to offer competitive pay in each region based on the labor cost for your location. The range for a candidate in Atlanta, GA is $127,000 - $140,000.


In addition to a competitive base, we provide equity to all our employees based on your contribution level. Additionally, we offer opportunities to receive additional equity through our equity refresh program and grants for extraordinary performance.  

By doing this, we aim to attract mission-driven team members to our business and communicate our appreciation to those working for us. We pledge to keep compensation non-discriminatory and performance-based. 

We aim to promote growth within the organization by providing career rubrics for each role. This allows employees the space to progress at their own pace and be rewarded for their achievements.  

Benefits

• 100% Remote work with flexible schedule
• Healthcare + dental + vision coverage for you (and partner or family)
• 401(k) 
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited paid time off, holidays (3 weeks minimum/year are encouraged)

What to expect from the screening process

Intro Chat: You’ll speak to a Recruiter about your background and interests and get a chance to learn more about Leap.  You’ll also have some time to ask questions.

Technical Interview: Chat with your potential future co-workers via Zoom - you’ll chat for about an hour with a few of the people with whom you’ll be collaborating. What are we looking for at this stage: 

• How do they work, make decisions and process information?
• In-depth understanding of their business development management & energy storage experience. 

You’ll also have some time to ask questions of the team.

Behavior Interview: Chat with your potential future Manager via Zoom - you’ll chat for about an hour with the Manager and one of the people with whom you’ll be working. What are we looking for at this stage: 

• Can the candidate provide the team with structure/guidance?
• Does the candidate have experience dealing with problems? How do they solve problems?
• How do they work cross-functionally? 
• How do they execute? How do they communicate (can they communicate downward, upward laterally)? 

You’ll also have some time to ask them questions.

Founder Interview: Chat with your potential future C-level executive via Zoom - you’ll chat for about 30 minutes with leadership.  What are we looking for at this stage: 

• Will this person bring an aspect of diverse opinions, experiences, and specialized skills which enhances not just the team, but the overall company culture.

You’ll also have some time to ask questions.

Background check: We’ll ask to speak with two to three people who can speak to your work.

Our decision: If you’re selected, we’ll make an offer and open the avenues for communication with our team members to support you in making your decision. If you’re not selected in the current round, we promise to give you some context as to why not, if you’d find that useful. Keep in mind that we’re growing, and we expect there to be many future opportunities!

Note that our clients are mostly US-based, and so we look for the ability to communicate with clarity in English, verbally and in writing.

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