Aurora Solar

Vice President, Product & Design

Aurora Solar

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $295,000 - $320,000 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Develop and retain a strong product management and design organization
  • Establish operating rhythms that enable focus, accountability, and predictable delivery
  • Set a high bar for product quality, craft, and decision-making
  • Fosters a culture for intellectual curiosity and psychological safety
  • Promote a culture of excellence and collaboration aligned with Aurora’s values. Build and sustain a high-performing, collaborative culture that reflects Aurora’s values and empowers teams to do their best work.
  • Define and own Aurora’s product vision and multi-year roadmap, aligning company strategy, customer outcomes, and commercial priorities
  • Identify and validate new product opportunities across the solar and storage value chain (design, sales, permitting, installation, financing, asset management)
  • Lead hypothesis-driven discovery to de-risk investments and ensure we are solving high-value, industry-specific problems
  • Translate strategy into clear priorities, measurable goals, and shipped products
  • Establish and track product & design KPIs including adoption, retention, time-to-value, customer satisfaction, and revenue impact
  • Balance rapid delivery of customer-facing capabilities with investments in platform foundations (APIs, integrations, data, AI/ML)
  • Strongly understands installer, developer, and homeowner workflows across residential and commercial solar
  • Experience strategy (end-to-end workflows, reducing friction across proposal to design to permit)
  • Research + insight systems (continuous discovery, lightweight research ops, customer councils)
  • Quality bar as a business lever (reduce rework, increase speed-to-sale, increase accuracy/trust)
  • Champion customer insight in every decision, from early discovery through roadmap trade-offs
  • Build feedback loops that connect real-world jobsite and sales realities to product decisions
  • Work closely with Engineering to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and quality
  • Partner with Go-To-Market leaders on packaging, pricing, and monetization
  • Rebuild cross functional confidence in Product & Design through reliable execution and clear communication.
  • Collaborate with Partnerships to expand ecosystem integrations and platform reach
  • Represent Product & Design with credibility at the executive and board level

Requirements

  • 12+ years in product management, including 5+ years leading product and design teams at a senior level.
  • Proven experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products, ideally in complex or regulated industries
  • Has led organizations through significant change while improving and sustaining engagement and performance across Product, Design & Engineering.
  • Demonstrated success owning product strategy tied to business outcomes (ARR growth, retention, expansion)
  • Demonstrates deep passion for Aurora’s mission and values, leading by example through integrity and a strong sense of ownership in how decisions are made and teams are led
  • Brings a high degree of curiosity and learning orientation, consistently asking the right questions, seeking diverse perspectives, and exploring new ideas to drive innovation and continuous improvement
  • Experience leading early-stage or net-new product initiatives, where problems and solutions are not yet fully defined
  • Strong judgment in prioritization, trade-off decisions, and sequencing investments under uncertainty
  • Ability to move between visionary thinking and hands-on execution
  • Comfort with platform-oriented products, including APIs, integrations, and data-driven systems
  • Strong analytical skills and experience defining and acting on product metrics
  • Ability to partner deeply with engineering without needing to be the technical architect
  • Prior experience with executives, boards, customers, and partners
  • Ability to influence cross-functionally and align stakeholders around a shared strategy
  • Clear point of view, grounded in data, customer insight, and market understanding
  • Experience in solar, storage, home electrification, renewable energy, construction tech, or climate software
  • Familiarity with installer-led or physical operations workflows
  • Experience productizing AI/ML or LLM-powered capabilities (automation, content, decision support)
  • Background in pricing, monetization, or product-led growth
  • Experience building or scaling platform or ecosystem businesses
Benefits
  • Flexible PTO
  • Parental Leave - 16 weeks with 100% base salary + gradual return to work
  • WFH Stipend - An initial $500 (Non-engineers) or $750 (Engineering roles)
  • Coworking Stipend - $300 / month if you prefer to be at a coworking facility near you
  • Energize Fridays - Company-wide days to log off and recharge
  • Connectivity Stipend - Up to $100 / month towards internet or phone
  • Learning & Development - $720 / annually to use towards professional development (You have to complete 90 days of employment to receive this stipend)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision - Premiums are 100% covered for Aurorans and 90% for dependents
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
product managementB2B SaaSproduct strategyproduct metricsAPIsintegrationsdata-driven systemsAI/MLLLM-powered capabilitiespricing
Soft Skills
leadershipcuriositycommunicationcollaborationjudgmentinfluenceownershipanalytical skillsvisionary thinkingexecution