About This Opportunity
We are seeking a Sr. Product Manager, Utility Market who will work closely with our strategy, marketing, and delivery teams to identify market needs, design and validate solutions, and bring them to market. Whether you’re an experienced Product Manager looking to deepen your expertise or a utility DSM professional eager to expand into product management, this role provides the mentorship, resources, and collaborative environment to help you succeed.
Summary of a Job Well Done in this role:
A successful PM will drive growth in revenue and profitability for Cascade Energy by exhibiting the following attributes and skills:
- Effective at identifying and defining market problems through continuous discovery with customers and stakeholders.
- Effective at guiding focus on the most compelling opportunities. Supports Cascade’s decision-making on where to invest our innovation efforts.
- Exhibits creativity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and rigor in envisioning, researching, validating, prototyping, and testing products, features, and services. Throughout this process, maintains simultaneous focus on value to the customer, value to Cascade, user experience, and technology required to make it happen.
- Efficient at developing research plans, collecting and synthesizing market research, voice of customer research, and competitor research.
- Adept at coordinating and influencing internal teams and external resources to design, build, market, sell, and launch new products, features and enhancements.
Why work at Cascade?
As a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP), Cascadians foster and value a culture of equals, initiative, and ownership. Our teams reflect our core company values: Do the Right Thing; Put Others First; Seek Shared Success; Learn Constantly; and Be Industrious. Our customers are vitally important to us, and we pride ourselves on stellar customer service. Our team members are a dedicated and diverse group of ambassadors, representing Cascade Energy, striving to embody our values, ensure we are responsive, and consistently delighting our customers.
In alignment with our values and doing better, Cascade Energy celebrates and values diversity as vital for increased creativity and innovation and faster problem solving, and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination and harassment. Learn more about DEIA at Cascade by visiting cascadeenergy.com/deia.
Cascade promotes a healthy work-life balance and appreciates employee contribution in all areas. We walk the talk about our commitment to learning constantly, with a focus on the ongoing development of every team member. Cascade is a strong supporter of flexible working arrangements, and offers role-dependent options for remote, hybrid, and in-office work.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Develop and carry out continuous discovery plans with customers, end users and Cascade delivery personnel to validate market opportunities.
- Formulate potential Cascade services and enhance existing services into attractive, distinctive, and replicable products. Assess financial impact and align product strategies with Cascade’s overall business goals.
- Through designs, prototypes and pilots, guide cross-functional teams to validate solutions that add value to Cascade’s programs in various ways.
- Work closely with our sales and marketing teams to develop compelling positioning and messaging that resonates with target audiences; assess and size markets; coordinate cross-team collaborate on creating and executing go-to-market plans and proactively develop sales enablement tools.
- Collaborate with teams across Cascade to document, share, and scale best practice adoption of new products.
- Collaborate with the Director of Strategy and Products and other staff to develop and communicate strategic priorities.
This is a full-time, exempt position to be located in our Corporate Office of Portland, Oregon. Two days per week in office and hybrid environment. Outside travel is expected to be <5%.
Qualifications
Applicants for this role are required to have:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in engineering, business administration, marketing or related field
- 8+ years of experience working with utility-sponsored energy efficiency or demand response programs, with preference to experience in the industrial sector OR 8+ years of product management experience in B2B environments with preference to an industrial or utility customer market.
For candidates with a core competency in demand-side management, we would prefer exposure or experience to product management best practices. For candidates with a core competency in product management, we would prefer coursework, certificates, or work history in fields related to industrial processes, energy efficiency or sustainability.
Valuable (but not required) experience includes:
- DSM program management or business development
- Customer relationship management
- Product management certifications
- Energy management certifications
For candidates whose experience may not align perfectly with all these preferred skills but can see themselves adding value in this role, we encourage you to still apply. Cascade is dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace and places strong import on learning and development. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Compensation & Benefits
Our total rewards include competitive pay and excellent benefits. These include health, vision, FSA or HSA options with an employer contribution, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, paid parental leave, 401k retirement plan with a guaranteed 3% contribution, Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), annual cash performance bonus, paid vacation, sick time, and an inclusive, flexible paid holiday policy, wellbeing contribution of $500 for HSA, FSA, or LSA (Lifestyle Spending Account).
The salary range for this position in Portland, Oregon is $115,500 - $144,375/year. However, final salary offered may vary depending on non-discriminatory factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experiences, and geographical location if different than the above.
Application Process
Please submit a current resume (PDF). We would also appreciate a letter of interest (PDF) describing why our team or the position resonates with you, and how your experience makes you a great choice for the role. If you submit a letter, please combine it with your resume in one PDF document.
- Please, no phone calls.
- Please, no outside recruiters or agencies.
- Cascade Energy is not able to provide sponsorship for work authorization in the U.S., which includes OPT.
AAP/EEO Statement
Cascade is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion and religious practices, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or family, marital, or veteran status. To request a reasonable accommodation during the application and interviewing process, please contact the Cascade recruiter.
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