Staff Software Product Manager, Residential Energy

Tesla is seeking a Staff Software Product Manager for its Residential Energy products in Palo Alto, CA. In this role, you will guide the hardware and software product roadmap by using customer, market, and competitor insights, while partnering across engineering, business operations, partners, and end users.

Responsibilities

• Act as the voice of the customer, installer, and support agent throughout product development to ensure the roadmap delivers maximum user value.
• Develop product requirements from first principles to steer engineering execution and support customer delight, simplicity, and market capture.
• Collaborate with engineering on technical design decisions and tradeoffs to meet customer and installer requirements.
• Perform fleet, market, and competitor analysis, and run end user interviews, to enable data driven, customer centric product decisions.
• Define key success metrics for features, establish analytics to track adoption, and surface issues early.
• Create product marketing content including technical white papers, sales materials, and web content to educate customer segments on product value propositions, functionality, reliability, and competitive advantages.
• Translate engineering specifications and performance data into clear, digestible content that marketing teams can use for targeted messaging campaigns.
• Provide senior leadership with clear communication on timeline risks and complex product tradeoffs so teams can make informed decisions quickly.

Requirements

• Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of global energy markets, with experience working directly with engineering, sales, and business development teams.
• Direct experience related to solar, energy storage, EV charging, electrical concepts, and home construction.
• Experience and comfort working with large datasets, plus the ability to present complex problems and solutions clearly to an executive audience.
• Demonstrated drive to deliver results without accepting the status quo.
• Ability to operate independently and bring solutions and prioritization to complex problems.
• Strong attention to detail and capacity to manage simultaneous projects in a fast paced environment.

Location

Palo Alto, CA (onsite)

Compensation

USD 176,000 - 264,000 per year.

Expected total compensation includes cash and stock awards plus benefits. Pay offered may vary based on market location and job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may include additional elements depending on the specific position offered.

Education

A degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Medical plans (including more than one plan option with $0 payroll deduction).
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans (options with $0 paycheck contribution).
• Company Paid Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits.
• Company paid Basic Life and AD&D.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Sick and Vacation time (flex time for salary positions, accrued hours for hourly positions) and Paid Holidays.
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources.
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft and legal services, and pet insurance.
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs.
• TesIa Babies program.
• Commuter benefits.
• Employee discounts and perks program.