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For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.

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Generac is hiring for a Senior Product Manager who can drive both hardware and software initiatives across our residential solar and storage product line. This person bridges the gap between engineering, operations, and customers — turning complex technical challenges into shipped products that work in the real world.

If you’ve been on a roof, debugged a commissioning flow, and or written a product roadmap, we would love to speak with you.

This role is located onsite in our Oakland CA office location.

Major Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for residential solar and storage offerings, spanning hardware design, embedded firmware, and customer-facing software

• Drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch, coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, field operations, and sales

• Define requirements, write specs, and prioritize rebalancing technical debt, customer needs, and business goals

• Lead new product introduction (NPI) efforts, managing the transition from prototype to volume production

• Communicate progress, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly to stakeholders at every level — from installers in the field to the executive team

• Partner with field teams to understand real-world installation challenges and feed those insights back into the product

• Strong project management instincts — you keep things moving, unblock teams, and hold yourself and others accountable to timelines

• You can explain a BOM issue to an engineer and a value proposition to a customer in the same afternoon

• Comfort working across the stack: mechanical/electrical hardware, embedded systems, cloud platforms, and mobile/web applications

Minimum Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, or related field.

Work Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in product management in residential solar energy storage, industrial or utility scale solar and energy storge

• Hands-on familiarity with residential solar installations — inverters, battery systems, metering, interconnection, permitting workflows

• Demonstrated record of shipping at least one hardware or integrated hardware/software product from development through market launch

• Full NPI and phase gate process from concept to commercialization

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Proficiency in product strategy development and execution.

• Excellent stakeholder communication and management skills.

• Strong technical acumen and problem-solving abilities.

• Focuses on managing larger scopes of work within a product portfolio while leveraging customer and market insights to influence tactical decisions.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or other disciplines

• Experience with data-driven decision-making and analytics.

• Familiarity with customer-focused product development methodologies.

• Experience with energy management systems, time-of-use optimization, or grid services (demand response, VPPs)

• NABCEP certification or equivalent hands-on solar/storage training

• Experience with agile development methodologies in a hardware and software environment

• Familiarity with UL/IEC certification processes for energy products

Generac is committed to fair and equity compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in $161,200 – $210,000.  Compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation, including short term and long-term incentives.

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Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Office Environment (Includes field sales):

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls.  The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion, the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders.  The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”