Product Manager, Grid Automation

Core responsibilities:

• Define and lead the product strategy and roadmap for Tantalus grid automation portfolio, ensuring alignment with market trends, utility customer needs, regulatory requirements, and company's business goals.
• Oversee the full product lifecycle (ideation → development → launch → operations → end‑of‑life), managing cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable and compliant solutions.
• Serve as the voice of the customer: conduct market research, competitive analysis, stakeholder engagement to surface requirements, validate product concepts, and ensure high customer satisfaction and adoption.
• Drive go‑to‑market planning including pricing strategy, value proposition, positioning, feature prioritization, support & training plans, and sales enablement to maximize revenue, margin, and competitive differentiation.

This role directly contributes to the electrification of everything and the decarbonization of our society by helping utilities modernize their distribution grids through smart grid solutions.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Business, or related technical field is required. An MBA is an asset.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in product management within B2B technology, smart grid, IoT, energy systems, or enterprise software/hardware solutions.
• Broad understanding of utility industry requirements, including deep involvement in the grid operations, distribution system engineering, load/DER management, outage management, and/or distribution automation problem spaces.
• Excellent business acumen and business case development experience, with proven ability to think strategically and analytically with sound technical knowledge.

This position offers a competitive salary plus variable compensation based on performance targets and business objectives. Tantalus also offers generous benefits, including medical, dental and vision plans, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

Tantalus is a technology company dedicated to helping utilities modernize their distribution grids by harnessing the power of data across all their devices and systems deployed throughout the entire distribution grid – from the substation to the EV charger located behind the meter.