Product Manager, Virtual Power Plant

• Contribute to and drive the roadmap for VPP operational automation and platform capabilities
• Identify and automate manual workflows tied to enrollments, dispatch planning, real-time monitoring, and post-event reporting
• Coordinate and execute day-of operations for VPP events across ISO/RTO markets (e.g., CAISO, ISO-NE, ERCOT, PJM)
• Monitor real-time performance during events and escalate operational issues or anomalies
• Build tooling to help our operations run events more efficiently, at greater scale, and effectiveness
• Track and improve key KPIs like dispatch success rate, participation, DER utilization, operational turnaround time, and reporting efficiency

This role creates positive change by automating critical operational workflows for Virtual Power Plant platforms, which helps scale sustainable energy solutions and improve grid efficiency, contributing to broader adoption of clean energy technologies.

• 3–5 years of product management experience, ideally in energy, grid operations, DER aggregation, SaaS platforms, or other data-rich environments
• Technical understanding of distributed energy systems, including inverters, battery storage, and smart thermostats
• Hands-on experience with VPP operations, demand response, and DER technologies like solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and load controls
• Familiarity with energy markets, including wholesale and ancillary services, and exposure to policy, compliance, or standards development
• Strong systems thinker and workflow optimizer, skilled at mapping complex processes and simplifying them through automation and smart tooling
• Experience managing operational workflows, building standard operating procedures (SOPs), and developing internal tools or dashboards to support scale
• Excellent communicator and collaborator, equally comfortable with engineers, analysts, operators, and cross-functional partners
• Working knowledge of ISO/RTO rules, telemetry requirements, and participation models for DERs and VPPs
• Degree in engineering, energy systems, or a technical field, or equivalent practical experience

No specific benefits, compensation, or perks mentioned in the job description.

GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions like solar panels, batteries, and energy-efficient home improvements, having facilitated over $30 billion in financing since 2018. They also support the nonprofit GivePower, which deploys water and clean electricity systems globally.