Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Product Manager

at Uplight

🏢 About Uplight

Uplight is unique as a mission-driven technology company specifically focused on accelerating the clean energy transition through personalized experiences, working directly with leading utilities worldwide. Unlike generic tech companies, they combine deep utility industry expertise with consumer-grade digital solutions to drive meaningful carbon reduction. Someone would want to work here to contribute directly to climate solutions while building products at scale with established industry partners.

About This Role

This Senior Product Manager role involves developing strategy for client and admin-facing tools that help utilities deliver clean energy programs, requiring close collaboration with engineering and design to launch MVPs that validate hypotheses about user needs. The role is impactful because you'll be shaping products that directly influence how millions of utility customers adopt clean energy solutions, with a focus on data-driven understanding of customer behaviors across different utility programs.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve analyzing customer behavior data across utility programs to identify pain points, collaborating with engineering and design teams on MVP development for admin-facing tools, and presenting product strategy updates to both technical teams and utility stakeholders. You'd likely spend time balancing immediate utility client needs with long-term product vision for clean energy adoption.

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🎯 Who Uplight Is Looking For

  • Has 8+ years specifically leading product teams to identify pain points and market opportunities in B2B or enterprise software contexts
  • Possesses 2+ years of direct experience in the Energy and Utilities industries, understanding regulatory environments and utility business models
  • Demonstrates experience leading horizontal, multi-team efforts with embedded discovery processes around shared business goals
  • Can articulate complex technical concepts to both technical teams and utility executives through excellent storytelling skills

📝 Tips for Applying to Uplight

1

Quantify your impact on carbon reduction or energy efficiency in previous roles - Uplight cares about measurable environmental outcomes

2

Highlight specific experience with utility-facing products or B2B enterprise tools, not just consumer-facing applications

3

Demonstrate your experience with 'embedded discovery processes' in multi-team environments with concrete examples

4

Show how you've used data to understand customer behaviors across different programs or segments in regulated industries

5

Connect your product strategy experience directly to clean energy or sustainability outcomes, not just business metrics

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience in the Energy and Utilities industry (2+ years requirement) and understanding of utility business models', 'Examples of leading horizontal, multi-team product efforts with embedded discovery processes', "How you've developed data-driven understanding of customer needs in regulated or complex B2B environments", 'Your approach to balancing client-facing tools with admin-facing products in enterprise contexts']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Uplight's specific utility partners and the types of programs they support (demand response, energy efficiency, EV adoption, etc.)
  • → The regulatory environment for utilities in different markets and how that affects digital product development
  • → Uplight's product suite - particularly their client and admin-facing tools mentioned in the job description
  • → Recent clean energy legislation and how it impacts utility digital transformation priorities

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you develop a product strategy for utility-facing tools that must serve both utility administrators and their end customers?
2 Describe your experience with embedded discovery processes in multi-team environments - how do you ensure alignment?
3 What metrics would you track to measure success for clean energy adoption through digital products?
4 How have you previously validated hypotheses through MVPs in regulated industries like utilities?
5 Walk me through how you would build a deep understanding of customer pain points across different utility programs
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on consumer product experience without demonstrating B2B/enterprise or utility industry understanding
  • Generic product management approaches without addressing the specific challenges of regulated industries
  • Not being able to articulate how your experience connects to clean energy outcomes or carbon reduction goals

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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