Senior Staff Product Manager, Next Generation Battery Materials

• Define and champion product strategy for Sila's next-generation battery materials, developing compelling product vision and comprehensive roadmaps aligned with market trends and business objectives.
• Drive market and customer intelligence by cultivating strategic relationships with key customers, conducting competitive analysis, and documenting customer evaluation processes for new battery materials.
• Translate complex OEM/cell maker requirements into precise internal test protocols and success metrics, and define necessary internal capabilities to accelerate product development.
• Prioritize and lead product initiatives by developing business cases, leading investigations into key material metrics, and creating technical marketing materials to communicate Sila's value proposition.

This role accelerates the mass adoption of electric vehicles and reduces dependence on fossil fuels by developing next-generation battery materials that increase energy density while reducing size and weight.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in Product Management or strategic technical roles within hard tech companies, ideally in battery manufacturing or materials sectors.
• Technical understanding of battery chemistry, cell design, manufacturing processes, and performance requirements for advanced battery materials like silicon anodes.
• Knowledge of product development lifecycle for novel materials, including scaling from lab to commercial production, with demonstrated success in defining and launching strategic products.
• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field; advanced degree (Master's, Ph.D., or MBA) highly preferred.

The starting base pay for this role is between $172,000 and $218,000, with actual pay depending on education, experience, and skills. This is part of Sila's competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses.

Sila Nanotechnologies is a next-generation battery materials company with a mission to power the world's transition to clean energy by building better lithium-ion batteries that increase energy density while reducing size and weight.