How to apply for Senior Technical Program Manager (Remote, US)

About Renew Home

Everyday Electric (formerly Renew Home) is building the largest residential virtual power plant in North America. It partners with industry-leading brands to manage residential energy for efficiency, savings, and comfort. The company is an Equal Opportunity employer focused on a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

About the role

This Senior Technical Program Manager owns the planning, execution, and operational health of complex, cross-functional programs across the VPP platform and consumer energy products. The role reports to the Director of Technical Program Management and operates with significant independence to define how programs are structured, tracked, and delivered. It is not a coordination role: you build and own execution frameworks, communicate tradeoffs and risks to drive decisions, and act as an operational and technical thought partner to Engineering and Product leadership.

A typical day

A typical day may involve defining or refining program frameworks, tracking execution across cross-functional teams, and working with Engineering and Product leadership on tradeoffs and risks. You would operate with significant independence, reporting to the Director of Technical Program Management. Exact daily routines are not specified; ask about team structure and typical workflows during interviews.

Who Renew Home is looking for

• Has experience owning complex, cross-functional technical programs end to end, ideally across platform and consumer products.
• Can define and run program frameworks independently, including how work is structured, tracked, and delivered.
• Communicates tradeoffs and risks clearly enough to drive decisions with Engineering and Product leadership.
• Has worked as an operational and technical thought partner to engineering and product leaders, not just a coordinator.

Tips for this application

• Use the exact job title 'Senior Technical Program Manager' in your application and connect your experience to VPP platform and consumer energy products.
• Show examples of programs you owned end to end, including how you structured, tracked, and delivered them.
• Describe how you communicated tradeoffs and risks to Engineering and Product leadership and what decisions resulted.
• Check www.everydayelectric.com before applying and reference the company's work on the largest residential virtual power plant in North America.
• Avoid framing yourself as a coordinator; emphasize independent ownership of execution frameworks and operational health.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your experience owning complex, cross-functional programs across platform and consumer products.', 'How you build and own frameworks that make execution reliable, with specific examples.', 'How you communicate tradeoffs and risks in ways that drive decisions with Engineering and Product leadership.', 'Why you want to work on the largest residential virtual power plant in North America and how you would support the VPP platform and consumer energy products.']

Research before applying

• Visit www.everydayelectric.com to learn about the company's work and the largest residential virtual power plant in North America.
• Research the former name Renew Home and any public information about the rebrand to Everyday Electric.
• Look into virtual power plant platforms and consumer energy products to understand the technical and product context.
• Check the company's Equal Opportunity and diversity, equity, and inclusion statements to understand its work environment.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you would structure, track, and deliver a complex cross-functional program across the VPP platform and consumer energy products.
• A time you identified a tradeoff or risk and drove a decision with Engineering and Product leadership.
• How you operate with significant independence while reporting to a Director of Technical Program Management.
• Your approach to serving as an operational and technical thought partner to Engineering and Product leadership.
• What you know about virtual power plants and residential energy management, and how you would apply it to Everyday Electric's platform.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying as if this is a coordination role instead of a role that owns planning, execution, and operational health.
• Giving generic program management examples without connecting them to VPP platforms or consumer energy products.
• Failing to show how you communicate tradeoffs and risks to drive decisions with Engineering and Product leadership.