About Sense

Sense is a fast-growing Greentech scale-up based in Cambridge, MA. We build smart home monitoring systems to help people take command of their energy usage, saving money while combating climate change. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by making homes smart and efficient, and we’re looking to make an impact at scale: Sense’s technology has the potential to prevent one gigaton of carbon from entering the atmosphere every year.

We’re looking for talented self-starters who want to be part of the energy transformation and are ready, willing, and able to tackle tough challenges and complex technical problems. When you join the Sense team, you’re helping us build a cleaner, more resilient future.

This is an exciting opportunity for a product manager that wants to be directly responsible for scaling Sense technology into millions of homes globally.

As a Product Manager, you will help shape how Sense works on electric meters and integrates with utilities. This is an excellent role for someone with a firmware and/or systems integrations background who is deeply passionate about paving the future of energy efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage the product roadmap for integrating Sense’s core technology inside electric meters.
• Lead the process and write requirements for adding Sense core technology at scale to new electric utility meters globally.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, and software development teams to translate product requirements into clear and actionable user stories.
• Serve as the primary point of contact internally and externally including leading sessions with technical leaders from the utility companies.
• Manage electric meter product lifecycles including optimization, updates, and new capabilities.
• Identify and resolve conflicts, dependencies, and product issues quickly and efficiently.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with a team of firmware engineers, database engineers, network specialists, system architects, cyber security specialists, and quality assurance.
• Present and discuss Sense capabilities and requirements with potential utility customers and partners.

• 3+ years of product management experience, especially with products involving firmware, systems integrations, hardware.
• Able to be in the Boston office frequently.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading the delivery of features / projects which have a high degree of cross-functional complexity and integration.
• You enjoy solving complex multi-faceted problems and love to dig into how things work to deeply understand them.
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for technology.
• Bonus:
  • Strong understanding in at least one of the following: energy markets, utility operations, electric metering systems

• Be a part of building something that will make a difference in the world.
• Great opportunity to gain experience at a consumer smart home startup.
• Competitive compensation including equity
• Great work-life balance
  • Flexible work hours
  • Vacation starting at 3 weeks/year + 1 week paid sick time
  • Paid parental leave (5 weeks or more depending on location)
  • Dependent Care Accounts
• Generous healthcare benefits for employees and dependents
  • Medical (90% of the premium and first 50% of the deductible)
  • Dental (90%)
  • Vision (100%)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life, AD&D, long- and short-term disability insurance (100%)
• 401k plan with company match
• Free Sense energy monitor for your home, discounts for friends and family
• Competitive compensation including equity
• Remote-friendly
  • Remote or local/hybrid in our Cambridge Central Square office
  • Home office setup allowance ($200/year)
• Great work-life balance
  • Flexible work hours
  • Vacation starting at 3 weeks/year + 1 week paid sick time
  • Paid parental leave (5 weeks or more depending on location)
  • Dependent Care Accounts
• Generous healthcare benefits for employees and dependents
  • Medical (90% of the premium and first 50% of the deductible)
  • Dental (90%)
  • Vision (100%)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life, AD&D, long- and short-term disability insurance (100%)