Our client is changing the electric vehicle charging game with their hardware and software platform. Their cloud platform allows charging station owners to price-set, manage port access, collect energy use data, and more. They are seeking a VP of Product to serve as a leader of both hard and soft product teams, processes, and execution.

This is an in-person role in Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Develop and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy
- Conduct thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for product differentiation and growth.
- Leverage insights from market trends and customer feedback to guide product development
- Establish KPIs to measure product success and drive data-informed decision making
- Create and implement day-to-day product road-mapping protocols within the company across both software and hardware
- Champion a user-centric approach to product development
- Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage product team, including local, domestic remote, and offshore resources
- Lead a talented team of product managers and work closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to ensure successful product development and launch
- Serve as part of the executive team, providing insight on broader product strategy/roadmap
- Maintain the product roadmap, and clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities and desired outcomes throughout the company
- Gather information and lead product design, creative, development, and testing activities
- Prioritize and pursue the highest impact opportunities, using data to inform decisions

Qualifications:
- 10+ years of product team leadership experience – with hardware and software
- Proven experience as a VP of Product or in a senior product management role
- Exposure to the electric vehicle charging ecosystem, a huge plus
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of building and leading successful product teams
- Data-driven, analytical mindset
- Ability to manage resources and processes across multiple locations and time zones
- Working knowledge of business/financial planning and budgeting
- Previous experience working with or at leading companies such as Tesla, or other top-tier technology firms, a big plus
- Experience with problem-solving within multi-faceted and complex systems
- Experience negotiating with third-party providers of products and services
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and working with technical and non-technical teams
- Desire to be part of a fast-growing and dynamic (as well as entrepreneurially minded) team

Compensation: Targeting a base salary of ~$200-300k