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Technical Product Manager
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Neea)
Manage technical product lifecycle for energy‑efficient water heating tech.
5d ago
$105,000 - $120,000
Intermediate (4-7 years), Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Portland, OR
Hybrid
Company Size
150 Employees
Service Specialisms
Consulting
Market Research
Training
Technical Services
Research & Development
Sector Specialisms
Building Envelope
Consumer Products
HVAC
Residential
Commercial
Energy Efficiency
Electric and Natural Gas Market Transformation
Heat Pumps
Role
What you would be doing
product strategy
contract management
standards development
market research
stakeholder partnership
testing pilots
- Becoming an expert on the needs of and advocating for the end users, the supply chain, and utility partners.
- Collaborating and constructively contributing to team settings; leveraging the functional excellence, strengths and capabilities of teammates (i.e. rely on your Market Research and Evaluation Lead for market research expertise.)
- Assisting the Program Manager in establishing appropriate processes, budgets, schedules, contracts, work plans, and risk management processes.
- Creating a shared sense of purpose across NEEA, in particular with the program teams.
- Coordinating with state, national and international organizations involved in voluntary standards to update test methods and performance specifications to promote products with greater efficiency and fitness for use.
- Contributing to the development of market strategies and the design of full-scale market transformation efforts in collaboration with regional stakeholders under management by the Market Transformation Manager and Program Manager.
- Scanning the market for new innovative energy efficiency products, practices or services and screen those opportunities for inclusion and prioritization within NEEA’s portfolio of emerging technologies.
- Supporting Codes and Standards Engineers in recommending test method changes for state and federal standards development.
- Managing contracts and contractor work for testing, pilots and in-field product demonstrations, including creating RFPs, managing contractors, and handling crises that may arise as a result of new technology failures.
- Providing ongoing product guidance and support to Market Transformation Managers, Program Managers, external contractors and others involved to ensure consistency in definition and implementation of market transformation objectives.
- Partnering with utilities - especially staff involved in emerging technologies to ensure that product development and market transformation efforts are complimentary, coordinated, and valued by our utility partners. Additionally, identifying, establishing and managing interaction with appropriate regional collaborative working groups and processes to support specific development activities and engage regional stakeholders.
- Defining the product plan for each assigned product/service/practice - evolving and maintaining this plan throughout the product lifecycle.
- Building and maintaining relationships with manufacturers and other market actors across building systems, in coordination with cross-functional teams, to ensure that product development efforts are connected to appropriate market channels to deliver the technologies to the market.
- Evolving the product strategy to adapt to market conditions over the life of the interventions and continuing to monitor the product after NEEA’s direct intervention ends.
What you bring
7-12 years
product strategy
project management
leadership
energy markets
bs degree
- 7-12 years of experience with increasing responsibility, preferably in new product development/introduction, and/or strategic product market management required.
- Strength in adaptability, able to pivot short- and long-term goals based on changing organization and market factors; and bringing teams along with these changes.
- Knowledgeable about business models, drivers, and trends. Exhibits natural and intuitive user empathy for how products will deliver value.
- Strong interpersonal and judgment skills required to influence internal and external teams to implement plans and meet deadlines. Demonstrated ability successfully working in a large cross-functional/matrix team environment.
- History of identifying and resolving complex problems, including skillful gathering, synthesis and analysis of complicated and/or diverse information sources.
- Experienced in using independent information resources and extracting product and market trends and strategies to leverage these trends.
- Expert at identifying research needs to answer questions about the relevant market(s).
- Ability to learn from and manage failures in field implementation efforts. Must be able to develop appropriate mitigation and response plans including communications to affected stakeholders including local utilities, building owners and/or occupants, and secure necessary resources to implement remediation if needed.
- Demonstrated experience with collaborative leadership and facilitation.
- Demonstrated complex project management experience required.
- Prefer experience in product strategy development, including an understanding of market assessment, short and long-range forecasting, risk-assessment and management strategy
- Willingness and ability to travel across the region 15-20% of the time to meet with relevant partners, attend events, etc.
- Knowledge of energy efficiency, market transformation methodologies, electric utility business and operations, and/or Northwest energy markets preferred.
- BA or BS degree in Engineering, Marketing, Business or related field required.
- Employer funded Health Savings Account
- About 90% of medical/dental premiums paid by NEEA, including for dependents
- Professional development opportunities
- 136 hours of PTO/year
- Flexible work environment, including hybrid work location and 9/80 schedule options
- Automatic 6% retirement contribution with an additional 2% matching
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Company
Overview
1996–97 founded
Year of establishment
The organization was formed in the late 1990s to promote energy efficiency across the Pacific Northwest.
1,275 aMW savings
Energy savings delivered
The initiative has achieved significant energy savings through its programs.
900,000 homes powered
Equivalent annual impact
The energy savings are sufficient to power a substantial number of residential units each year.
2024 federal standard
Role in shaping standards
The organization contributed to defining new federal guidelines for water heaters.
- It acts as a market facilitator—working midstream with manufacturers, distributors and retailers to remove barriers and bring efficient products and practices into widespread use.
- It runs initiatives across fuels—supporting both electric and natural gas efficiency technologies in residential and commercial sectors.
- Typical projects include trials of high-efficiency rooftop HVAC units, cold‑climate heat pump water heaters, and upgraded window and TV efficiency specifications.
- Through disciplined market transformation, it sustains energy savings well beyond initial interventions by influencing codes, standards and national testing methods.
- A People First Work Environment
- Flexible schedules and hybrid working to promote balance and accommodate your preferences and needs
- Professional development opportunities to help you advance your career
- Market‑based compensation packages with transparent salary information listed on every job post
- Competitive benefits that support the long‑term wellbeing of employees and their families
- A comprehensive recognition program that celebrates individual employee contributions to collective success
1,275 aMW
Energy Savings Milestone
Delivered over 1,275 average megawatts of energy efficiency nationwide since 1997, enough to power over 900,000 homes each year.
6.2 TWh
Motor Efficiency Impact
The XMP program expects to save ~6.2 terawatt-hours of electricity over the decade 2020–2030.
3 Quads
Energy Saved
Coalition's motor efficiency recommendation accepted by U.S. DOE to save over 3 quads of energy over 30 years.
31 Million Homes
Home Energy Savings
Motor efficiency recommendation benefits the equivalent annual energy use of 31 million homes.
- Market Transformation approach: identify and remove market barriers to energy efficiency to drive permanent change across the supply chain.
- No public detailed DEI strategy or gender‑specific statistics found on official NEEA site or LinkedIn
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