Sr. Product Manager

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

Join Itron as a Product Manager and help shape the future of clean energy. We're looking for a collaborative, systems-minded leader to help evolve our Distributed Intelligence platform, which is a key enabler in building a more sustainable, reliable, and customer-centric electric grid. In this role, you’ll be an active participant in developing software to increase grid resiliency, integrate renewable energy sources, and improve real-time grid operations. The Distributed Intelligence platform serves Itron’s Grid Edge Intelligence applications with a scalable, interoperable, and thoughtfully designed system for managing application deployments and integrating data from multiple sources. As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll define core capabilities for how to deliver software and analytics at the grid edge, and play a key role in unifying platform services across multiple grid management use cases.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and manage product requirements for Itron’s Distributed Intelligence Enterprise Application Center, which manages utility software applications running at the grid edge.
• Partner with cross-functional teams—including engineering, architecture, and implementation—to deliver solutions that are aligned with technical, operational, and customer needs.
• Contribute to platform software architecture strategy, and design, including performance, normalization, and support for scalable software services.
• Define how grid edge data is governed, managed, and distributed, to support utility data analytics and artificial intelligence / AI use cases.
• Support and troubleshoot customer software deployments and migrations, while creating and maintaining technical documentation and solution guidelines.
• Engage in product discovery to ensure development is grounded in user needs, market insights, and utility goals
   

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in technical product management, solution architecture, or energy software development
• Experience and understanding of distributed software systems such as IoT/internet of things, or utility metering.
• Adept at evangelizing and driving cross-functional consensus across internal groups and external customers.
• Understanding of data management and database design principles.
• Exposure to utility operations systems (e.g., AMI, ADMS, GIS, CIS), or similar from a related field.
• Strong and flexible communication skills, able to communicate with both a technical and sales audience interchangeably.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, energy systems, or related field
   

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Previous utility industry experience
• Understanding of cloud-native platforms and microservices architectures
• Awareness of cybersecurity best practices for energy systems
• Experience working in Agile environments and using tools like Microsoft ADS, Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps

Master’s degree in technical or energy-related discipline is a plus
 

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email [email protected].

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com