Manager / Senior Manager – Product Management at Beacon Power Services

About the Role
How You'll Make an Impact:

• We are looking for a strategic and outcome-driven Product Management Manager / Senior Manager to own and scale the product strategy for our software portfolio.
• You will be accountable for defining the long-term vision, driving product-market fit, and ensuring our solutions deliver measurable commercial and operational impact. This role goes beyond backlog execution, you will shape what we build, why we build it, and how it positions us as a leader in Africa’s energy transformation.
• You will translate market intelligence, customer insights, and business objectives into a coherent product strategy and multi-year roadmap. Partnering closely with Engineering, Commercial, Strategy, and Operations, you will ensure disciplined execution while maintaining a strong focus on value creation, scalability, and differentiation.

What You'll Do
Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership:

• Define and own the product vision, strategic direction, and portfolio roadmap aligned with company growth objectives
• Drive product-market fit through deep market research, customer engagement, and competitive intelligence
• Make high-impact prioritization decisions balancing customer value, commercial returns, scalability, and technical feasibility
• Ensure alignment between product strategy, revenue targets, and operational capabilities

Product Delivery & Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Commercial, and Operations to deliver high-quality, scalable releases
• Oversee backlog governance, release planning, and execution discipline without operating purely at task level
• Ensure product documentation, requirements, and specifications meet enterprise-grade standards
• Drive accountability for delivery timelines, quality, and measurable business outcomes

Commercial Enablement & Market Positioning:

• Partner with Commercial teams to strengthen product positioning, value propositions, and go-to-market strategies
• Support strategic client engagements, executive presentations, and complex solution discussions
• Ensure product innovations are clearly articulated and translated into tangible customer impact

Data, Performance & Continuous Improvement:

• Define and own product KPIs, OKRs, and value-realization metrics
• Leverage usage data, financial indicators, and customer feedback to guide strategic decisions
• Lead structured post-launch evaluations and ensure continuous optimization of the product portfolio

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Define and own the annual operating plan for the function, including workforce and financial planning
• Manage and optimize departmental budgets
• Make strategic resource allocation decisions
• Build, scale, and structure teams to support long-term capability development
• Establish performance frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development pathways
• Ensure governance, risk management, and operational maturity across the function
• Drive the creation of standardized, scalable systems that enable consistent execution across regions

What We're Looking For
Professional & Technical Strength:

• Product management experience within SaaS, enterprise software, or complex technology environments, with exposure to portfolio-level ownership
• Proven ability to define product strategy and multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with commercial and growth objectives
• Strong command of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with the ability to drive execution discipline across teams
• Deep experience translating business and market needs into structured strategic requirements and prioritized backlogs
• Data-driven decision-maker with the ability to define product KPIs and leverage analytics to guide strategic trade-offs
• Technical fluency to engage confidently with Engineering leadership and challenge architectural decisions when required

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths:

• Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams
• High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)
• High-ownership mindset with strong accountability for outcomes
• Ability to influence leadership and align cross-functional teams around a shared product vision
• Strong commercial acumen with a clear understanding of revenue drivers, customer lifetime value, and scalable growth models
• Customer-centric and pragmatic, balancing user needs with business and operational realities
• Resilient and decisive, able to operate effectively in high-growth, evolving environments

Nice to Have:

• Experience within energy, utilities, infrastructure, or cleantech sectors
• Exposure to grid management systems, SCADA, or enterprise utility software
• Fluency in French