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 DERMS and help shape the future of clean energy. Were looking for a collaborative systemsminded leader to help evolve our distributed energy platforma key enabler in building a more sustainable reliable and customercentric electric grid. In this role youll work at the intersection of product engineering and solution delivery to design software that empowers utilities to manage distributed energy resources (DERs) across homes businesses and gridedge systems. Youll contribute to building a platform that is scalable interoperable and thoughtfully designed to serve diverse communities and grid needs. As a Technical Product Manager / Solution Architect youll define core capabilities for telemetry processing device coordination customer enrollment and seamless integration with utility systems. Youll also play a key role in unifying platform services across multiple DER use cases helping our team deliver impact through thoughtful architecture and meaningful collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
Shape and manage product requirements for telemetry ingestion device orchestration customer enrollment and asset data modeling
Partner with crossfunctional teamsincluding engineering architecture and implementationto deliver solutions that are aligned with technical operational and customer needs
Contribute to platform data strategy including performance normalization and support for scalable telemetry services
Collaborate on integration strategies with thirdparty platforms and industry protocols (e.g. OpenADR IEEE 2030.5 Matter OEM APIs)
Identify opportunities to unify services across demand response DER coordination and grid operations as part of platform convergence
Create and maintain technical documentation solution patterns and interface designs that support transparency and collaboration
Engage in product discovery to ensure development is grounded in user needs market insights and utility goals
Support the development of features that coordinate with Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) enabling flexibility and customer empowerment
Required Skills and Experience:
5 years of experience in technical product management solution architecture or energy software development
Familiarity with distributed energy platforms DERMS or demandside flexibility programs
Understanding of HEMS technologies and residential DER coordination
Strong grasp of data management and database design (especially timeseries or relational databases for gridinteractive systems)
Experience with communication standards and protocols such as OpenADR IEEE 2030.5 REST APIs MQTT or Matter
Exposure to utility operations systems (e.g. AMI ADMS GIS CIS)
Proven ability to collaborate across functions and guide projects from vision to execution
Bachelors degree in engineering computer science energy systems or related field
Preferred Skills and Experience:
Experience developing control algorithms for DERs or flexible loads
Knowledge of energy markets and utility program structures (demand response TOU pricing capacity bidding)
Familiarity with power system modeling forecasting tools or planning software
Understanding of cloudnative 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
Excellent communication and documentation skills with an emphasis on clarity and collaboration
Masters degree in a technical or energyrelated discipline is a plus
The successful candidates starting salary will be determined based on permissible nondiscriminatory factors such as skills and experience and may vary by location. The base salary is $96000 $231000 USD.
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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 dont 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 candidates starting salary will be determined based on permissible nondiscriminatory factors such as skills and experience.
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Itron enables utilities and cities to safely securely and reliably deliver critical infrastructure solutions. We provide smart networks software services meters and sensors to better manage electricity gas water and city services. We are dedicated to creating a more resourceful world.
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