Product Manager - Energy AI software

Job Description: Technical Product Manager – Energy AI Platform

NAVIA Energy Inc. | San Jose, CA / Hybrid | Full-time

About NAVIA Energy

NAVIA Energy is developing an AI-native Energy Orchestration Platform that enables intelligent, autonomous operations of mission-critical energy infrastructure, including data centers, utility, microgrids, military installations, hospitals, and commercial and industrial facilities.

Our platform integrates AI Digital Twins, edge intelligence, predictive analytics, simulation, and autonomous optimization to coordinate distributed energy resources (DERs), renewable generation, battery energy storage, grid infrastructure, cooling systems, and flexible loads.

Our mission is to transform fragmented energy assets into intelligent, interconnected, and self-optimizing energy systems.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and technically capable Product Manager – Energy AI Platform to drive product strategy, architecture alignment, development, and commercialization of NAVIA's AI-powered Energy Orchestration Platform.

The successful candidate will work closely with Founder CEO, engineering, AI/ML, embedded systems, energy systems, business development, and customer teams to translate complex technical capabilities and customer requirements into scalable product solutions.

This role requires a combination of product management, AI/ML technology understanding, systems engineering, and entrepreneurial execution. The candidate will own product roadmaps, prioritize development initiatives, define product requirements, and drive products from concept through deployment and commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for NAVIA's AI-native Energy Orchestration Platform.
• Translate company strategy and customer needs into product requirements, features, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop product roadmaps covering AI Digital Twins, Edge AI, energy optimization, simulation, and autonomous operations.
• Identify opportunities for AI-driven automation, predictive intelligence, and energy optimization.
• Align product priorities with business objectives, customer needs, and technology capabilities.

2. AI Platform & Technology Product Management

• Drive product development across NAVIA's technology stack:
• Platform component Product responsibility
• ADiTH AI Digital Twin Digital representation of energy assets, sites, and infrastructure
• Cortex AI Intelligence AI reasoning, decision intelligence, and strategy evaluation
• NEDGE Grid intelligence, data integration, and edge orchestration
• AI Simulator: Scenario modeling, simulation, and predictive analysis
• NERVE Edge AI Edge computing, secure control, and distributed intelligence
• EOT Controllers: Intelligent monitoring and control of energy assets
• Responsibilities include:
• Define functional and technical product requirements.
• Work with AI/ML teams on predictive models, optimization algorithms, and intelligent agents.
• Define integration requirements across cloud, edge, hardware, and software platforms.
• Drive interoperability with DERs, microgrids, batteries, inverters, meters, HVAC, and utility systems.
• Incorporate cybersecurity, reliability, scalability, and real-time performance requirements.

3. Customer Discovery & Product Validation

• Engage customers, partners, utilities, data center operators, and military infrastructure stakeholders.
• Understand customer workflows, operational challenges, and unmet energy management needs.
• Convert customer feedback into prioritized product requirements.
• Define use cases, user journeys, acceptance criteria, and success metrics.
• Support pilot deployments, product demonstrations, and customer validation.
• Translate pilot results into product enhancements and commercialization opportunities.

4. Product Development & Execution

• Own product backlogs, feature prioritization, and release planning.
• Develop PRDs, user stories, functional specifications, and product acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate Agile development activities across software, AI/ML, cloud, and embedded engineering teams.
• Track development milestones, dependencies, risks, and product quality.
• Drive end-to-end product delivery from concept and prototype to production deployment.
• Establish product performance metrics and continuous improvement processes.
• 5. Market Development & Commercialization
• Evaluate market opportunities across data centers, utilities, microgrids, defense, and C&I energy markets.
• Conduct competitive analysis and identify product differentiation.
• Support go-to-market strategy, product positioning, pricing, and commercialization.
• Develop product presentations, demonstrations, and technical documentation.
• Work with business development teams to convert pilots into commercial deployments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, AI/ML, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of product management or technical product development experience, preferably in AI, IoT, energy, industrial automation, or infrastructure platforms.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML, data platforms, cloud computing, and distributed systems.
• Experience defining product requirements, roadmaps, and software development priorities.
• Understanding of APIs, data integration, edge computing, and real-time systems.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with AI agents, LLMs, machine learning, digital twins, or autonomous systems.
• Knowledge of energy systems, DERs, microgrids, battery storage, renewable energy, or grid management.
• Experience with optimization algorithms, predictive analytics, and simulation platforms.
• Familiarity with IoT, industrial protocols, SCADA, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, IEEE 1547, or IEC 61850.
• Experience with cloud-to-edge architectures and embedded AI systems.
• Experience taking early-stage technology products from prototype to commercial deployment.
• Experience in defense, data center infrastructure, or mission-critical systems is an advantage.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• The Product Manager will be evaluated against measurable product and business outcomes.
• Area Success metrics
• Product roadmap Milestone achievement and roadmap execution
• Product delivery Release quality and on-time delivery
• AI performance Model accuracy and optimization effectiveness
• Platform integration Successful integration of energy assets
• Customer validation Pilot acceptance and customer feedback
• Product adoption Active deployments and user adoption
• Commercialization Pilot-to-customer conversion
• Operational impact Energy savings, peak demand reduction, reliability

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a technically oriented product leader who can bridge the gap between advanced AI technologies and real-world energy infrastructure.

They should be comfortable discussing AI algorithms with engineering teams, understanding customer challenges with energy operators, defining product requirements, and driving execution across multidisciplinary teams.

We particularly value candidates who combine:

• Product thinking with strong technical depth.
• AI/ML understanding with practical implementation experience.
• Systems-level thinking with attention to product details.
• Startup mentality with ownership and execution discipline.
• Customer empathy with commercial and market awareness.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Equity participation may be considered
• Opportunity to build and commercialize a next-generation AI platform.
• Direct involvement in shaping products at the intersection of AI, energy, and autonomous infrastructure.

Recommended hiring profile for NAVIA

I recommend hiring a Technical Product Manager – AI & Energy Systems, rather than a conventional SaaS Product Manager.

The first product manager should have three particularly important capabilities:

1.

AI platform understanding

Digital twins, AI agents, optimization, simulation, data engineering, and edge intelligence.

2.

Energy systems understanding

DERs, microgrids, batteries, solar, grid integration, HVAC, and industrial controls.

3.

Product execution

Ability to turn NAVIA's technology stack into an integrated, deployable, customer-ready product.

We will Prioritize someone with 5–8 years of technical product experience who can work hands-on with a small engineering team, rather than a senior product executive focused primarily on strategy and organizational management.

This person should ultimately own the product evolution from individual NAVIA technology modules into one integrated AI Autonomous Energy Operations Platform.

Pay: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Work Location: In person