Senior Technical Program Manager

About the role

Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses—including smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and behavior—to generate, shift, or save energy to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity that can be used by the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels. Our solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional initiatives. This role sits within the Technology Strategy & Operations team and reports to the Director of Technology Strategy & Operations, with a dotted line to the product organization. You will own end-to-end delivery of programs such as OEM device integration coordination, legacy product migration, Device Information Data Model (DIDM) improvements, and internationalization vendor consolidation. All coordination is internal, working across product and engineering teams, with handoffs to account managers and operations TPMs for any client-facing elements.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of complex cross-functional technical programs from planning through launch.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and leadership to manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and maintain execution momentum.
• Lead strategic initiatives including platform modernization, OEM integrations, legacy migrations, and internal systems improvements.
• Build program plans, risk registers, dependency maps, executive status reports, and launch readiness criteria.
• Facilitate technical decision-making and cross-functional planning across distributed engineering teams.
• Translate technical complexity into clear risks, trade-offs, and recommendations for leadership.
• Identify execution risks early and proactively drive resolution or escalation.
• Partner closely with engineering leads and product managers to prioritize work and ensure successful delivery.
• Help mature Engineering Strategy & Operations by improving program management standards, tooling, and operating practices.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience managing technical programs in a software product company, with a track record of driving complex, cross-functional initiatives to completion.
• Technical fluency: understanding API and data model concepts, and engaging meaningfully with engineering teams—without being a software engineer.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across teams without direct authority, using influence, structured communication, and relationships to move work forward.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills: clear status updates, crisp decision documents, and the ability to adjust your register for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfort with ambiguity: many programs arrive without clean definition and require you to impose structure, not wait for it.
• Experience working in an agile, pod-based engineering environment with multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Willingness and ability to collaborate with distributed teams across time zones, particularly North America and India.
• Proficiency with project and work management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing platform architecture or systems integration programs.
• Familiarity with device integration patterns, telemetry pipelines, IoT systems, or demand response programs.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent program or project management certification.
• Prior experience working with engineering teams in India or other international locations.
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, and quality, along with risk and critical path management experience.
• Experience defining KPIs and reporting to senior leadership.
• Proven track record of delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives while managing multiple competing priorities.
• Experience with data analysis to capture, process, and organize data to uncover actionable insights.
• Passionate about energy and the clean energy transition.
• Prior experience in energy tech, utility software, or adjacent domains.
• Background managing programs that span both US-based and India-based engineering teams.

Benefits

• Make a meaningful impact: Your work directly contributes to decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• Grow your career: Ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment.
• Thrive: Comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, and work flexibility.
• Belong to an inclusive community: Celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard. Employee Resource Groups offer opportunities to connect with colleagues.
• Be part of a growing movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals passionate about creating a more sustainable future in a collaborative environment.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefits package and other perks, visit uplight.com/careers.

Pay

Salary range: $113,000 to $140,000 USD + Bonus.