Summary

The Director, Strategy & Product Portfolio is responsible for helping establish the strategic planning, product portfolio governance, and enterprise decision-making disciplines required to scale Stored Energy Systems profitably and sustainably.

Reporting to the CFO and sponsored by the CEO, this role serves as an enterprise strategic partner and cross-functional integrator-bringing rigor, clarity, and economic discipline to growth prioritization, product investment, portfolio management, and capital allocation decisions across the enterprise.

The position helps ensure executive leadership has a credible fact base, transparent trade-offs, and scalable management processes to support long-term value creation.

This is a highly influential individual contributor role designed to improve enterprise alignment, strategic focus, and decision quality without direct functional ownership or PMO-style administration.

Responsibilities

Market Strategy & Growth Enablement

• Lead and support market assessments including TAM/SAM analysis, segmentation, competitive positioning, and growth opportunity evaluation across key end markets
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, and leadership teams to develop actionable market intelligence and strategic growth insights
• Participate in selected customer meetings, industry events, and strategic account discussions to strengthen understanding of customer needs, buying drivers, and market dynamics
• Improve voice-of-customer (VOC) integration into strategic planning, product portfolio decisions, and growth initiatives
• Support evaluation of strategic partnerships, channel opportunities, and go-to-market expansion initiatives

Product Portfolio Strategy & Lifecycle Management

• Establish and institutionalize an enterprise product portfolio framework
• Define and embed product lifecycle stages (introduce, grow, optimize, harvest, exit)
• Enable clear product ownership and decision accountability across product families
• Introduce economic decision criteria (revenue, margin, complexity, capital intensity) based on outside-in perspectives (examples: total addressable markets, market segmentations, competitive landscape, etc.)
• Support portfolio rationalization and targeted investment decisions

Capital Allocation & Resource Prioritization

• Partner with Finance to align strategic and portfolio decisions with enterprise capital allocation priorities
• Support prioritization and governance of major growth and transformation initiatives
• Define success metrics, investment milestones, and exit / kill criteria for strategic investments
• Ensure resource deployment aligns with enterprise priorities and return thresholds

Enterprise Strategic Planning

• Support development and maintenance of the company's 3-5 year strategic plan
• Establish and manage a repeatable annual strategic planning cadence, distinct from budgeting
• Translate strategy into enterprise priorities and initiatives
• Facilitate executive alignment on strategic choices, sequencing, and constraints
• Partner with CEO, CFO and the rest of ELT as needed to prepare board- and PE-ready strategic materials

Cross-Functional Leadership & Organizational Scale

• Act as a trusted partner to Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance leaders
• Facilitate structured decision-making without adding bureaucracy
• Introduce common frameworks and language for strategy and product discussions
• Improve decision quality across the enterprise through clarity and focus

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; preference for Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Strategy, Operations, or related technical disciplines
• 10+ years of experience in strategy, portfolio management, product portfolio leadership, consulting, or general management
• Direct experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, or greenfield data center development initiatives is highly desirable, including exposure to power infrastructure planning, backup power systems, energy resilience, or related mission-critical infrastructure investments
• Demonstrated experience building strategy, product, or portfolio processes in scaling organizations
• Demonstrated track record in delivering growth and winning market share
• Prior exposure to PE-backed or board-governed environments preferred or successes with Board / Enterprise approved substantial / transformational product investments
• Enterprise-level strategic thinking grounded in economic reality
• Strong financial fluency (P&L, margins, capital trade-offs)
• Solid understanding in setting product definitions of IT systems, such as ERP, CRM, etc.
• Ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear, executive-level recommendations
• Credible partner to senior executives; able to influence without authority
• Strong facilitation, communication, and executive-level writing skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mission-critical infrastructure, critical power systems, data center infrastructure, power quality, energy storage, electrification, utility, industrial, or energy markets
• MBA or other advanced business or technical degree
• Combination of business and technical education strongly preferred given the cross-functional nature of the role

Location: This position is located on-site in Longmont, CO.

Base Compensation: $187,000 - $217,000 is the projected range of annual base salary for this role depending on the candidate's overall qualifications and experience.

Bonus: This position is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance as well as participation in the company's equity incentive program.

Closing Date: August 12, 2026.While we expect to keep the position open through this date, the posting may be extended or closed early based on applicant volume and hiring needs.

Onsite Perks

• Free gym with 24/7 access
• Free Electric Vehicle charging
• Breakfast and Lunch Café
• After hours Grab & Go snacks
• Basketball court
• Walking paths

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting
• Employee referral program