NRG Energy

Principal Product Manager, Device Connectivity

NRG Energy$195K — $235K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Washington, US
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product management experience with technical products
  • Experience managing hardware products where connectivity is crucial
  • Knowledge of connectivity protocols like Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Matter, Bluetooth
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to prioritize complex problems
  • Analytical skills to define and leverage reliability metrics
  • Excellent communication and influence skills in fast-paced settings

Responsibilities

  • Own product strategy for device connectivity and reliability
  • Define customer experience for onboarding and long-term connectivity
  • Collaborate with hardware and software teams on connectivity architecture
  • Drive prioritization decisions for connection protocols and performance
  • Manage core metrics related to device connectivity success
  • Lead cross-functional delivery from concept to market
  • Align stakeholders around a unified vision for device connectivity

Benefits

  • Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
  • Family and friends discount programs
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Employee resource groups for community and support
  • Quarterly innovation weeks to foster creativity
Full Job Description
Summary

Vivint Smart Home is hiring a Principal Product Manager to own the end-to-end device connectivity experience across our product ecosystem. This role is responsible for how Vivint devices connect to a customer's home network and how they stay connected over time. Connectivity is foundational to product performance, installation quality, and long-term customer trust. This leader will define and evolve the strategy for reliable, scalable connectivity across our devices, ensuring experiences are simple, resilient, and built for the realities of the home environment.

You will operate across hardware, platform software, mobile, and other cross-functional teams, partnering closely with engineering, design, QA, data, and operations. You will be accountable for setting the long-term direction for connectivity, building alignment across teams, and delivering measurable improvements in connection success, reliability, and recovery. This is a role for a product leader who can move comfortably between strategy and execution and who can take ownership of a technically complex, high-impact problem space.

What You'll Do:
  • Own the product strategy and roadmap for how Vivint devices connect to customer networks and maintain reliable connectivity over time.
  • Define the customer and system experience across onboarding, authentication, provisioning, reconnection, and long-term network resilience.
  • Partner deeply with hardware, platform, mobile, and cloud teams to shape connectivity architecture and deliver reliable experiences across the device portfolio.
  • Drive prioritization and tradeoff decisions across protocols, performance, diagnostics, and recovery flows to improve connection success and reduce field issues.
  • Establish and manage core connectivity metrics, including pairing success, time to connect, disconnect rate, reconnection success, and long-term device stability.
  • Lead cross-functional delivery from concept through launch and iteration, aligning stakeholders around a clear vision for dependable device connectivity.


What We're Looking For:
  • 5+ years of product management experience, including ownership of technically complex products or platform capabilities.
  • Strong experience working with hardware teams and building products where device performance and connectivity are core to the customer experience.
  • Familiarity with connectivity protocols and standards such as Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Matter, Bluetooth, or similar technologies.
  • Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams across product, engineering, design, QA, hardware, and platform organizations.
  • Strong systems thinking and product judgment, with the ability to turn technical complexity into clear priorities and customer-facing outcomes.
  • Analytical mindset with comfort defining reliability metrics, diagnosing failure patterns, and using data to guide iteration.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across teams while driving alignment in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.


Working at Vivint:

Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it's a great place to grow your career! Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:
  • Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
  • Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
  • Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline
  • 401(k) + Employer Match
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Quarterly Innovation Weeks

The base salary range for this position is: $195K (min) - $235K (max)* *The base salary range above represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition the position may be eligible to participate in the benefits program which include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending accounts.

Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.

About NRG Energy

NRG is at the forefront of changing how people think about and use energy. Whether as the largest solar power developer in the country or by giving customers the latest tools to better manage their energy use, NRG is a pioneer in developing smarter energy choices. Our diverse power generating facilities have a capacity of about 52,000 megawatts, capable of supporting almost 42 million homes. Our retail electricity providers — Reliant and Energy Plus — and thermal energy division serve nearly 3 million residential, business, commercial and industrial customers. A Fortune 250 company, NRG supports clean energy resources and technologies critical to our transition to a sustainable, low carbon society. We built the nation's first privately-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure and continue to create new, clean energy solutions for our customers. In addition to our environmental efforts, we actively contribute to the local communities where NRG employees live and work. Since 2004, our Global Giving program has provided millions of dollars to organizations and charities that have a direct impact on the lives of the people in our communities, including food banks and those that foster self-sufficiency, improve housing and provide supplemental education to people in need. NRG has also organized special responses for victims of extreme catastrophe, such as the Haitian earthquake and the Japanese tsunami in 2010. Employee donations were tripled to maximize the contributions. NRG has won numerous awards for industry leadership and many of its nationwide econrg initiatives, which are targeted toward meeting the challenges of climate change, clean air and natural resources protection.

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Net Income
$510 million
Founded
1989
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