Vice President, Product & Design

Aurora Solar is on a mission to create a future of solar for all, providing software solutions that simplify solar adoption. The Vice President of Product & Design will lead a high-performing team, setting the product vision and strategy while collaborating across the organization to drive execution in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and retain a strong product management and design organization
• Establish operating rhythms that enable focus, accountability, and predictable delivery
• Set a high bar for product quality, craft, and decision-making
• Fosters a culture for intellectual curiosity and psychological safety
• Promote a culture of excellence and collaboration aligned with Aurora’s values. Build and sustain a high-performing, collaborative culture that reflects Aurora’s values and empowers teams to do their best work
• Define and own Aurora’s product vision and multi-year roadmap, aligning company strategy, customer outcomes, and commercial priorities
• Identify and validate new product opportunities across the solar and storage value chain (design, sales, permitting, installation, financing, asset management)
• Lead hypothesis-driven discovery to de-risk investments and ensure we are solving high-value, industry-specific problems
• Translate strategy into clear priorities, measurable goals, and shipped products
• Establish and track product & design KPIs including adoption, retention, time-to-value, customer satisfaction, and revenue impact
• Balance rapid delivery of customer-facing capabilities with investments in platform foundations (APIs, integrations, data, AI/ML)
• Strongly understands installer, developer, and homeowner workflows across residential and commercial solar
• Experience strategy (end-to-end workflows, reducing friction across proposal to design to permit)
• Research + insight systems (continuous discovery, lightweight research ops, customer councils)
• Quality bar as a business lever (reduce rework, increase speed-to-sale, increase accuracy/trust)
• Champion customer insight in every decision, from early discovery through roadmap trade-offs
• Build feedback loops that connect real-world jobsite and sales realities to product decisions
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and quality
• Partner with Go-To-Market leaders on packaging, pricing, and monetization
• Rebuild cross functional confidence in Product & Design through reliable execution and clear communication
• Collaborate with Partnerships to expand ecosystem integrations and platform reach
• Represent Product & Design with credibility at the executive and board level
• Experience leading early-stage or net-new product initiatives, where problems and solutions are not yet fully defined
• Strong judgment in prioritization, trade-off decisions, and sequencing investments under uncertainty
• Ability to move between visionary thinking and hands-on execution
• Comfort with platform-oriented products, including APIs, integrations, and data-driven systems
• Strong analytical skills and experience defining and acting on product metrics Ability to partner deeply with engineering without needing to be the technical architect
• Prior experience with executives, boards, customers, and partners
• Ability to influence cross-functionally and align stakeholders around a shared strategy
• Clear point of view, grounded in data, customer insight, and market understanding

Requirements:

• 12+ years in product management, including 5+ years leading product and design teams at a senior level
• Proven experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products, ideally in complex or regulated industries
• Has led organizations through significant change while improving and sustaining engagement and performance across Product, Design & Engineering
• Demonstrated success owning product strategy tied to business outcomes (ARR growth, retention, expansion)
• Demonstrates deep passion for Aurora's mission and values, leading by example through integrity and a strong sense of ownership in how decisions are made and teams are led
• Brings a high degree of curiosity and learning orientation, consistently asking the right questions, seeking diverse perspectives, and exploring new ideas to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Experience leading early-stage or net-new product initiatives, where problems and solutions are not yet fully defined
• Strong judgment in prioritization, trade-off decisions, and sequencing investments under uncertainty
• Ability to move between visionary thinking and hands-on execution
• Comfort with platform-oriented products, including APIs, integrations, and data-driven systems
• Strong analytical skills and experience defining and acting on product metrics
• Ability to partner deeply with engineering without needing to be the technical architect
• Prior experience with executives, boards, customers, and partners
• Ability to influence cross-functionally and align stakeholders around a shared strategy
• Clear point of view, grounded in data, customer insight, and market understanding
• Experience in solar, storage, home electrification, renewable energy, construction tech, or climate software
• Familiarity with installer-led or physical operations workflows
• Experience productizing AI/ML or LLM-powered capabilities (automation, content, decision support)
• Background in pricing, monetization, or product-led growth
• Experience building or scaling platform or ecosystem businesses