
Premier Climate Tech Recruitment Partner
Pacific Search Firm is the leading retained recruitment agency exclusively dedicated to the climate technology sector, connecting visionary startups with exceptional executive, senior leadership, and technical talent who drive sustainable solutions forward. Based in San Francisco, this specialized boutique firm brings over 14 years of deep expertise in the rapidly evolving climate tech ecosystem, establishing itself as a trusted partner for ventures at every stage-from pre-revenue startups to successful exits.
Specialized Climate Tech Expertise
What distinguishes Pacific Search Firm is its unwavering focus on climate technology and sustainability. The firm's human-centered approach combines rigorous due diligence with extensive industry knowledge to ensure perfect matches between visionary companies and transformative leaders. This specialized focus enables the team to understand the unique challenges and opportunities within climate tech, from renewable energy and carbon capture to sustainable agriculture, grid resiliency, and clean transportation.
Career Opportunities In Climate Tech
- Access to executive and senior leadership positions at cutting-edge climate startups
- Connections with mission-driven companies developing tomorrow's sustainable solutions
- Opportunities across all climate tech sectors and company growth stages
- Personalized career guidance from industry-specialized recruiters
- Network access to 5,500+ climate tech professionals and industry leaders
- Strategic partnerships with PE-backed and venture-backed climate innovators
Partnership Approach and Values
Pacific Search Firm takes pride in its quality-over-quantity philosophy, investing significant time to understand each client's unique culture, challenges, and vision for sustainability. This commitment to thorough understanding ensures that placements align not just with technical requirements, but with company values and mission. The firm's small, dedicated team offers personalized service while maintaining an extensive network of qualified professionals passionate about creating environmental impact through their careers.
Why Join the Pacific Search Firm Network
For climate tech professionals seeking to make meaningful impact in sustainability, Pacific Search Firm provides the expertise, connections, and industry insight needed to advance careers in this mission-critical sector. Whether you're an executive leader, senior technical talent, or emerging professional, the firm's deep industry relationships and specialized knowledge open doors to opportunities shaping our planet's sustainable future.
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Senior Director Product Management
Description
Senior Director of Product Management (Grid Resiliency)
About the Company
Our PE-backed client operates in the grid resiliency sector and develops and manufactures products for the electric transmission and distribution sectors that strengthen the reliability and performance of utility networks. Its products are engineered to withstand the growing impacts of climate change, helping utilities and communities reduce outage risk, enhance worker safety, and harden the grid against extreme weather events such as hurricanes and wildfires. Designed for longevity, durability, and efficiency, these systems support the transition to a more resilient and sustainable energy infrastructure while safeguarding critical power delivery across regions. With an established track record and customers across North America and international markets, our client has become a trusted partner to utilities and developers focused on grid modernization and climate adaptation.
Position Overview
The Senior Director of Product Management will serve as the commercial owner of the company's product portfolio, responsible for defining product vision, strategy, pricing, and positioning across the organization.
This is an opportunity for a commercially minded, technically fluent product leader who thrives in a scaling industrial environment and enjoys bringing structure and clarity to complex systems. The individual will serve as a key bridge between engineering, operations, and sales to ensure products meet customer needs, deliver strong margins, and align with long-term growth objectives.
This is a high-impact, individual-contributor role with executive visibility, offering direct influence over strategic decisions and product investments.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the next generation of resilient utility infrastructure systems, ensuring alignment with business and customer priorities.
- Partner cross-functionally with operations, sales, marketing, and engineering to translate market insights into clear product and go-to-market plans.
- Lead competitive analysis and market research to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and areas for differentiation.
- Develop compelling product positioning, value propositions, and pricing strategies grounded in customer and financial insight.
- Manage the full product lifecycle-from concept through launch-ensuring timely execution and measurable commercial outcomes.
- Establish and refine product management frameworks, decision tools, and processes to support scaling and portfolio expansion.
- Oversee investment prioritization and long-range product planning based on customer needs and business performance.
- Serve as a product ambassador, representing the company's technical and commercial leadership with customers, partners, and at industry events.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, sciences, or related technical field
- MBA strongly preferred
- 10+ years of product management or commercial strategy experience in a relevant industrial or energy sector (e.g., grid infrastructure, composites, electrical systems, or engineered equipment).
- Proven success developing and executing product and pricing strategies that drive profitable growth.
- Strong commercial and technical fluency, with the ability to align diverse teams around shared business objectives.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with demonstrated success leading through collaboration.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and execution capabilities.
Tools & Systems
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Teams for cross-functional collaboration.
Working Style & Travel
- On-site at the company's Houston facility (no remote option).
- Up to 30% travel for customer engagements, plant collaboration, and industry events.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary (expected range $200,000-$250,000) plus 20-25% bonus, equity, and long-term incentive eligibility.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, and generous PTO.
Reporting Structure
- Reports to the EVP of Commercial
Why Join
This is a unique opportunity to join a growth-stage company at the center of some of the most pressing challenges of our time: the reliability, resilience, and modernization of the power grid. The Senior Director of Product Management will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of resilient infrastructure, combining technical credibility, commercial ownership, and meaningful real-world impact. By advancing the systems that underpin a more reliable, climate-ready grid, this leader will contribute directly to one of the most critical transformations in the global energy landscape.

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