Technical Program Manager, Energy & Charging Software

The Tesla Energy & Charging Software team is responsible for developing and operating the software for Tesla's products for power generation, energy storage, vehicle charging, and grid services. These include the integrated residential product experience (Powerwall, Solar Roof, Wall Connector, Storm Watch), commercial and industrial products (Megapack, Powerhub), vehicle charging (Supercharger, Wall Connector), and grid services (Virtual Power Plants, Autobidder, energy-market participation).

The Program Manager will be an integral part of the engineering team and responsible for driving program execution across the organization. The Technical Program Manager will report to the Director of the software organization and work closely with a team of passionate software engineers as well as partner product development and engineering teams. The work of the Program Manager will be critical to accelerating flagship Tesla Energy products, expanding the Tesla Supercharging network, growing deployments of utility scale Megapack power plants and expanding the reach of Tesla Powerwall and Virtual Power Plants.

• Drive software planning and programs across weeks, quarters and years
• Regularly interface with the product leaders and ensure the software organization is aligned to execute on the most important initiatives while balancing competing priorities
• Consolidate inputs from across teams into executive reviews highlighting risks and opportunities, successes and areas for improvement
• Maximize engineering team velocity by limiting work in progress and reducing team context switching
• Provide project leadership, foster collaboration, bring together teams to solve critical problems, and drive initiatives to completion
• Enable high velocity disturbed decision making by driving alignment of strategic goals
• Help the team find the process that helps them the most for structured work and communication

• Proven success delivering great products in a role of either a product or program manager or engineering leader
• Excellent written and spoken communication
• A passion for solving problems at the nexus of products, engineering, humans and organizations
• A strong sense of urgency in achieving Tesla's mission through high velocity engineering
• Ability to synthesize complex information across organizations to drive decision making with engineers and executives
• Ability to rapidly understand high level software & engineering concepts as it applies to program execution
• Ability to practice principled, strategic problem solving

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.