Vice President of Product

Vice President of Product
Maas Energy Works
United States · Remote
Full-time · Executive
About the Company
Maas Energy Works operates in the renewable energy sector, with a focus on biogas, renewable natural gas, and sustainable energy infrastructure.
The company's business activities involve renewable energy project development, agricultural partnerships, and energy production, creating opportunities for innovation in technology, operational systems, and energy infrastructure solutions.
As the renewable energy industry continues to evolve, effective product leadership can help translate emerging technologies and market needs into scalable, commercially viable solutions.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Vice President of Product (VP of Product) to lead product strategy, product development, innovation, and lifecycle management across technology-enabled renewable energy solutions.
As a senior member of the leadership team, the VP of Product will be responsible for defining product vision, establishing strategic roadmaps, identifying market opportunities, and guiding the development of solutions that improve operational efficiency and support long-term business growth.
This executive will work closely with senior leadership and teams across engineering, technology, operations, project development, finance, and business development to align product initiatives with customer requirements and organizational objectives.
The ideal candidate will bring strong product leadership experience, technical understanding, commercial judgment, and the ability to manage complex product development initiatives within the energy or industrial technology sectors.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute the company's overall product strategy aligned with its long-term business objectives.
Establish product vision, strategic roadmaps, and development priorities.
Identify opportunities for new products, technologies, and solutions within renewable energy and biogas infrastructure.
Lead product planning, development, implementation, and lifecycle management.
Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to evaluate product feasibility and development requirements.
Partner with operations teams to identify opportunities for improving energy infrastructure performance and operational efficiency.
Conduct market research, customer discovery, and competitive analysis to identify emerging product opportunities.
Translate business requirements and market insights into actionable product specifications and development plans.
Establish product performance metrics, development milestones, and reporting frameworks.
Oversee product prioritization, resource allocation, and cross-functional execution.
Support the development of technology-enabled tools, operational platforms, and data-driven solutions where applicable.
Evaluate opportunities for automation, digital monitoring, and performance optimization.
Collaborate with business development teams to support product positioning, commercialization, and market adoption.
Work with finance leadership to assess product economics, development investments, and commercial viability.
Coordinate product testing, validation, implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Ensure product development activities consider relevant safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
Establish product governance processes, documentation standards, and development best practices.
Build and lead high-performing product management teams.
Support strategic technology partnerships and external innovation initiatives.
Provide executive leadership with product performance updates, market insights, and strategic recommendations.
Qualifications
12+ years of progressive experience in product management, product development, technology strategy, engineering, or related disciplines.
Significant leadership experience as a Vice President of Product, Senior Director of Product Management, Head of Product, Chief Product Officer, or comparable senior product executive.
Strong understanding of product strategy, roadmap development, product lifecycle management, and cross-functional execution.
Experience within renewable energy, energy technology, industrial technology, infrastructure, engineering, or enterprise technology is highly desirable.
Demonstrated success leading complex product development initiatives and multidisciplinary teams.
Strong ability to translate technical capabilities and market needs into commercially viable solutions.
Experience developing product performance metrics, managing product portfolios, and prioritizing development investments.
Familiarity with technology-enabled infrastructure, operational platforms, data analytics, or industrial automation is preferred.
Strong understanding of product economics, commercial strategy, and business case development.
Experience collaborating with engineering, operations, finance, and business development teams.
Demonstrated ability to lead innovation initiatives and organizational transformation.
Excellent strategic planning, analytical judgment, executive communication, and leadership capabilities.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, product management, or a related discipline.
MBA, master's degree in engineering, or another relevant advanced qualification is preferred.
Preferred Experience
Senior product leadership within renewable energy or industrial technology organizations.
Experience with biogas, renewable natural gas, anaerobic digestion, or energy infrastructure technologies.
Background in product development for complex engineering or infrastructure environments.
Experience with digital monitoring, industrial automation, operational analytics, or energy management systems.
Familiarity with renewable energy project economics and technology commercialization.
Experience leading geographically distributed product and engineering teams.
Demonstrated success launching new technology solutions and improving product performance

Work arrangement
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