Director, Strategy & Product Portfolio

Stored Energy Systems•Longmont, CO

4h•$187,000 - $217,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Strategy & Product Portfolio is responsible for helping establish the strategic planning, product portfolio governance, and enterprise decision-making disciplines required to scale Stored Energy Systems profitably and sustainably. Reporting to the CFO and sponsored by the CEO, this role serves as an enterprise strategic partner and cross-functional integrator—bringing rigor, clarity, and economic discipline to growth prioritization, product investment, portfolio management, and capital allocation decisions across the enterprise. The position helps ensure executive leadership has a credible fact base, transparent trade-offs, and scalable management processes to support long-term value creation. This is a highly influential individual contributor role designed to improve enterprise alignment, strategic focus, and decision quality without direct functional ownership or PMO-style administration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; preference for Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Strategy, Operations, or related technical disciplines
10+ years of experience in strategy, portfolio management, product portfolio leadership, consulting, or general management
Direct experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, or greenfield data center development initiatives is highly desirable, including exposure to power infrastructure planning, backup power systems, energy resilience, or related mission-critical infrastructure investments
Demonstrated experience building strategy, product, or portfolio processes in scaling organizations
Demonstrated track record in delivering growth and winning market share
Prior exposure to PE-backed or board-governed environments preferred or successes with Board / Enterprise approved substantial / transformational product investments
Enterprise-level strategic thinking grounded in economic reality
Strong financial fluency (P&L, margins, capital trade-offs)
Solid understanding in setting product definitions of IT systems, such as ERP, CRM, etc.
Ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear, executive-level recommendations
Credible partner to senior executives; able to influence without authority
Strong facilitation, communication, and executive-level writing skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in mission-critical infrastructure, critical power systems, data center infrastructure, power quality, energy storage, electrification, utility, industrial, or energy markets
MBA or other advanced business or technical degree
Combination of business and technical education strongly preferred given the cross-functional nature of the role

Responsibilities

Lead and support market assessments including TAM/SAM analysis, segmentation, competitive positioning, and growth opportunity evaluation across key end markets
Partner with Sales, Engineering, and leadership teams to develop actionable market intelligence and strategic growth insights
Participate in selected customer meetings, industry events, and strategic account discussions to strengthen understanding of customer needs, buying drivers, and market dynamics
Improve voice-of-customer (VOC) integration into strategic planning, product portfolio decisions, and growth initiatives
Support evaluation of strategic partnerships, channel opportunities, and go-to-market expansion initiatives
Establish and institutionalize an enterprise product portfolio framework
Define and embed product lifecycle stages (introduce, grow, optimize, harvest, exit)
Enable clear product ownership and decision accountability across product families
Introduce economic decision criteria (revenue, margin, complexity, capital intensity) based on outside-in perspectives (examples: total addressable markets, market segmentations, competitive landscape, etc.)
Support portfolio rationalization and targeted investment decisions
Partner with Finance to align strategic and portfolio decisions with enterprise capital allocation priorities
Support prioritization and governance of major growth and transformation initiatives
Define success metrics, investment milestones, and exit / kill criteria for strategic investments
Ensure resource deployment aligns with enterprise priorities and return thresholds
Support development and maintenance of the company’s 3–5 year strategic plan
Establish and manage a repeatable annual strategic planning cadence, distinct from budgeting
Translate strategy into enterprise priorities and initiatives
Facilitate executive alignment on strategic choices, sequencing, and constraints
Partner with CEO, CFO and the rest of ELT as needed to prepare board- and PE-ready strategic materials
Act as a trusted partner to Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance leaders
Facilitate structured decision-making without adding bureaucracy
Introduce common frameworks and language for strategy and product discussions
Improve decision quality across the enterprise through clarity and focus