Hardware Technical Program Manager

The Company
Clarity is a globally distributed organization with headquarters in Berkeley, CA. We are empowering the world to reduce air pollution. We do that by making it possible to measure and understand air pollution issues and then take action.

Today, when cities or industrial facilities want to measure air quality, they have to spend a lot of money on expensive equipment, installation, and maintenance - to get the accurate data needed to attack air quality problems.

Clarity has a better approach. With many low-cost devices spread over a geographic area, our customers can perform hyper-local monitoring where information is relayed into the cloud and then flows into web-based tooling to drive analysis and decisions.

We envision a world where novel sensing technology, IoT, and cloud computing simplify air quality measurement, enabling cities and industrial facilities to scale up the number of monitoring sites and take data-driven action. Our Sensing-as-a-Service solution for air quality is currently deployed in over 70 countries and is changing how municipalities and industrial facilities approach air quality.

Your Role

Clarity is seeking a talented and motivated Technical Program Manager (TPM) who will be part of the HW Engineering team focused on delivering new and innovative technology from concept through to market. The TPM will manage the full project lifecycle of product development and will be responsible for improving efficiency, removing roadblocks, and ultimately ensuring the success of the Engineering team. This position is responsible for the planning and execution of NPI programs while serving as a liaison between Product Management, Software Engineering, Operations, Sales, marketing, and Customer Success teams. In addition, the TPM will develop and maintain strong relationships with key vendors, ensuring the timely delivery of products and services.

If you are a Technical Program Manager with strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, an ability to influence business and technical leaders in a dynamic environment, and the desire to make a positive impact on the world, we want to talk with you! The ideal candidate will draw upon exemplary program/project management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and a passion for creating reliable and maintainable systems. The candidate should be open to new challenges, strong at multi-tasking, innovative, creative, self-directed, and a great team player. Candidate should drive continuous process improvement and collaborate effectively with cross-functional operational and development teams to solve problems and implement new solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive hardware program schedules that meet the larger product roadmap requirements.
• Interact with Product Management, SW Engineering, Operations, and other key stakeholders to define and deliver complex projects.
• Drive consensus on technical decisions and ensure the appropriate resources are employed to deliver high-quality results.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key vendors, ensuring the timely delivery of products and services.
• Create, maintain, and disseminate project information to stakeholders. Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across different teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading hardware projects with aggressive schedules, including a minimum of 2 years of project/program management experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced start-up.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individuals
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong EQ

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hardware Engineering background/skills
• Strong project/program management skills
• Ability to estimate project cost and return on investment
• Track record of being detail-oriented, demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow through on projects
• Familiar with developing products through program phase gate processes
• PMP Certified
• Agile/Scrum experience

Position Details

• Full-position
• Reports to VP of Hardware
• Location: Preferred Hybrid position in Bay Area, California. Fully remote is possible, but needs to be located in the UTC -5 to UTC -7 time zone
• While we strive to accommodate individual preferences and work-life balance, flexibility in travel scheduling is expected to meet business needs.

BenefitsWorking at Clarity has its perks:

• We are remote-work friendly, offer flexible working hours, and encourage all employees to use their unlimited PTO
• For all full-time global employees, we provide private medical and dental insurance plus growth and development opportunities.
• Clarity holds regular hybrid (virtual and in-person) team and company events

*Clarity Movement is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other basis protected by law.

*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

*Learn more about Clarity Movement and our work on our website at https://www.clarity.io/

Join our team and help bring cleaner air to the world!