UK remote
Engineering Program Manager - UltraGrid
About this role
What You’ll Do Coordinate a Single-Track Roadmap : Serve as the primary point of contact between the UX team, engineering, product management, and other stakeholders, aligning everyone to one overarching roadmap. Plan & Track with Jira : Use Atlassian Jira as the central project management tool, setting milestones, tracking progress, and ensuring on-time delivery. Define Project Scope & Goals : Collaborate with leadership and stakeholders to clarify requirements, set objectives, and outline deliverables for each phase.
Risk Management & Problem-Solving : Identify potential bottlenecks, issues, or conflicts early, proposing solutions to maintain momentum. Cross-Functional Collaboration Cross-functional collaboration Stakeholder Communication : Provide regular updates on project status, challenges, and successes to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Mentor & Lead : Encourage best practices in project organization and teamwork, fostering an environment of ownership, accountability, and proactive problem-solving.
Projects You’ll Work On As part of our User Experience team, you will focus on the most important family of products Hypervolt creates for its customers: UltraGrid : Our core backend engine for serving hundreds of thousands of connected homes with real-time data. UltraGrid is a connectivity layer that facilitates grid balancing and integration with some of the world's largest VPPs and energy retailers. Built to allow rebalancing the grid and sustain EV adoption at mass scale, UltraGrid aims to be a masterpiece of performance engineering, deeply focused on performance and cost, while streaming 100,000 telemtries daily from each connected household.
What We’re Looking For Experience at the Highest Level of Professional Software Development : While this is not a coding role, you should be able to collaborate closely with “super hardcore” engineering teams and navigate complex development projects. Startup Background : Previous experience in a startup environment is highly valued; you should be comfortable operating with less structure than in a large corporate setting.
Tier-1 Software company background : Our engineers come from Tier 1 software companies, such as Google, Twitter, and Netflix, organisations where software quality and performance matter. You will need deep experience interacting with experienced engineers and complex requirements. Consumer-Facing Products : A proven track record of successfully managing projects for products at scale (experience with large-scale consumer tech is a plus).