Manager Product Development

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

We are seeking a Engineering Manager to lead and grow high-performing engineering teams delivering mission-critical software for energy and water utilities worldwide. This role blends technical leadership, people management, and delivery ownership to build secure, scalable, and high-quality platforms that support Itron’s smart infrastructure and data solutions.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance for complex, distributed systems

  
  

• Drive engineering best practices across design, development, testing, security, and deployment

  
  

• Ensure solutions meet performance, reliability, scalability, and compliance requirements

  
  

• Guide teams in making sound technology choices aligned with long-term platform strategy

  
  

• Own end-to-end delivery for assigned product areas

  
  

• Translate product requirements into technical execution plans

  
  

• Ensure predictable delivery through strong planning, estimation, and prioritization

  
  

• Balance feature development, technical debt reduction, and operational excellence

  
  

• Establish and track engineering KPIs for quality, reliability, and velocity

  
  

• Apply Agile practices across the SDLC to enable predictable delivery

  
  

• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering teams

  
  

• Conduct performance management, coaching, and career development

  
  

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

  
  

• Support hiring and onboarding of engineers and technical leads

  
  

• Partner closely with Product Management, QA, DevOps, Security, and Customer Support

  
  

• Act as a technical advisor to business and product stakeholders

  
  

• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to leadership

  
  

• Support customer escalations and production issues when required

  
  

• Ensure adherence to secure development practices and regulatory standards

  
  

• Improve automation for CI/CD, testing, and monitoring

  
  

• Promote reliability engineering and operational readiness

  
  

• Drive root-cause analysis and long-term fixes for production issues

  
  

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership and people management role

  
  

• Strong background in system design and modern software architecture

  
  

• Good understanding of mobile-based solutioning (Android/iOS, offline-first apps, field applications) is a plus

  
  

• Experience building and operating cloud-based or distributed systems

  
  

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile practices

  
  

• Proven ability to lead teams delivering enterprise-grade products

  
  

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

  
  

• Teams consistently deliver high-quality releases on time

  
  

• Technical decisions reduce operational risk and improve scalability

  
  

• Engineers grow in capability, ownership, and engagement

  
  

• Stakeholders trust engineering execution and technical judgment

  
  

• Systems are stable, secure, and ready to scale

  
  

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!
The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.
Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email Accessibility@itron.com.

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com