(Lead) Product Manager — Energy Utility Platform (m/f/d)

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Key Responsibilities

• 1
  Define and own the product strategy and outcome-based roadmap for the Energy Utility Platform — energy market access, flexibility marketing, procurement, and the optimization layer connecting devices to markets
• 2
  Be hands-on in execution: write specs, run discovery sprints, prioritize backlogs, unblock engineering — this is not a "strategy-only" role
• 3
  Shape the energy products of the future: direct marketing, expanded flexibility participation, and new forms of customer market access — while also tackling the regulatory and infrastructure challenges that make them possible
• 4
  Collaborate closely with Energy Operations (domain experts, regulatory context) and engineering to ensure product decisions are grounded in market reality
• 5
  Navigate complex regulatory environments (German energy market, MaKo, grid fee structures, metering) and translate them into actionable product requirements
• 6
  Balance visionary product thinking with the discipline to solve hard infrastructure problems — you need both
• 7
  Build and mentor a small PM team over time as the domain grows
• 8
  Report to the Director Product Heartbeat AI and contribute to portfolio-level strategy decisions Other responsibilities:
• 9
  Ensuring alignment between the Energy Utility Platform and the consumer-facing Heartbeat App (pricing display, customer transparency, product activation)
• 10
  Establishing KPIs and monitoring for energy product health (procurement accuracy, market participation, SLA adherence)
• 11
  Managing stakeholder expectations across engineering, Energy Operations, commercial, and leadership

Requirements

• 5+ years of Product Management experience, with meaningful exposure to energy, utilities, or similarly regulated platform/infrastructure products
• Proven track record of owning product strategy (not just execution) — you've made "where to play / how to win" decisions, not just shipped features
• Strong understanding of energy markets, tariff structures, energy trading, or energy retail operations — this is a requirement, not a nice-to-have
• Experience driving complex platform or product builds in regulated environments — coordinating across multiple engineering teams and navigating regulatory constraints
• Strong analytical skills: comfortable with financial modeling, unit economics, and data-driven decision-making
• Excellent stakeholder management: you can navigate engineering, commercial, legal, and C-level conversations with equal confidence
• Experience leading or mentoring other PMs (or strong signals that you're ready for it)
• Exceptional communication skills in English; German is a strong plus (many stakeholders are German-speaking)
• Based in Germany or willing to relocate — this role requires presence in the German energy market context
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced, scaling environment where ambiguity is the norm Bonus points for:
• Experience with energy trading, flexibility marketing, or balancing markets (TSO/DSO interaction, scheduling, balancing pool management)
• Understanding of how optimization/dispatch systems interact with market participation (e.g., demand-side flexibility, virtual power plants)
• Knowledge of specific regulatory frameworks (EnWG, MaKo, REMIT, MsbG)
• Familiarity with data-heavy architectures (event-driven systems, IoT data pipelines, forecasting)
• Previous experience building 0→1 products in regulated industries Why this role matters: This is not an incremental product role. You're building the products that let 100,000+ customers participate in energy markets — flexibility marketing, dynamic procurement, intelligent scheduling. The decisions you make here determine whether Heartbeat AI becomes the default energy platform in Europe. You'll need both the vision to see where energy markets are heading and the discipline to navigate the regulatory complexity of getting there. If you want to shape the energy products of the future from zero to one at scale, this is it.

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