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

1KOMMA5° At 1KOMMA5°, we pursue a clear vision: Living on wind and sunlight forever for free. To make this a reality, we are building the energy system of the future with Heartbeat AI. Want to be part of it?

We bring together regional craftsmanship and scalable software: We don't think of solar, batteries, heat pumps, and e-mobility as isolated components, but control them as an intelligent, integrated overall system in our virtual power plant. Directly connected to the electricity market – in real time, fully automated. This way, energy is used when it is available from renewables and particularly cost-effective. By 2030, our goal is to transition 1.5 million households to renewable energies. Over 3,000 people are working towards this every day, at more than 80 locations worldwide, from Finland to Australia.

Want to take responsibility and build solutions that truly matter? Apply now and help us shape the energy world of tomorrow.

Learn more about our Product & Tech team! Deine Position As (Lead) Product Manager for our Energy Utility Platform, you will take ownership of one of the most strategically important domains in the company: enabling the energy products of the future. This means building the capabilities that allow our customers to fully participate in energy markets — from flexibility marketing and dynamic procurement to trading and optimized energy scheduling.

Your primary focus is on our energy market products and the optimization layer that connects intelligent device control with market participation. Together with the Engineering Manager, you will steer roadmap, priorities, and delivery — collaborating closely with our Energy Operations team who bring deep domain expertise and regulatory context.

You will define the product strategy and roadmap for this domain, and you will also be hands-on in day-to-day product management: writing specs, running discovery, unblocking engineers, and shipping. This is a role that combines strategic ownership with execution — you own the product strategy for an entire cluster AND you deliver against it yourself.

Your main focus will be to:

• 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
• Be hands-on in execution: write specs, run discovery sprints, prioritize backlogs, unblock engineering — this is not a "strategy-only" role
• 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
• Collaborate closely with Energy Operations (domain experts, regulatory context) and engineering to ensure product decisions are grounded in market reality
• Navigate complex regulatory environments (German energy market, MaKo, grid fee structures, metering) and translate them into actionable product requirements
• Balance visionary product thinking with the discipline to solve hard infrastructure problems — you need both
• Build and mentor a small PM team over time as the domain grows
• Report to the Director Product Heartbeat AI and contribute to portfolio-level strategy decisions

Other responsibilities:

• Ensuring alignment between the Energy Utility Platform and the consumer-facing Heartbeat App (pricing display, customer transparency, product activation)
• Establishing KPIs and monitoring for energy product health (procurement accuracy, market participation, SLA adherence)
• Managing stakeholder expectations across engineering, Energy Operations, commercial, and leadership

Dein Profil The successful candidate will have:

• 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. Benefits

• You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen
• With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate
• Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues
• You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers
• You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups
• You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
• Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass
• Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens
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