Head of Utility Products & Services (m/f/d)
1KOMMA5°
We are looking for you to join our tech team in Berlin, Munich, or Hamburg. 1KOMMA5° is creating Germany's largest one-stop-shop for the sale, installation, and servicing of solar panels, heat pumps, electricity solutions, and charging infrastructure. And the best part? They are all interconnected!
Become a part of our mission and learn about our Product & Tech team!
Deine Position
- Define the Global Utility Product Vision: Set and steward the global product vision and strategy for 1KOMMA5°’s utility business — covering metering, tariffs, trading, and flexibility services. Drive the long-term roadmap for how we provide, manage, and scale energy across markets.
- Lead and Grow your Product Team & Stakeholders: Manage and mentor a growing team of Product Managers responsible for key product domains within our utility stack. Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation across commercial, technical, and operational areas.
- Standardize and Scale Core Systems and Processes: Develop and implement global standards for systems, technical setups, and partner integrations. Ensure our retail energy products operate consistently and efficiently across markets — from tariff design to billing and data exchange.
- Drive Operational Excellence Across Energy Markets: Oversee market operations processes including metering, trading, and market communication. Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Energy Operations, and Trading teams to embed operational excellence into product design.
- Monitor Performance and Deliver Business Impact: Define and track KPIs across product performance, operational efficiency, customer outcomes, and profitability. Use data to inform strategic decisions and continuous improvements in the utility portfolio.
- Align Internal and External Stakeholders: Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Commercial, Energy Operations) and external partners (utilities, DSOs, market operators) to ensure alignment, compliance, and shared success.
- Anticipate Market and Regulatory Developments: Stay ahead of regulatory, commercial, and technological trends in energy retail and flexibility markets. Translate emerging opportunities and requirements into actionable product initiatives.
- Lead Commercial and Go-to-Market Success: Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Market Leads to position and scale our energy products globally. Ensure our energy offerings deliver measurable value to customers and strengthen 1KOMMA5°’s market leadership.
Dein Profil
Leadership & Experience:
- Minimum 5+ years of product, commercial or operational leadership in the energy sector (ideally energy retail/utility, tariffs, services) across multiple markets
- Proven experience managing product managers or cross-functional teams and owning a complex product domain with both business and operational/technical dimensions
- Experience building or scaling products in energy retail, tariffs, metering/trading integration or flexibility services
Domain & Market Expertise:
- Deep understanding of energy retail business — tariffs, pricing models, metering (roll-out and operations), trading/settlement, market communications (Marktkommunikationsprozesse) — across multiple countries
- Strong familiarity with regulatory frameworks and market operations in the energy sector
- Exposure to flexibility services, distributed energy resources (DERs), and digital energy services is highly advantageous
Technical & Operational Acumen:
- Comfortable engaging with technical teams on system architecture, data flows, integration of tools and processes (metering, billing, trading, partner platforms)
- Strong operational discipline, ability to translate operational/process complexity into scalable product models
Commercial & Strategic Mindset:
- Excellent commercial awareness with strong analytical skills: you can define and interpret KPIs, build business cases, prioritise product investments and measure ROI
- Strategic thinker who can also roll up sleeves and deliver in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Leadership & Communication:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and German
- Able to influence and align internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead people, build strong teams, mentor product managers, and drive cross-functional collaboration
Personal Attributes:
- Entrepreneurial, proactive and comfortable operating in a high-growth, dynamic context
- Passionate about the energy transition, renewable energy and changing how energy is delivered and consumed globally
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
- Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time