Chef for Utility Produkter & Services (m/w/d)

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 more about our Product & Tech team!

Your mission

• 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.

Your profile

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