Axle Energy

Growth (CDD)

Join Axle Energy as Growth (CDD) in France, leading commercial success by winning partners and managing accounts. This role blends sales and strategy in the renewable energy sector, offering competitive pay and team retreats. Work mostly remotely with some London office time.
Axle Energy
Axle Energy
France Hybrid Full time UTC+01:00

Axle Energy

Company Overview

Name

Axle Energy Ltd

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2023

Size

Approximately 50 employees in London, United Kingdom (source: axle.energy)

What They Do

Axle Energy is focused on building the infrastructure for a decarbonised energy system by developing advanced energy flexibility software that connects distributed energy resources such as EV chargers, home batteries, solar systems, and heat pumps in customers' homes (source: axle.energy). Their platform enables households and asset owners to participate in electricity flexibility and grid services markets, which were traditionally accessible mainly to larger energy users, thereby democratizing access to these markets (source: welcometothejungle.com). Axle’s software offers multiple operating modes, including one that pays customers £1 per kWh exported when the grid requires support, and a fully optimized mode that uses tariff data and usage patterns to minimize energy bills by intelligently managing battery charging and exporting (source: youtube.com). The company supports popular hardware brands such as Fox, Give Energy, Sig Energy, Solax, and Solace, ensuring broad compatibility without requiring customers to change their energy suppliers (source: youtube.com). Currently focused on the UK market, Axle Energy is actively expanding into other European countries, leveraging lessons learned from its UK operations to scale its platform internationally (source: youtube.com).

Projects & Track Record

Axle Energy has demonstrated significant impact through its activation of over 2,000 home batteries on 1 December during a critical grid event, helping to keep fossil fuels off the grid and returning more than £26,000 to battery owners (source: axle.energy). This event, described as the "grid's hour of need," involved linking these batteries to flexibility markets including the Dynamic Flexibility Service (DFS), showcasing Axle’s ability to mobilize distributed energy resources at scale (source: axle.energy). The company’s platform currently connects over 15,000 flexible assets, reflecting rapid growth and adoption of its technology (source: welcometothejungle.com). Axle is actively preparing to open projects across various European countries throughout the year, using its UK experience as a foundation for broader continental expansion (source: youtube.com).

Recent Developments

In August 2024, Axle Energy successfully closed a $9 million seed funding round to fuel its European growth ambitions, following an earlier $1.6 million seed round in June 2023 (source: welcometothejungle.com). The company has been actively hiring in London across multiple functions including engineering, commercial, customer support, and people operations, signaling a strong growth trajectory and scaling efforts (source: accel.com). In early 2026, job postings highlighted the need to build a repeatable commercial motion to expand customer adoption and commercialize flexibility at scale (source: accel.com). Additionally, salary guidance for software engineering roles ranged from £60k to £120k with equity options, reflecting competitive compensation in a hybrid work environment (source: climatetechlist.com).

Working There

Axle Energy offers a dynamic startup environment headquartered in London, with roles spanning engineering, commercial, operations, customer support, and people functions (source: axle.energy). The company emphasizes a mission-driven culture focused on building infrastructure for the decarbonised energy system, with software designed to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs (source: axle.energy). Employees benefit from a fast-paced atmosphere that prioritizes rapid product shipping and scaling a repeatable commercial engine, reflecting the company’s growth stage and climate-tech focus (source: climatetechlist.com). The company’s hiring activity and job descriptions indicate a collaborative culture with opportunities to contribute across multiple early-stage functions within a single city location (source: ashbyhq.com).


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Job Description

At Axle Energy, we're building the infrastructure that will underpin the decarbonised energy system. Our software moves energy usage to times when electricity is cheap and green, by controlling vehicle charging, heating systems, inverters and home batteries. We control hundreds of thousands of energy assets.

We're building in a legacy industry and moving gigawatt-hours of electrons in the real world, but we operate at lightning speed, and we're growing the team to meet customer demand.

We're proud to be supported by world-leading investors, including Energize Capital and Accel. Read more about what we're building here.

France is one of the most important flexibility markets in Europe. This role is critical to accelerating Axle's growth in France.

We're looking for a commercially sharp, highly autonomous operator to drive Axle's commercial success in the French market.

This is a role that spans both sales and go to market. You'll be responsible for both winning new partners (OEMs, utilities, platforms, etc.) and making those partnerships succeed over time.

This is a multifaceted, client-facing role with a strong technical component. You will own the full commercial lifecycle and should be comfortable moving between strategic conversations, commercial negotiations, onboarding and account growth.

You will speak native-level French and fluent English. Other European languages will also be an asset.

This role will own

  • Winning new business
  • Go-to-market strategy and execution
  • Client onboarding and implementation support
  • Account management and expansion

What you will be doing

  • Owning Axle's commercial results for the French market (pipeline, revenue and partner success)
  • Building and managing a strong pipeline of partners across key segments (OEMs, energy retailers, installers, platforms, etc.)
  • Owning new customer acquisition end-to-end, from first conversation through to commercial close, setting our partners up to generate meaningful revenue
  • Driving go-to-market execution with partners, including value propositions, pricing considerations, customer segmentation and launch strategies
  • Managing post-implementation relationships with clients after go-live, driving continuous improvement and opportunity to deepen engagement or grow the account
  • Acting as a conduit between partners and engineering teams creating fast, structured feedback loops that help translate field insights into meaningful product enhancements
  • Building and refine scalable sales and partner processes that support repeatable growth across different customer segments
  • Tracking performance, pipeline, and outcomes, using data to prioritise effort and continuously improve commercial effectiveness
  • Operating with low structure and high ownership: remove friction, avoid bureaucracy, move fast

What's in it for you

This is a 12 month fixed-term contract. Compensation is highly competitive and dependent on experience.

We operate with a deliberately flat structure and aim to keep pay equitable across the company, with a 1:1 median ratio between founder and team compensation.

Bi-annual retreats to strengthen team connection & shared purpose.

You'll be based in France. To maximise collaboration, we ask that you spend ~1 week per month working from our London office.

The opportunity to directly shape the future of energy markets and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.

We are extremely keen to build a diverse team, and we're particularly eager to hear from candidates who don't fit the traditional role stereotypes. If you're motivated by our mission, please do reach out, even if you feel you might not 'check all the boxes'.

Interview process

  1. Initial interview
  2. Take-home exercise
  3. Final interview (in-person)
  4. Offer, references, and welcome to the team!

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About the role

August 27, 2026

August 27, 2026

Full time

Hybrid

Company

Energy Storage, Smart Grid

Axle Energy

axle.energy

  •  France

Commercial experience in sales and partnerships

UTC+01:00