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Product Manager Energy (f/m/d)

Join Next Kraftwerke Benelux in Brussels as Product Manager Energy. Drive product growth by combining market expertise and commercial insight. Enjoy a collaborative team, flexible hours, and the chance to shape Europe's energy transition.

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We are looking for a driven and autonomous energy enthusiast to join our team of six colleagues in Brussels as Product Manager Energy.

In this role, you combine your expertise in energy markets and regulations with a commercial mindset and product ownership to help drive the growth of our business. You are responsible for the full life cycle of your product portfolio, from market and regulatory design to operational excellence. As the owner of your product area, you will follow up and report on the product's profit and loss performance, ensuring that commercial objectives are met and opportunities for growth are captured. In addition, you will interact regularly with clients and act as product and market expert for complex commercial, regulatory, and operational topics.

Depending on your drive, expertise, and personal interests, your responsibilities can evolve rapidly, expanding your scope to multiple products and market areas.

Whether full-time or part-time - let us know how we match up on this point.

This is what you like

  • You drive the evolution of your products by combining customer insights, market developments, and regulatory changes into competitive service offerings. For this you actively engage with industry stakeholders and working groups to stay ahead of key developments and work closely with the product management team at our headquarters in Cologne.
  • While customer service remains the primary point of contact for customers, you will provide expert support on complex customer questions and business cases, contributing to excellent service delivery and continuous improvement.
  • You take ownership of the operational performance of your product line, continuously identifying and implementing process improvements that support business growth, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
  • You actively contribute to business development with your expertise and data analysis preparing and following up on offers, thereby representing Next in the market.
  • You analyse and report on margins, cost structures and profitability per product, client or market, and present the financial reporting to management and internal stakeholders. Further, you ensure that the product is profitable and take necessary actions to constantly improve the profitability.
  • You constantly improve your knowledge and expertise of the electricity and ancillary service markets and share it to the relevant internal stakeholders in a clear and accessible manner.
  • You travel to Cologne when necessary to enhance collaboration with the teams.

These are your qualifications and skills

  • You have a master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Natural Sciences, or equivalent via proven relevant experience.
  • You have at least three years of working experience in the energy sector as well as a good understanding of the energy markets and regulatory environments in Belgium.
  • You like the mix of being a hands-on and proactive problem-solver.
  • You are autonomous, analytical and able to work on several topics in parallel. You take ownership of your work, proactively identify internal and external opportunities, and consistently focus on process structure and efficiency.
  • You are a real team player, able to integrate into diverse teams and enjoy expanding your network both internally and externally.
  • You communicate clearly, purposefully and to the point - without detours, but with impact.
  • You speak Dutch and are fluent in English. Speaking French is a plus.

This is what your colleagues say

"What I enjoy most about working as a Product Manager at Next Kraftwerke Belgium is the combination of ownership, variety, and teamwork. My work ranges from following market developments to ensuring the quality of our flexibility services, while at the same time shaping the future of my products. What makes it even better is the strong team spirit: we support each other, share knowledge, and tackle challenges together. All these elements combined are what make Next Kraftwerke Belgium such a rewarding place to work."

Robbert, Product Owner at Next Kraftwerke Belgium

Have we raised your interest?

We offer you a friendly team in which you have much room to contribute your ideas, as well as a challenging and varied job with a high level of personal responsibility. Join us in shaping the energy transition in Europe. If this job description suits you, please send us a detailed application via the link below.

Mareva, Talent Managerin at Next Kraftwerke

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Contact

Next Kraftwerke Belgium BV/SRL
Avenue du Roi 107
1190 Brussel

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About this role

Posted
14 Oct 2026
Updated
14 Oct 2026
Job type
Full time
Workplace
Hybrid
Sectors
Working hours
UTC+01:00
Experience
3+ years

About Next Kraftwerke Benelux

Company Overview

Name

Next Kraftwerke Benelux, part of Next Kraftwerke GmbH

Headquarters

Brussels, Belgium

Founded

2014

Size

Approximately 350 employees across 9 locations, with 14,375 aggregated units and a grid capacity of 15,541 MW as of Q4 2025, and a trading volume of 15.1 TWh in 2024 (source: next-kraftwerke.be)

What They Do

Next Kraftwerke Benelux specializes in electricity trading, aggregation, and flexibility optimization through a virtual power plant that integrates distributed energy assets across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg (source: next-kraftwerke.be). The company connects decentralized producers, consumers, and storage facilities, trading their combined flexibility on various electricity and balancing markets, including day-ahead, intraday, futures, and reserve power (source: next-kraftwerke.be). Their services include balancing and control power for flexible assets such as demand response, generation, and batteries, as well as PPA structuring, cross-market optimization, and BRP services like forecasting, market access, and balancing group management (source: linkedin.com). Central to their offering is the NEXTRA platform, which provides customers access to European electricity markets without major infrastructure investments (source: next-kraftwerke.be). The company stands out through digital control of thousands of distributed units and access to multiple market segments, including reserve and imbalance markets in Belgium (source: next-kraftwerke.be).

Projects & Track Record

Next Kraftwerke Benelux follows a portfolio-driven approach, marketing electricity from participating assets in their virtual power plant, including combined heat and power plants, energy storage, demand response, solar parks, wind, biogas, and hydropower installations (source: next-kraftwerke.be). Since expanding into the Netherlands in 2016, hundreds of these technologies have been connected to their platform (source: next-kraftwerke.be). The portfolio also includes several small and medium-sized hydropower plants, and the company has been active for years as a provider of control power in the Belgian Elia balancing zone (source: next-kraftwerke.be). The focus is on market access and balancing services, with customer assets participating in products such as aFRR, mFRR, FCR, PPAs, and balancing group services, covering the Benelux region geographically (source: linkedin.com).

Recent Developments

In recent years, Next Kraftwerke Benelux has further scaled up its virtual power plant, reporting 14,375 aggregated units and a grid capacity of 15,541 MW as of Q4 2025 (source: next-kraftwerke.be). In 2024, a trading volume of 15.1 TWh was achieved, indicating growing trading activity (source: next-kraftwerke.be). Communications via LinkedIn highlight ongoing expansion of services around renewable energy, balancing markets, PPAs, and grid-supporting products, with Brussels as the headquarters (source: linkedin.com).

Working With Us

Next Kraftwerke Benelux offers roles in electricity trading, smart grids, renewable energy market services, control power, and virtual power plant operations (source: next-kraftwerke.be). The company presents itself as a Brussels-based startup within a European network active in eight countries, suggesting an international and dynamic work environment (source: next-kraftwerke.be). Offices are located in Brussels and Arnhem, while the trading floor is based in Cologne, reflecting a distributed organization with commercial and operational functions across multiple countries (source: next-kraftwerke.be).

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