Product Manager Restoration Services

Elia; Brussel; Híbrido; EUR 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Year-end bonus

Meal vouchers

Eco-vouchers

Sport & culture vouchers

Company car

Mobility budget

Elia share options

Group insurance

Hospitalisation insurance

Personal accident insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Elia invites applications for a Product Manager Restoration Services to design reliable, cost-efficient services enabling rapid electricity system recovery after a blackout. You will translate restoration‑plan requirements and supplier capabilities into a technology-neutral service design, procure approaches, and adapt to evolving technologies.

Engage regulators, Grid Users’ experts, and Elia teams across emergency planning.

Formación

• University degree in Engineering or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in product management or a comparable role, with a proven track record of owning complex challenges.
• Experience owning regulatory or market frameworks and collaborating with regulators.
• Experience working in multi-stakeholder environments and aligning diverse interests.
• Fluent in English and either French or Dutch, with professional working proficiency in the other national language.

Responsabilidades

• Own the end-to-end product scope from discovery to adoption or retirement.
• Engage with customers, operations, market participants, regulators and internal stakeholders to understand needs and test assumptions.
• Define end-to-end business solutions including regulatory frameworks, processes and digital capabilities.
• Translate strategic objectives into a product vision, measurable outcomes and a prioritized roadmap.
• Build trusted partnerships across Elia and external stakeholders and align around shared outcomes.
• Apply evidence-based judgment and maintain customer focus in decision making.

Conocimientos

Product management

Regulatory design

Stakeholder management

Grid knowledge

English; French or Dutch

Educación

Engineering degree

Descripción del empleo

Excited to work for a key Belgian player in the energy landscape?

The Belgian and European energy landscape is in full swing. Did you know that Elia Belgium plays a crucial role in this? As part of Elia Group, a European transmission system operator, Elia Belgium ensures the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply in our country.

Side‑by‑side with your talented colleagues, you will play a part in building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces our ecological footprint.

Only together can we make the biggest impact possible! We believe in the power of diversity: we are convinced that an inclusive and diverse work environment leads to more innovation, creativity and better results.

Requisition ID: 11663

Posting Start Date: 30/10/2026

Function

About Elia

Elia develops the electricity grid, the electricity markets, facilitates access to them and establishes ancillary services to ensure a secure, efficient and reliable electricity system. As Belgium’s transmission system operator, Elia is at the forefront of the energy transition: integrating large volumes of renewable energy, enabling electrification of our society, connecting new technologies and designing flexibility solutions that deliver the best outcomes for society.

Within Elia, the System & Client Solutions (SCS) department is responsible for products that make this vision a reality. We design and implement the solutions needed to support the Belgian grid — from enabling both TSO and DSO grid user connections within a context of growing congestion, to developing the ancillary services that ensure system security as the energy landscape transforms. We serve customers, partners, and market parties across Belgium.

About the role

As a product manager, you are responsible for the business solutions within your scope: ensuring that customer and system needs, operational realities, regulatory and legal requirements as well as digital capabilities are translated into coherent and effective solutions.

You report to a Product Lead within SCS and work closely with Product Owners and domain experts. Through regular engagement with internal and external customers and stakeholders, you shape the direction of your solutions and build alignment across Customers, Operations, IT, Regulatory Affairs and other relevant stakeholders.

Context

Belgian society must be able to rely on swift restoration of the power supply from the grid when a blackout occurs. TSOs all over the world have recently been reminded of its importance by the Iberian blackout of 2025 and the South‑East Europe blackout of 2024.

During restoration, Elia specifically uses generation units with black‑start capability to re‑energise the system. These power‑generating units are capable of starting up without an external electricity supply and re‑energising the grid.

This service is undergoing a major transformation as decentralised assets and energy‑storage technologies become increasingly capable of competing with traditional power‑generating units.

Your role

As Product Manager Restoration Services, the problem you own is to develop reliable, cost‑effective services that enable the electricity system to recover rapidly after a blackout.

You develop the black‑start service by translating restoration‑plan requirements and suppliers’ technical capabilities into a reliable, technology‑neutral service design. You define an approach that can be procured and contracted effectively, and continuously adapt the framework to emerging technologies.

You engage with external stakeholders to support the swift restoration of the electricity system, including by developing solutions for robust communication during a blackout. You work closely with the federal regulator, public authorities, Grid Users’ technical experts and the Elia teams responsible for emergency, defence and restoration planning.

Your responsibilities

As Product Manager, you are accountable for the customer problem, the solution design, its implementation, and the business outcomes it delivers. You own your product scope end‑to‑end, from discovery and problem framing through to adoption, evolution or retirement.

You engage with customers, operations teams, market participants, regulators and internal stakeholders to understand their needs, test assumptions and prioritise opportunities. You make transparent, evidence‑based trade‑offs between customer value, operational feasibility, regulatory requirements and the wider interests of the electricity system.

You define the end‑to‑end business solution within your scope, including its regulatory framework, processes, rules, incentives and supporting digital capabilities. As the reference point for your domain, you maintain a holistic view of the solution and bring together the expertise needed to develop it. You also contribute your own expertise through design notes and regulatory documents.

You translate strategic objectives into a clear product vision, measurable outcomes and a prioritised roadmap. Working closely with Product Owners in charge of the implementation and with the delivery teams, you ensure that solutions are feasible, deliver value and address the underlying customer problem.

You build trusted partnerships across Elia and with external stakeholders, including regulatory authorities. You align stakeholders around shared outcomes, manage dependencies and resolve obstacles that could delay delivery.

To succeed in this role, you combine strategic and analytical thinking with sound, evidence‑based judgement. You keep customer needs at the centre of decision‑making and build alignment across complex stakeholder groups through influence rather than formal authority.

Your Profile

• A university degree in Engineering or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in product management, market design, regulatory design, or a comparable role, with a proven track record of taking ownership of complex challenges from concept to implementation.
• Demonstrated experience in owning and shaping regulatory or market frameworks, including direct collaboration with regulators or similar external authorities.
• Experience working effectively in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments, where you can build alignment and drive progress across diverse interests.
• A solid understanding of the structure and operation of the electricity grid, gained through relevant technical or operational experience. This enables you to confidently engage with and facilitate discussions among both internal and external technical experts.
• The flexibility and resilience to operate effectively in an environment undergoing organizational transformation, where roles, responsibilities, and ownership boundaries continue to evolve.
• You are fluent in English and either French or Dutch, and have at least a professional working proficiency in the other national language .

Offer

• Salary: a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year‑end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€10 per working day), eco‑vouchers, sport & culture vouchers, bonuses based on individual and group results.
• Insurance: group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, ambulant care insurance for the whole family and also personal accident insurance.
• Vacation: You will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 5 additional vacation days, 6 local days, 4 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and up to 5 long‑service days (1 day for every 3 years in employment).
• Social fund: Year‑end vouchers, birth and marriage allowance. We will also cover part of the cost of glasses, a dental prosthesis or similar needs.
• Communication: you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop with internet reimbursement.
• Discounts: you will enjoy a 30% discount on your gas and electricity bill.
• Mobility: we will offer you a company car and public transport or a mobility budget.
• Elia shares: Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price.

Location

Our office is easily accessible by public transport, a 5‑minute walk from Brussels-Central station.

We also operate a hybrid work policy that allows you to combine working in the office and at home.

There’s something electric in the air with this job offer!

In exchange for your work and dedication, you enjoy the following benefits:

• A job full of variety with a top employer: Elia encourages innovation and collaboration.Within our company you will be at the forefront of the energy transition, and you will have the chance to contribute to ground‑breaking technologies designed to accelerate this transition. It is a one‑of‑a‑kind opportunity to further develop your knowledge and skills.
• Focus on personal growth and well‑being at work:Discover a wide range of professional training and coaching opportunities that are guaranteed to give your personal growth a solid boost. At the same time, as a top employer, we put maximum effort into a positive work culture in which your well‑being is central.
• Development opportunities for a challenging career:At Elia, we encourage you to seek out and seize new professional opportunities. You will enjoy complete freedom to shape your career on your own terms.
• A diverse team of passionate colleagues:Elia puts a high value on diversity and inclusion. You will join a diverse and passionate team that enjoys sharing knowledge and leading the way towards a more sustainable future together.

These are just a few of the benefits that distinguish Elia as a Top Employer. We are convinced that your contribution to our team will be invaluable and look forward to welcoming you soon!