NEW Product Manager, EV Flexibility – eMobility (SaaS)

Deftpower; Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Choose your own laptop

Berlin office 3 days per week

40-hour work week

Job summary

Deftpower is seeking a product leader to own the DEVA roadmap, taking DEVA from first pilots to a reliable virtual power plant product. You will decide what to build, who to partner with, and what to leave to others.

You will translate energy market needs into capabilities, validate use cases with BRPs, DSOs and energy suppliers, and protect the user experience with clear opt-in and fair rewards. The role requires 5+ years in product management in energy or e-mobility, and daily use of English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience in energy or e-mobility.
• Knowledge of European energy markets: BRPs, DSOs, imbalance, intraday and day-ahead.
• Understanding of flexibility economics and virtual power plants.
• Comfort with forecasts, APIs and data.
• Work in English every day; German or Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for DEVA, our virtual power plant, from pilots to a reliable product.
• Translate energy market needs into product capabilities from forecasting to activation.
• Validate use cases with flexibility buyers such as BRPs, DSOs and energy suppliers.
• Ensure a smooth driver experience with clear opt-in and fair rewards.
• Align Smart Charging, Data, Sales and leadership on priorities.

Skills

PM experience

Energy/e-mobility domain

European energy markets knowledge

Forecasts and data

English language used daily

Tools

APIs

Forecasting tools

Job description

Turn EV charging flexibility into a virtual battery the energy market wants to buy.

About Deftpower

We make EV charging less annoying. Drivers find a charger, pay with one app or card across Europe, and charge at moments that are easier on the grid.

You won't see our name on that app. You'll see ANWB's, or one of the other brands we power. We like it that way: we'd rather make it work than make it loud.

Three e-mobility experts founded Deftpower, and they still run it. You can walk up to any of them, or to anyone else, with a question. Most people tell us they learn more from their colleagues here than from any course.

We're 120+ people now, with the energy of a team of 30. We'll keep growing, just more deliberately than before.

About the job

The team. You report to Michael, our Head of Product. You work most with the product owners and team Lead of Smart Charging and Flexibility, and with Sales and Business Development.

Why now. Smart charging already shifts sessions to cheaper moments. The next step is DEVA: pooling that flexibility and offering it to energy suppliers, grid operators and balance responsible parties. You own that step.

What you do. You own the roadmap for DEVA, our virtual power plant, from first pilots to a reliable product. You decide what we build, where we partner and what we leave to others.

• Translate energy market needs into product capabilities, from forecasting to activation and settlement

• Validate use cases with flexibility buyers, such as BRPs, DSOs and energy suppliers

• Protect the driver experience, with clear opt-in, no unexpected undercharging and fair rewards

• Align Smart Charging, Data, Sales and leadership on what comes first, and why

  After six months. DEVA has a clear roadmap and a first target market. You've prepared a pilot with a flexibility buyer.
  

  For you

  You get trust from day one. Contracts, roadmaps and numbers are open to you. You make the call, and you own it.

  You learn fast here. AI is part of every team's work, and feedback goes in every direction. Every quarter, we celebrate together at D-Day, the company day we work towards.

  It's not always tidy. We grew fast, and not everything is figured out yet. If that sounds like an opportunity, you'll fit right in.

  • €70,000 – €90,000 gross a year

  • Choose your own laptop

  • 40 hours a week

  • 3 days a week at the office in Berlin
    

    About you

    • You have 5+ years of experience in product management, in energy or e-mobility, although attitude counts more than years

    • You know European energy markets: BRPs, DSOs, imbalance, intraday and day-ahead

    • You understand flexibility economics and how a virtual power plant works

    • You're comfortable with forecasts, APIs and data

    • You work in English every day. German or Dutch is nice to have
      

      This is for you if…

      ... you see a gap and plug it, without anyone having to ask.

      ... you say it when you disagree, and then you commit.

      ... change gives you energy. When plans shift, you shift with them.

      ... you share what you know and make your work visible.

      This is not for you if…

      ... you need a fixed plan before you start. Our plans change, and often.

      ... you wait for instructions.

      ... direct feedback feels personal to you.

      ... you want to work fully remote.
      

      Join Deftpower!
      

    • Meeting with Michael, our Haed of Product

    • Case of about one hour

    • Meeting the team

    • Third interview

    • Offer

      You'll also do a short personality test, as a conversation starter. Once we're moving, we move fast.

      Want to plug some gaps with us? We'd love to hear from you.