VP Product – Virtual Power Plant (dfm)
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Job Summary
Short Facts
Flexa is building Europes largest residential virtual power plant - and were doing it under two years weve connected tens of thousands of homes and crossed 500 MW of controllable capacity making us already Germanys largest residential VPP. We dispatch EVs batteries and solar across a growing fleet trading flexibility on real-time energy markets and creating unparalleled value for our customers.
Were now looking for a VP Product to own the product function end to end - the person who sets the vision builds the team and drives the product from where it is today to where it needs to be across new assets customers markets and countries. This is one of the key leadership roles at Flexa: you will lead the product vision deepen our flexibility expertise across every revenue stream and shape the future of our product alongside our technology and business leaders.
Location: Munich Germany
Employment Type: Full-Time indefinite term
Working Mode: Office-first work set-up
Salary Range: 125.000 160.000 per year gross
Language Requirement: C1 Level English; German is a plus
Domain Expertise required: Energy (Flexibility HEMS/VPP Energy Markets)
Your Responsibilities
As VP Product you will lead our product management and product analytics functions and own the product end to end.
This includes:
Lead the product vision strategy and roadmap for our VPP in alignment with Flexas company goals
Build lead and grow our product management and product analytics teams of 10 people and continue building a high-performing product culture
Partner as an equal with our technology and business leaders to shape company strategy and turn it into product outcomes
Set the direction on product decisions grounded in deep domain judgement: asset control (EV heat pump battery PV) forecasting optimisation market participation revenue stacking (re)dispatch
Drive product innovation beyond todays regulatory frame anticipate and shape upcoming market designs and pioneer new flexibility revenue streams before theyre standard
Drive our product expansion into new countries markets asset classes and partners
Expand the product analytics backbone and own the communication towards key stakeholders: the metrics experiments and data products that show the potential and the actual performance of our VPP
Champion the end-to-end customer experience for homeowners together with our partners
Set and uphold the bar for how product is done at Flexa - discovery prioritisation delivery and measurement - ensuring we ship the right things not just things fast
Your Profile
Mandatory Requirements
Significant product management experience of 5 years with a proven track record of building and launching complex technical products
Proven leadership experience: you have built led and grown product teams (and ideally analytics teams)
Deep domain expertise in the flexibility space such as VPP HEMS home battery / storage or energy trading. If you are not from the energy space please do not apply.
Strong technical background: comfortable going deep with engineers and data scientists on optimisation data and systems
A strategic operator who owns outcomes end to end: equally strong at setting the vision and driving execution
Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills
Experience in a fast-paced startup or scaleup environment
Fluent in English (C1); German is a plus
This role may not be a fit for you if
You dont bring domain expertise in flexibility / energy
You are only looking for strategic responsibilities and dont want to stay close to execution data and the product itself
You prefer owning a single feature or product area over leading the whole product
You havent worked in a fast-paced build-from-scratch environment
At Flexa we are committed to diversity of all backgrounds and experiences. You dont need 100% of the preferred qualifications to add incredible value to our team. If youre passionate about what you could accomplish here wed love to hear from you.
Your Benefits
Competitive Compensation Package: including salary benefits and virtual share options
Professional Development: annual development budget of 3000 for coaching trainings books etc.
Health & Sport Subsidy: company-subsidised sports facilities membership
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Lunch/Dinner Allowance: meal allowance on working days as digital meal vouchers
Work Equipment: MacBook or Windows laptop and an ergonomic workplace
Regular Team Events: knowledge sessions afterwork sports offsites and more
Your Contact in our People Team
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
About us
Flexa a Joint Venture between Enpal and Entrix is chartered with delivering a Virtual Power Plant(VPP) delivering exceptional energy cost savings while supporting the transition to a 100% renewable electricity future.
The combination of delivering complete residential energy systems at great cost with savvy market participation in several revenue streams sets us up to deliver real world customer savings while improving customer satisfaction enjoying the advantages of a fully electrified and energy producing home.
Through a deep integration into the installed hardware and a direct connection to the customer interfaces Flexas solution controls the energy assets (such as EV heat pump home storage and others) of the entire Enpal energy community with an exceptional level of accuracy speed transparency and thus customer satisfaction. With intelligent real-time dispatching algorithms Flexa maximizes Enpal customers usable flexibility and its returns on energy markets including costs such as grid fees asset degradation.
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About Company
Flexa, a Joint Venture between Enpal and Entrix, is chartered with delivering a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) delivering exceptional energy cost savings while supporting the transition to a 100% renewable electricity future. The combination of delivering complete residential energy system ... View more
