Product Manager Energy Markets & Flexibility (m/w/d)

1Komma5°

9d

About The Position

1KOMMA5° is hiring a Product Manager Energy Markets & Flexibility to develop and operationally establish scalable energy-market models for balance group management (BKM), direct marketing, and flexibility optimization for commercial and industrial (C&I) and enterprise customers with multi-site portfolios. The role connects energy markets with technology, working closely with software and product teams to evolve the Heartbeat AI Enterprise virtual power plant and define requirements for aggregation, dynamic flexibility bands, and dispatch setpoints.

The position also oversees external balance group management and trading partners, develops operating and prioritization models for commercial battery storage, and monitors forecasts, balancing energy costs, and schedules to reduce commercial risks. It ensures relevant energy-sector regulations are reflected in customer contracts and operational processes, and supports enterprise sales with customer pitches, financial models, and revenue-sharing concepts.

1KOMMA5° builds integrated renewable energy systems that combine solar, storage, heat pumps, and electric mobility, coordinated through its Heartbeat AI software and virtual power plant. The company aims to transition 1.5 million households to renewable energy by 2030 and describes itself as a CleanTech unicorn focused on electrification and the energy transition.

Requirements

• Completed degree in energy economics, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, business, or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of professional experience in balance group management, with a direct marketer or flexibility aggregator/virtual power plant, or in short-term electricity trading on EPEX SPOT Day-Ahead or Intraday markets.
• Strong understanding of the use and monetization of large-scale and commercial battery energy storage systems (BESS) and PV systems in the C&I segment.
• Sound knowledge of the German regulatory framework, including StromNEV, EnWG, MaBiS, and MiSpeL, and of market communication processes.
• Strong affinity for software, IoT architectures, and API-based data flows between edge gateways, virtual power plant platforms, and trading systems.
• Strong analytical thinking, entrepreneurial approach, and structured problem-solving skills.
• Confident communication and presentation skills with enterprise customers, and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Fluent German and English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationally establish scalable models for balance group management, direct marketing, and flexibility optimization for C&I and enterprise customers with multi-site portfolios.
• Work closely with software and product teams to evolve the Heartbeat AI Enterprise virtual power plant and define functional requirements for aggregation, dynamic flexibility bands, and dispatch setpoints.
• Select, connect, and manage external balance group management and trading partners, such as algorithmic intraday trading companies, aggregators, and transmission system operators.
• Design prioritization and dispatch logic for commercial battery storage, including coordination of backup power priorities, grid-charge optimization through peak shaving, and spot-market arbitrage.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, balancing energy costs (reBAP), and schedule notifications to minimize balance-group commercial risks.
• Ensure applicable energy-sector regulations, including MiSpeL, MaBiS, and Redispatch 2.0, are implemented in customer contracts and system processes.
• Support enterprise customer pitches, prepare business-case models, and develop revenue-sharing concepts.

Benefits

• Option to work from the company's new offices in central Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich, and/or remotely.
• Use technical equipment outside work in your free time.
• Opportunity to build independently and make an impact in a rapidly growing company with development opportunities.
• Flat hierarchies, early responsibility during onboarding, and direct collaboration with members of management.
• Work that supports the energy and mobility transition and contributes to sustainable transformation of energy infrastructure.
• Access to more than 7,600 sports partners through EGYM Wellpass.
• JobRad leasing for a city bike or e-bike.
• Benefits and discounts through Futurebens.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level