Head of Utility Products & Services (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Berlin, Remote, Hamburg, München

1KOMMA5°

We are looking for you to join our tech team in Berlin, Munich, or Hamburg. 1KOMMA5° is creating Germany's largest one-stop-shop for the sale, installation, and servicing of solar panels, heat pumps, electricity solutions, and charging infrastructure. And the best part? They are all interconnected!

Become a part of our mission and learn more about our Product & Tech team!

Your mission

Define the Global Utility Product Vision: Set and steward the global product vision and strategy for 1KOMMA5°’s utility business — covering metering, tariffs, trading, and flexibility services. Drive the long-term roadmap for how we provide, manage, and scale energy across markets.
Lead and Grow your Product Team & Stakeholders: Manage and mentor a growing team of Product Managers responsible for key product domains within our utility stack. Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation across commercial, technical, and operational areas.
Standardize and Scale Core Systems and Processes: Develop and implement global standards for systems, technical setups, and partner integrations. Ensure our retail energy products operate consistently and efficiently across markets — from tariff design to billing and data exchange.
Drive Operational Excellence Across Energy Markets: Oversee market operations processes including metering, trading, and market communication. Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Energy Operations, and Trading teams to embed operational excellence into product design.
Monitor Performance and Deliver Business Impact: Define and track KPIs across product performance, operational efficiency, customer outcomes, and profitability. Use data to inform strategic decisions and continuous improvements in the utility portfolio.
Align Internal and External Stakeholders: Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Commercial, Energy Operations) and external partners (utilities, DSOs, market operators) to ensure alignment, compliance, and shared success.
Anticipate Market and Regulatory Developments: Stay ahead of regulatory, commercial, and technological trends in energy retail and flexibility markets. Translate emerging opportunities and requirements into actionable product initiatives.
Lead Commercial and Go-to-Market Success: Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Market Leads to position and scale our energy products globally. Ensure our energy offerings deliver measurable value to customers and strengthen 1KOMMA5°’s market leadership.

Your profile

Leadership & Experience:

Minimum 5+ years of product, commercial or operational leadership in the energy sector (ideally energy retail/utility, tariffs, services) across multiple markets
Proven experience managing product managers or cross-functional teams and owning a complex product domain with both business and operational/technical dimensions
Experience building or scaling products in energy retail, tariffs, metering/trading integration or flexibility services

Domain & Market Expertise:

Deep understanding of energy retail business — tariffs, pricing models, metering (roll-out and operations), trading/settlement, market communications (Marktkommunikationsprozesse) — across multiple countries
Strong familiarity with regulatory frameworks and market operations in the energy sector
Exposure to flexibility services, distributed energy resources (DERs), and digital energy services is highly advantageous

Technical & Operational Acumen:

Comfortable engaging with technical teams on system architecture, data flows, integration of tools and processes (metering, billing, trading, partner platforms)
Strong operational discipline, ability to translate operational/process complexity into scalable product models

Commercial & Strategic Mindset:

Excellent commercial awareness with strong analytical skills: you can define and interpret KPIs, build business cases, prioritise product investments and measure ROI
Strategic thinker who can also roll up sleeves and deliver in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Leadership & Communication:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and German
Able to influence and align internal and external stakeholders
Proven ability to lead people, build strong teams, mentor product managers, and drive cross-functional collaboration

Personal Attributes:

Entrepreneurial, proactive and comfortable operating in a high-growth, dynamic context
Passionate about the energy transition, renewable energy and changing how energy is delivered and consumed globally

Benefits

You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen
With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate
Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues
You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers
You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups
You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass
Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens
Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time

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About us

"At 1KOMMA5°, our vision is to accelerate CO2 neutral life for all! We created an easy one-stop-shop to buy and install solar, charging stations and heat pumps, with the purpose of liberating all European homes from the shackles of fossil fuels. With Heartbeat, we make clean energy smarter. Connecting our customers into one powerful clean energy operating system to enable flexible tariffs and to ultimately follow the rhythm of wind and sun!" - Philipp Schröder (CEO 1KOMMA5°)

1KOMMA5°

Deine Position

Define the Global Utility Product Vision: Set and steward the global product vision and strategy for 1KOMMA5°’s utility business — covering metering, tariffs, trading, and flexibility services. Drive the long-term roadmap for how we provide, manage, and scale energy across markets.
Lead and Grow your Product Team & Stakeholders: Manage and mentor a growing team of Product Managers responsible for key product domains within our utility stack. Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation across commercial, technical, and operational areas.
Standardize and Scale Core Systems and Processes: Develop and implement global standards for systems, technical setups, and partner integrations. Ensure our retail energy products operate consistently and efficiently across markets — from tariff design to billing and data exchange.
Drive Operational Excellence Across Energy Markets: Oversee market operations processes including metering, trading, and market communication. Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Energy Operations, and Trading teams to embed operational excellence into product design.
Monitor Performance and Deliver Business Impact: Define and track KPIs across product performance, operational efficiency, customer outcomes, and profitability. Use data to inform strategic decisions and continuous improvements in the utility portfolio.
Align Internal and External Stakeholders: Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Commercial, Energy Operations) and external partners (utilities, DSOs, market operators) to ensure alignment, compliance, and shared success.
Anticipate Market and Regulatory Developments: Stay ahead of regulatory, commercial, and technological trends in energy retail and flexibility markets. Translate emerging opportunities and requirements into actionable product initiatives.
Lead Commercial and Go-to-Market Success: Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Market Leads to position and scale our energy products globally. Ensure our energy offerings deliver measurable value to customers and strengthen 1KOMMA5°’s market leadership.

Dein Profil

Leadership & Experience:

Minimum 5+ years of product, commercial or operational leadership in the energy sector (ideally energy retail/utility, tariffs, services) across multiple markets
Proven experience managing product managers or cross-functional teams and owning a complex product domain with both business and operational/technical dimensions
Experience building or scaling products in energy retail, tariffs, metering/trading integration or flexibility services

Domain & Market Expertise:

Deep understanding of energy retail business — tariffs, pricing models, metering (roll-out and operations), trading/settlement, market communications (Marktkommunikationsprozesse) — across multiple countries
Strong familiarity with regulatory frameworks and market operations in the energy sector
Exposure to flexibility services, distributed energy resources (DERs), and digital energy services is highly advantageous

Technical & Operational Acumen:

Comfortable engaging with technical teams on system architecture, data flows, integration of tools and processes (metering, billing, trading, partner platforms)
Strong operational discipline, ability to translate operational/process complexity into scalable product models

Commercial & Strategic Mindset:

Excellent commercial awareness with strong analytical skills: you can define and interpret KPIs, build business cases, prioritise product investments and measure ROI
Strategic thinker who can also roll up sleeves and deliver in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Leadership & Communication:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and German
Able to influence and align internal and external stakeholders
Proven ability to lead people, build strong teams, mentor product managers, and drive cross-functional collaboration

Personal Attributes:

Entrepreneurial, proactive and comfortable operating in a high-growth, dynamic context
Passionate about the energy transition, renewable energy and changing how energy is delivered and consumed globally

Benefits

You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen
With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate
Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues
You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers
You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups
You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass
Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens
Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time

Apply for this job

Über uns

Die 1KOMMA5° Gruppe ist ein CleanTech Unicorn mit der Mission alles zu elektrifizieren und über unsere KI-basierte Software Plattform Heartbeat AI jeden an den Strommarkt der Zukunft anzuschließen. Wir sind das marktführende Unternehmen für die Installation von CO2-neutralen Energiesystemen, insbesondere bei Photovoltaik, Energiespeicher, Wallbox, Wärmepumpe und Energiemanagement. 1KOMMA5° vereint die besten Unternehmen Deutschlands, Europas und darüber hinaus - wir wachsen weiter und das weltweit.

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