Our Client is Looking for a Product Owner – Sustainability Service. Our client is facing one of its major challenges: powering the decade of electrification. The energy transition and the massive electrification will accelerate in the coming months and years. As part of its role as market facilitator, our client is engaged in the development of Consumer Centric Energy Solutions. Increasing shares of sustainable energy resources and massive electrification generate a paradigm shift in consumption behavior: demand will have to adapt to the available production. One of the key solutions is specifically focused on sustainability, where we want to anchor the greenness of energy in the energy system as a key enabler on the path towards a net-zero electricity system. Within sustainability, we have two solutions developed together by our client and its German counterpart:
- Location-based solution: Provides a CO2 intensity indicator which can be the basis for carbon accounting reporting and can be used for innovative propositions linking flexibility and sustainability.
- Market-based solution: Facilitates the 24/7 matching of production and consumption by the issuance, registration, and cancellation of granular certificates.
Our client is looking for a Product Owner to take up the challenge of finding a good market-product fit for the above products within the Belgian market and provide support for the German market by building up use cases and getting traction. Eventually, the aim is to further define and implement the product going forward based on the market-product fit established.
Key Activities
- Develop and communicate the product vision and strategy.
- Align the product vision and strategy with customer/end-user needs and company goals.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organization and effectively communicate with them on the product vision, strategy, and performance.
- Support current and future customers and energy service providers to build or access new services based on their needs related to sustainability.
- Participate in events, conferences, and workshops with stakeholders pertaining to the products and services in scope.
- Ensure understanding and implementation consistent with local (Belgium or Germany) responsibilities and opportunities.
- Lead the implementation of the products and functionalities under your responsibility.
- Challenge design principles, technical solutions, and define operational processes.
- In the context of our product approach, take the defined roles in the Product Team’s ceremonies.
- Ensure products and services are developed with an eye on the digital transformation and platformization strategy of our client.
Requirements
- At least five years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager (experience with digital software products is a big plus).
- Experience in the energy sector.
- Good knowledge of sustainability concepts within the energy market is essential to be successful in the role.
- Fluent communication in English, complemented by at least Dutch or French. German is considered a plus.
- Ability to effectively create a product vision and manage complex stakeholder relationships.
- Experience in launching a product to market.
- Ability to collaborate with technical teams to deliver your product.
- Ability to function in a dynamic environment and integrate updates quickly.
- Solution-oriented and proactive: propose solutions or alternatives to make progress.
- Customer-oriented and able to work independently.
- Enjoy working in a team, have an entrepreneurial attitude, and are result-oriented.