Group Product Manager VPP

Details

At Eneco, we’re on a bold journey to be climate neutral by 2035. Our One Planet strategy drives the products we build and decisions we make. Within Eneco Energy Trading, the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Trade Tech domains play a vital role. The VPP (branded Myriad) aggregates and optimizes both large front-of-the-meter assets (wind, solar, batteries, CHP) and thousands of distributed behind-the-meter assets from B2B and B2C portfolios. The platform unlocks flexibility, provides grid services, and delivers value across multiple energy markets in the Netherlands and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end product leadership over the Virtual Power Plant (Myriad) and broader trade technology landscape.
• Lead 5–7 cross-functional product teams, including the mission-critical platform team responsible for real-time operations.
• Drive the international expansion of the VPP across new markets and asset types.
• Lead the product vision and execution for the VPP, ensuring it supports growing volume and diversity of assets. Oversee development of a new asset optimization platform and improvements to core trading landscape.
• Build deep partnerships with engineering, security and vendor teams to secure a robust, future-proof IT/OT setup.
• Ensure the platform meets high standards of mission criticality and security, including day-2 operations.
• Collaborate with system operators, aggregators and flexibility markets to maintain leading-edge capability.
• Contribute to Eneco’s battery storage strategy by enabling commercial steering and large-scale integration into Myriad.
• Own strategic initiatives and OKRs linking to Eneco’s energy trading ambitions and the broader One Planet strategy.
• Represent the product domain in leadership discussions, vendor boards, and regulatory conversations.

Requirements

• Senior experience in product leadership, preferably with mission-critical systems or platform development.
• Understanding of energy flexibility, distributed energy resources (DER) and the technologies that underpin operational excellence.
• Experience leading multiple product teams, aligning strategy and driving delivery across domains.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on ownership; comfortable navigating engineering, commercial, security and vendor discussions.
• Strong ownership mindset and the drive to scale systems that matter for the grid, the energy transition and customers.
• Experience with real-time optimization, system integration, telemetry and trading-related tooling is highly relevant.

Benefits

• Gross annual salary between €110.000 and €145.000 (including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance; depending on role a bonus or collective profit sharing).
• FlexBudget: can be paid out, used to buy extra holiday days or saved.
• Personal and professional growth support and development opportunities.
• Hybrid working: ~40% at the office, ~40% at home, and one flexible day per week.
• Opportunity to lead strategic, high-impact work in a growth area for Eneco and contribute to climate-neutral goals.

Additional information

• Location: Eneco - Rotterdam.
• Role is within Digital & Tech / Energy Trading domains, with strong focus on VPP, trading analytics, forecasting, optimization and IT/OT resilience.
• Contact for application questions: Michelle de Bruijn (+31644185819).