Product Manager VPP Asset Optimization

at Eneco

📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands

EUR 85,000-100,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

🕙 32-40 hours per week

Tech Stack
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Details

Own and develop mission-critical optimization products for Eneco’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP), helping maximize the value of flexible energy assets across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. The role operates at the intersection of energy markets, software engineering, optimization, and operations.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and priorities for the VPP Asset Optimization product portfolio.
Lead product discovery initiatives to identify opportunities and validate solutions with users and stakeholders.
Collaborate with traders, operations teams, engineers, and optimization specialists to translate business needs into scalable product solutions.
Prioritize opportunities across multiple optimization products and initiatives.
Balance commercial value, operational reliability, technical complexity, and engineering capacity.
Drive the successful delivery of strategic initiatives while safeguarding platform stability.
Monitor product performance through OKRs, KPIs, and operational metrics.
Manage stakeholder communication and provide transparency around product decisions and trade-offs.
Build strong stakeholder relationships across Trading, Operations, Engineering, and Leadership.
Measure business impact and continuously improve product outcomes.
Take end-to-end ownership of products and the value they deliver.

Requirements

More than 5 years of Product Management experience leading a product, platform, or product domain.
Proven experience in product strategy, roadmap development, discovery, and delivery.
Strong stakeholder management skills within complex organizations.
Excellent prioritization capabilities and confidence making difficult trade-offs.
Experience working closely with Agile engineering teams.
A solid technical foundation and genuine curiosity about how systems work.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
Experience influencing outcomes without direct authority.
A data-driven mindset and strong sense of ownership.

You will work within Eneco’s Virtual Power Plant organization alongside product managers, software engineers, traders, optimization specialists, and operations teams. The VPP connects and optimizes energy assets including batteries, wind farms, solar parks, CHP installations, EV charging infrastructure, and demand response solutions through forecasting, scheduling, optimization, and trading capabilities.

Benefits

Gross annual salary between €85,000 and €100,000, including FlexBudget and 8% holiday allowance; depending on the role, a bonus or collective profit sharing may also apply.
FlexBudget that can be paid out, used to buy additional holiday days, or saved.
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Hybrid working: 40% in the office, 40% from home, and 20% flexibly.
With manager approval, working abroad within approved countries is permitted for up to 3 weeks per year, with a maximum of 2 consecutive weeks.
Flexible working hours and the option to work from home when the role allows it.