Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Product Manager — Energy Utility Platform (m/f/d)
at 1KOMMA5°
🏢 About 1KOMMA5°
1KOMMA5° is a fast-growing climate tech company that is revolutionizing the energy sector by creating holistic, CO2-neutral buildings. They integrate decentralized clean energy, mobility, and heat supply solutions into a single platform, enabling customers to achieve energy independence while contributing to the energy transition. The company's mission-driven culture and focus on tangible impact make it an exciting place for product leaders who want to shape the future of energy.
About This Role
As Senior Product Manager for the Energy Utility Platform, you will own the product roadmap for critical areas like energy market access, flexibility marketing, and the optimization layer that connects devices to markets. This is a hands-on role where you'll write specs, run discovery sprints, and work closely with engineering and energy operations to ship features that directly impact the company's ability to scale. Your work will enable new forms of customer participation in energy markets, making clean energy more accessible and profitable.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might start with a stand-up with engineering to unblock a feature related to flexibility marketing, followed by a deep-dive session with Energy Operations to understand new regulatory changes. You'll spend time writing specs for the next sprint, reviewing user feedback from the platform, and collaborating with data analysts to measure the impact of a recent launch. The afternoon could involve a stakeholder meeting to align on the roadmap for the next quarter.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who 1KOMMA5° Is Looking For
- You have 3+ years of product management experience, with a strong focus on energy, utilities, or regulated platform/infrastructure products. You understand energy markets, tariff structures, and trading.
- You are a hands-on executor who writes specs, runs discovery, and prioritizes backlogs. You ship features end-to-end and drive measurable outcomes, not just strategy.
- You have experience navigating regulatory challenges and building products in regulated environments. You can translate complex regulations into product requirements.
- You collaborate effectively with domain experts (energy ops, regulatory) and engineering teams, grounding product decisions in market reality.
📝 Tips for Applying to 1KOMMA5°
In your resume and cover letter, highlight specific examples of shipping complex features in energy or regulated industries, including measurable outcomes (e.g., % increase in trading volume, reduction in time-to-market).
Demonstrate your understanding of the German energy market by mentioning specific knowledge of flexibility marketing, direct marketing, or the regulatory framework (e.g., EEG, EnWG).
Tailor your application to show you can work remotely and autonomously, as this is a remote role. Mention experience with distributed teams and async communication.
Include a brief case study or example of how you've built a platform or product that connects devices to markets, even if it's from a different industry (e.g., IoT, smart home).
Show that you are mission-driven and passionate about the energy transition. 1KOMMA5° values candidates who align with their goal of CO2-neutral buildings.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Emphasize your deep understanding of energy markets and regulatory challenges, and how you've navigated them to build successful products.", 'Highlight your hands-on product execution skills with concrete examples of shipping features end-to-end, including specs, discovery, and backlog management.', 'Show your ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, especially domain experts like energy operations, to ground product decisions in reality.', "Express your passion for the company's mission of holistic CO2-neutral buildings and decentralized clean energy, and how this role aligns with your career goals."]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Study 1KOMMA5°'s current product offerings, especially the Energy Utility Platform and how it integrates with their hardware (e.g., solar, heat pumps, EV chargers).
- → Research the German energy market structure, including flexibility markets like aFRR, mFRR, and the role of direct marketing and aggregators.
- → Understand the regulatory landscape: EEG 2023, EnWG, and upcoming changes that could impact flexibility marketing and energy trading.
- → Look at competitors like Octopus Energy, Enpal, or traditional utilities to understand the market positioning and differentiation of 1KOMMA5°.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Don't focus only on strategy without demonstrating hands-on execution. This role requires you to write specs and unblock engineering.
- Avoid generic energy industry experience. Be specific about your exposure to energy markets, trading, or regulated platforms.
- Don't overlook the remote aspect. Ensure you have a plan for effective remote collaboration and communication with a distributed team.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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