Product Manager - Apps-Portal-API
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We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead the development and management of our Apps, Monitoring portal and APIs. The ideal candidate has a strong background within apps, working in agile teams, and a passion for renewable energy.
In this key role, you will be right at the center of our strong PM team given that every product and feature interact with the app!
You own the customer journey for both installers and end-users and can rely on support from all your skilled colleagues throughout the world, as they rely on you to provide an excellent user experience in your app, portal and other HMIs. Likewise, you can manage and develop the API portfolio, engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
Reporting to the Director, EMS & Apps in Germany you will work closely with your colleagues in Shanghai and Suzhou to ensure a smooth commissioning and great user experience for our solar, battery, EV, and energy management solutions.
With your positive attitude and great collaboration-skills you are certain to be in an exciting, challenging and fulfilling position!
Strategic Vision & Roadmapping *
- Define and articulate the mobile-apps and monitoring portal product vision in partnership with PM leadership, ensuring alignment to company goals.
- Drive the annual and quarterly roadmapping process, incorporating hardware integration requirements, market trends, and stakeholder inputs.
Market and Customer Insights *
- Conduct ongoing market research and competitor analysis in the solar/renewables space to surface new opportunities and validate product direction.
- Gather, synthesize, and prioritize customer and partner feedback (surveys, interviews, usage data) to inform feature backlog.
Cross-Functional Collaboration, Requirements & Execution *
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UI/UX design, software development, marketing, and sales to deliver high-quality products.
- Author clear product requirements documents, user stories, and acceptance criteria for new features and enhancements.
- Coordinate with engineering on release planning, manage product lifecycle milestones, and ensure on-time, on-budget launches.
Performance Monitoring & Optimization *
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for apps and portal (e.g., daily active users, task completion rates) and drive data-backed optimizations.
- Communicate progress, risks, and results to stakeholders through regular reports and dashboards.
Requirements
Do you have experience in UX?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager for mobile apps, preferably in the solar, renewable energy, or technology industry.
- Demonstrated record of launching and scaling mobile apps (50K+ users or equivalent impact).
- Strong grasp of UI/UX best practices and hands-on experience with Figma or similar.
- Deep knowledge of agile product development (Scrum/Kanban) and backlog management tools like Jira.
- Proficiency with RESTful APIs, API versioning, and working alongside engineering teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English; adept at stakeholder alignment across technical and non-technical teams
- Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to drive decision-making.
- Passion for sustainability and renewable energy.
Your attributes:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Self-motivated and performance-driven.
- Can-do attitude and hands-on mindset.
- Proactive, dynamic, solution-oriented, and customer-focused.
Benefits & conditions
What we offer:
- Giving you the unique opportunity to be part of a spirited and diverse team of passionate experts that work together within an exceptionally open-minded environment
- Assisting you in to develop, personally and professionally, to grow internally within an international environment which leverages your abilities, skills and expertise
- Providing you the unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious, energetic and rapidly growing Solplanet team with flat hierarchies, fast decision making and strong opportunities to successfully cultivate your long-term path within the renewable energy industry
We look forward to hearing from you!
