(Senior) Product Manager - Venture Development (m/w/d)
<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> At <strong>GALVANY</strong>, our goal is to make climate-neutral living a reality for everyone. We focus on execution – developing concrete, smart solutions and making heat pumps, battery storage, and smart metering easy to access, reliable, and affordable. GALVANY-Tech drives the energy transition through software. We're building an AI-based Operating System for sales, planning, installation and operation of heat pumps and integrated energy systems – from single-family homes to multi-unit buildings, and across our Energy Community as a Virtual Power Plant.<br/><br/>We are a profitable green-tech startup and believe that sustainable impact and long-term growth are only possible when grounded in a healthy business model. Driven by customer value, clarity, and responsibility, we stand for high-quality heating solutions and an environment where people take responsibility and drive lasting impact.<br/><br/>The Role<br/><br/>As Product Manager (m/w/d) in our <strong>Venture Products</strong> team, you drive new topics that emerge at the edge of our existing roadmap. Venture Products is GALVANY's speedboat taskforce inside Tech: a small, agile team that <strong>incubates</strong> new themes in short cycles and <strong>integrates</strong> them into the line organization once they are viable. You will not stay the long-term owner – you build, validate, hand over, and move on to the next speedboat.<br/><br/><strong>Responsibilities:<br/><br/></strong><ul><li>Own the Incubate phase end-to-end: gather input from Tech Teams and from other stakeholder departments, consolidate it into a clear product hypothesis, and ship the first functional cut. </li><li>Formulate sharp hypotheses and validate them with small, fast experiments – tolerate ambiguity and turn it into clarity. </li><li>Act as the central cross-functional hub – bring tech and the rest of the company into alignment early, so that integration later is cheap, not expensive. </li><li>Plan and drive the Integrate phase: hand over knowledge, code, processes and responsibility cleanly to the receiving Tech Teams and departments – then let go. </li><li>Communicate transparently with Leadership and stakeholders – make phase transitions, risks and trade-offs visible; secure sponsorship for the next bet. </li><li>Be ready to start the next speedboat. Staying owner of an old topic forever is not part of the job. <br/><br/></li></ul><strong>Requirements<br/><br/></strong><ul><li>Experience. 5+ years of experience in high-performance environments (e.g. fast-scaling startups). Demonstrable end-to-end responsibility in software development is a plus. </li><li>Zero-to-One Track Record. Proven experience launching new products, business lines or major new initiatives from scratch – ideally inside a larger company (intrapreneurship, new BU, spin-out, greenfield). </li><li>Background. Strong background in relevant fields, e.g. Business, Engineering, Design, Communication, Computer Science, or similar. </li><li>Cross-Functional Breadth. You are comfortable working with Ops, Marketing, Customer Success and Finance – not just Engineering. You can switch context between a technical architecture discussion and a unit-economics conversation in the same morning. </li><li>Mindset. Self-driven, high ambiguity tolerance, comfortable with letting go of ownership – no need for micromanagement or specific tickets. </li><li>Technical Aptitude. Technical mindset with a passion for understanding systems, data flows, and integrations, coupled with enthusiasm for continuous learning and problem solving. Energy-Tech domain knowledge is a plus, not a requirement. </li><li>Language. Fluent in English; German is a plus. <br/><br/></li></ul>Skills and Qualities That Are Important to Us<br/><br/>🚀 <strong>Outcome-Led.</strong> You focus on value over volume. You embrace iteration, adapt quickly to new information, and prioritize what moves the needle for business and user.<br/><br/>🧠 <strong>Systems Thinker.</strong> You see the bigger picture. You understand how a new initiative connects to the existing organization, products and processes – so that what you incubate can actually be integrated later.<br/><br/>⚡ <strong>Pragmatic.</strong> You choose the simplest effective path to solve problems – especially by leveraging AI tools.<br/><br/>🛶 <strong>Speedboat Operator.</strong> You start fast, go deep, hand over cleanly – and look forward to the next boat. You don't confuse ownership with attachment.<br/><br/>🏡 <strong>Customer Champion.</strong> You keep the end-user central in all decisions. You seek direct exposure to how customers experience the product, even on day one of a new initiative.<br/><br/>📊 <strong>Data-Informed Prioritizer.</strong> You use qualitative and quantitative signals to prioritize ruthlessly. You can articulate why <em>not</em> to build something – and when to kill a speedboat.<br/><br/><strong>Benefits<br/><br/></strong><ul><li>Strong Growth & High Impact. A unique opportunity to join during a hypergrowth phase and actively contribute to company success. </li><li>Compensation. Competitive salary and flexible perks (sports, mobility, learning) tailored to your needs. </li><li>Real-World Impact. Your work drives decarbonization – measurable in CO₂ savings, energy efficiency (kWh), and cost reductions (€). </li><li>Office. Prime location in Berlin Charlottenburg, regular company events and all-hands. We value in-person collaboration and connection, while partial remote work remains an option. </li><li>No Corporate Theater. Skip endless alignment meetings, politics and waiting for permission. You talk to the people who matter and ship.</li></ul> </div>