Technical Program Manager

Short Facts

Join us on our journey: To drive the smart and sustainable energy future, we are looking for a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to drive our strategic initiatives, manage complex projects, and bridge the gap between our CTO, technical teams and business stakeholders. If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and have a passion for delivering exceptional outcomes, we'd love to hear from you

• Location: Munich, Germany
• Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term
• Salary Range: € per year gross depending on the seniority level
• Working mode: In office
• Language Requirement: C1 Level English

Your Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic tech initiatives from ideation through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership and tech heads
• Work closely with our CTO on planning, resource allocation, goal setting, deliverable definition for multiple concurrent activities, program management and initiative implementation
• Review, design, and execute on improvements to organizational structure, find knowledge and skill gaps in the teams and actively help address them
• Improve and create new processes where necessary and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized effectiveness, excellence and speed of delivery
• Oversee daily operations through collaboration with senior management and department leaders across Flexa, Enpal and Entrix
• Engage and manage stakeholders at all levels, build and develop relationships with all employees for increased effectiveness and responsiveness in development, delivery and operations, work with the CTO and executives on special projects
• Serve as a subject matter expert, handling inquiries and developing action plans to address them and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications

Your Profile

Mandatory Requirements

• Proven experience in program or project management within a technical-innovation-focused organization (Software or Data Science)
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related tech field
• 5+ years of software engineering, systems engineering or technical product/program management experience, ideally in a Software or Data Science development environment 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage audiences across technical and business domains
• Demonstrated leadership experience, coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals (3+ years)
• Analytical mindset with a deep understanding of technology and business processes and their alignment with organizational objectives
• Ability to identify and track complex dependencies across multiple internal and external teams
  
  

Skills To Set You Apart

• Energy Trading or IoT Solution Experience
  
  

This Role Is Not a Match For You If

• You haven't worked in an early start-up environment

Your Compensation Package and Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Package: Including salary, benefits and options
• Professional Development: Annual development budget of 3,000 € for coachings, trainings, books, etc.
• Health & Sport Subsidy: Company subsidised sports facilities membership
• Public Transportation Subsidy: Monthly subsidy to your public transport ticket
• Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: Allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers
• Work Equipment: Mac Book or Windows Laptop, iPhone (also for private use) and ergonomic workplace
• Regular Team Events: Knowledge Sessions, Afterwork, Sports, Offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, etc.

A Short Note from Your Future Lead

Hi there

I'm Sébastien Schikora, and I've been driving tech innovation as CTO at Entrix since June 2022 and Flexa since February 2024. My career has been a mix of exciting challenges and opportunities, with a strong focus on transforming the energy industry and reshaping how electricity grids work and the best is yet to come.

Here's a quick snapshot of my journey so far:

• CTO at KONUX (2018–2022): Shaped the company's tech vision, built world-class products, and scaled technology to solve big problems.
• Senior Manager at Tesla (2015–2018): Led the charge in developing cutting-edge energy storage systems and seamless mobile experiences.
• VP of Product Development at NES Corporation (2014–2015): Helped launch a new company and product line, disrupting grid digitalization.
• Echelon Corporation: Spent six years driving innovation in grid modernization and smart metering, from product management to development leadership.
• Hewlett Packard: Before diving into energy, I spent over a decade refining enterprise software solutions.
  
  

Having spent most of my career in Silicon Valley, I bring a mindset that's all about pushing boundaries, moving fast, and creating meaningful impact. Now based in Munich, I apply that same energy to building teams and driving innovation here in Europe.

At Entrix and Flexa, we believe great tech starts with great people. Collaboration, creativity, and an unrelenting focus on delivering results are at the heart of everything we do.

If you're ready to work with a team that's reshaping industries and tackling some of the toughest challenges out there, I'd love for you to check out our opportunities. Join us, and let's build something extraordinary together.

Looking forward to seeing what we can create.

Best Regards,

Sebastien Schikora

Chief Technology Officer

Entrix | Flexa

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Über uns

Flexa, a Joint Venture between Enpal and Entrix, is chartered with delivering a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) delivering exceptional energy cost savings while supporting the transition to a 100% renewable electricity future.

The combination of delivering complete residential energy systems at great cost with savvy market participation in several revenue streams sets us up to deliver real world customer savings while improving customer satisfaction enjoying the advantages of a fully electrified and energy producing home.

Through a deep integration into the installed hardware and a direct connection to the customer interfaces, Flexa's solution controls the energy assets (such as EV, heat pump, home storage and others) of the entire Enpal energy community with an exceptional level of accuracy, speed, transparency, and thus customer satisfaction. With intelligent real-time dispatching algorithms, Flexa maximizes Enpal customers' usable flexibility and its returns on energy markets including costs, such as grid fees, asset degradation.

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