Technical Product/Project Manager — EMS Platform (Energy Sector)

Overview

Our partner operates an Energy Management System (EMS) platform sitting at the intersection of physical/technical infrastructure (PLCs, inverters, telemetry) and complex energy-market realities (DSO/TSO requirements, balancing, curtailment, billing). As their engineering team scales rapidly from 3 to 10+ professionals, they need a single, highly competent hybrid PM/BA-adjacent professional to translate between the energy domain and engineering, drive delivery frameworks, and own the product backlog lifecycle — working in close, continuous partnership with the Founder.

Main Responsibilities

Continuous Product Discovery & Validation (30%)

– Partner continuously with the Founder to capture early-stage feature hypotheses, market signals, and commercial targets
– Lead rapid prototyping initiatives, putting feature concepts in front of diverse users and stakeholders
– Run ongoing feedback loops to ensure feature concepts hit real customer pain points and accelerate sales velocity
– Translate discovery insights directly into roadmap priorities and macro-level requirements

High-Level Backlog Ownership & PM ↔ BA Tandem (30%)

– Own and prioritize the high-level product backlog, decomposing validated milestones into structured epics
– Act as the direct operational counterpart to the Business Analyst — setting targets for spec engineering and reviewing specs for commercial alignment
– Manage operational modes: loose, fluid boundaries for Rapid Validation Mode vs. strict boundary locks for Stabilization Mode

Project Management & Delivery Execution (40%)

– Drive execution rhythm across all engineering streams (Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Backend, Frontend, SRE) for a predictable release cadence
– Monitor development velocity against AI agentic pipeline capacity (e.g., CrewAI, LangGraph) used for boilerplate generation, UI prototyping, and test automation; justify team expansion only when automation limits are reached
– Serve as final commercial gatekeeper, verifying that features built via human-agent collaboration satisfy original business logic and user needs before release

Mandatory Requirements

Must-have

– 6+ years as a Technical Project/Product Manager in the energy domain or another complex, regulated domain (logistics, telecom routing, industrial automation)
– Proven track record running continuous discovery pipelines and converting B2B user feedback into strategic backlog decisions
– Spec-driven, AI-aware mindset — comfortable with contract-first development and clear high-level boundaries for both BAs and autonomous agents
– Technical fluency — can read API docs, understand data models, write baseline SQL, and communicate with engineers without an interpreter
– Professional English (B2/C1 preferred)

Nice-to-have

– Hands-on experience with workflow automation, rapid UX prototyping, or LLM agentic orchestration (CrewAI, LangGraph)
– Awareness of energy sector principles (grid topologies, balancing markets, peak shaving, telemetry)
– Exposure to regulatory/cybersecurity frameworks in critical infrastructure (NIS2, IEC 62443)
– Native Romanian fluency (regional market/regulatory context)

Red flags

– Cannot hold a meaningful architecture discussion with engineering leads
– Rigid — can’t shift between Rapid Validation Mode and Stabilization Mode
– “Process-first” management, scribe-style PM work, treating engineers as task-takers, or analysis paralysis

We offer

– Format: Remote
– Search geography: Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
– Direct, continuous partnership with the Founder — a central strategic role, not a downstream execution function
– High-impact position at the core of a scaling team (3 → 10+ engineers), acting as the primary filter against technical debt and requirement drift
– Exposure to a cutting-edge, AI-agent-augmented delivery paradigm (Spec-Driven Development, CrewAI, LangGraph)