Commercial Product & Partnership Manager (m/f/d)
E.ON Drive Infrastructure GmbH Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · €65K–€85K/yr
Utilities · 201-500 employees
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About the role
You will shape the commercial offering and digital product-proposition for the international E-Mobility business while driving cross-country partnership strategies. Additionally, you will provide functional leadership to national commercial managers and coordinate business cases with technical product owners.
What they look for
Requirements
The ideal candidate has several years of experience in commercial product management or business development, preferably within the E-Mobility sector. You must possess strong skills in pricing, partnership negotiation, and data-driven decision-making, along with the ability to lead international teams.
Benefits
Full description
Your mission
Purpose of the Position You shape the commercial offering of our international E-Mobility Provider (EMP) business. You develop our digital product-proposition and partnerships that combine customer value with profitable growth. In doing so, you create a common framework for our European markets and work closely with the national Commercial Managers, Pricing Manager and Technical Product Owner.
Your Responsibilities
- Develop the global commercial product portfolio for passenger cars and trucks and its positioning based on customer needs, market insights, and competitive developments
- Translate commercial opportunities into robust business cases and prioritized product requirements, coordinating implementation with the Business Owners and the Technical Product Owner
- Drive the cross-country partnership strategy, identify and secure strategic partners and manage negotiations and ongoing relationships with Legal and the country organizations
- Together with Marketing & Growth and the national Commercial Managers, develop customer acquisition initiatives through partnerships and sales channels
- Support market entries and product launches through shared offering concepts, commercial guidelines, and alignment on local requirements
- Provide functional leadership to the national Commercial Managers, set shared priorities and standards, and facilitate cross-country exchange and best-practice sharing
- Together with the Business Owners, develop the commercial organization in line with business growth and help build a dedicated team over time
Your profile
- You have several years of relevant experience in commercial product management, partnership management, or business development for digital products and services – preferably within E-Mobility
- You have experience developing pricing models and business cases and can assess customer appeal and financial viability together
- You have independently established partnerships, negotiated their commercial terms, and developed them operationally.
- You understand digital business models and can formulate commercial requirements clearly for technical product teams.
- You are confident working with data and derive concrete decisions and actions from it
- You have experience providing functional leadership to international teams or steering a matrix organization. You create accountability, set clear priorities, and align global objectives with local requirements
- You combine strategic thinking with a willingness to develop concepts hands-on and drive their implementation
- You have the potential and motivation to build your own team over time and take on people management responsibility
- You are willing to travel regularly within EDRI’s European markets to collaborate with country teams and partners
- You communicate and negotiate confidently in English
Why us?
- People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events
- With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
- The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours
- Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad – within the EU
- You will receive a competitive salary with a performance-related bonus
- A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
- Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
- You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need
Contact
Diversity counts at E.ON. We welcome all people and are convinced that differences make us stronger. Become part of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture! Seize the opportunity to become part of our E.ON Drive Infrastructure team and not only create prospects for the future of E.ON, but also for your own. We look forward to getting to know you! LauraJunior Recruiter Do you have any questions or difficulties with your application? Please contact me at laura.ackermann@edri.com. About us
E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a pan-European market leading charge point operator owned by the E.ON group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company purpose is to build a sustainable world, by providing charging for everyone, everywhere. The team currently employs more than 200 people and operates more than 9.000 public charging points across 11 European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Together with location partners EDRI will expand its network by installing 1,000 additional high power charging points per year.
