Technical Product/Project Manager EMS Platform (Energy Sector)

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)