Lead Product Manager

You're the person who decides what the team works on next, and why. Not based on gut feel or whoever shouted loudest in the last meeting. Based on real customer problems, clear strategic logic, and evidence you went and found yourself.

You'll be working inside a small building team: agentic engineers, a product designer, and a data scientist. You write the problem statements they work from. You maintain the roadmap. You close the loop after delivery to check whether the thing you shipped actually solved the thing you thought it would.

You're also a line manager. This is not a footnote - you'll have a Product Lead and two Product Designers reporting to you, and you'll be expected to coach them seriously, not just check in occasionally.

And you do all of this AI-first. Not because it sounds good on a job posting. This role is for someone who has already automated chunks of their own workflow and can help others do the same.

Sound like you? Keep reading.

🎯 What this role is actually about

You own the upstream work that makes the building team effective. That means clear, well-grounded problem statements before engineering starts. A roadmap that reflects both what customers need now and where the company is going. And a feedback loop that doesn't stop at shipped.

You're also the person who carries agentic engineering thinking into the product function. You don't need to write the code, but you need to understand what agentic systems can do, get excited about it, and push the team to build with that lens. Experience in the energy sector helps, but if we had to choose, agentic engineering mindset wins.

You report directly to the CGO and are a key voice in product strategy conversations.

🗓️ What your week looks like

A good chunk of your time you're doing PM work. Customer interviews, reviewing usage data, picking up signals from the market. Writing problem statements the team can actually act on. Prioritising with real trade-offs. Keeping the CPTO and the rest of the team aligned without it becoming a full-time stakeholder management job.

The rest you're leading people. Coaching your Product Lead and designers. Giving real feedback, not just encouragement. Thinking about how the people around you are growing and what they need from you to get there.

Threading through all of it: AI. How do you stay on top of what customers and sales and delivery are telling you? You're not sitting in every meeting. You're building information streams that work without you being present, and you're helping your team do the same.

🔨 What you need to bring

• 5+ years as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a SaaS environment. SaaS is a hard requirement.

• You've managed people before and you actually want to. If the idea of regular 1:1s, performance conversations, and coaching doesn't appeal to you, this role isn't the right fit.

• AI tools are already embedded in how you work. You've automated parts of your workflow, not just used Copilot to write emails faster. Bonus if you've coached a team to work the same way.

• You have genuine curiosity about agentic engineering - what it can do, how it changes product thinking, where it's going. You don't need to have shipped an agentic product, but you need to get it.

• Strong discovery instincts. You can tell a symptom from a root problem, and you know how to build an information flow from sales, marketing, and delivery that keeps you sharp without requiring you to be in every room.

• Dutch at a conversational level is preferred. You'll be talking to stakeholders and customers, and it makes a real difference.

• GitLab familiarity is a plus - it tells us something about how you've worked with engineering teams.

📊 What success looks like

After 3 months: The building team is consistently working from well-formed, prioritised problem statements. You know the product, the customers, and the strategic context. You've started improving how discovery and roadmap maintenance work.

After 6 months: The roadmap is visible, maintained, and aligned with company strategy. Post-delivery validation is happening and feeding back into priorities. Your direct reports feel they're developing under your leadership.

After 12 months: Product strategy conversations with the CPGO are sharper because of your input. The building team operates at a higher level than when you arrived. AI-assisted PM practices are a genuine multiplier, not just a talking point.

A bit about us

Tibo Energy builds software that makes complex energy systems smarter. Solar panels, batteries, EV chargers, grid connections: we make sure they are optimised automatically, in real time, and based on data. We’re a scale-up in Eindhoven with a team that works hard, moves fast, and doesn’t believe in endless meetings. We work hard, but above all we genuinely enjoy working together.

New ideas are taken seriously. Experimentation is part of the deal. Not everything is perfectly set up yet, and that’s exactly what makes this role interesting.

What we offer

• A salary between €7,500 and €8,500 gross per month excluding holiday pay, depending on experience

• Personal development budget

• Hybrid working environment

• Travel expense reimbursement

• Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs), so Tibo’s success is your success too

• A team that knows what hard work means and celebrates it too

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.

We know that different perspectives make us stronger — and better at what we do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, even if you don’t tick every box in the requirements. If you’re excited about the role and our mission, we want to hear from you.