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Product Manager (UK Market)

Berlin
Full-time
Permanent employee

About Us

Founded in Berlin, autarc is a ~75 person start-up who were part of Y Combinator's S24 batch in San Francisco. Our team consists of people in Sales, Tech and Operations.

Your Impact

autarc is established in the UK: a significant number of UK installers already run their heat pump and solar business on autarc. The market is accelerating: the Boiler Upgrade Scheme now pays £9,000 towards a heat pump, applications hit a record in 2026 and the Warm Homes Plan targets 450,000 heat pumps per year by 2030.

We know this market in depth. MCS for heat pumps and solar, DNO notifications under G98 and G99, BUS vouchers and MID registration are built into how we work and what we ship. Your job is to take that depth further and turn every new insight from the field into product. You join a team of 7 product managers that works very closely with our CEO.

You will dig deep into the technical detail, but you are a pragmatist at heart: you turn what you learn into product fast. We ship every day, and that is the speed we need.
This is a builder role: you prototype, vibe code and connect APIs yourself, and work with our product teams on everything bigger. With an existing customer base, you create impact from week one.

We are an extremely fast-growing venture, and a large part of this role happens at our customers. You will spend a lot of time on the road across the UK: in installers' offices, on site and at trade events.

Your responsibilities include:
  • Join UK sales calls and demos weekly and turn what you hear into a prioritised list of missing features
  • Drive UK localisation end to end: MCS heat pump design and installation (MIS 3005-D/I, MCS 020), solar (MIS 3002), MID and handover documentation
  • Go deep on the grid side: G98/G99, DNO notifications for heat pumps and EV chargers, export limitation, plus BUS and the Warm Homes Plan
  • Build prototypes, tools and integrations yourself with AI coding tools and our APIs
  • Get UK requirements onto the roadmaps of our product teams and drive them to release
  • Know UK installers, partners and competitors in detail and own UK product KPIs such as sellability

What you bring

  • 2+ years in product management, a technical role or as a founder in a fast-moving startup
  • Deep understanding of UK renewables, or the ability to get there fast: MCS, DNO processes and BUS are your daily language
  • Technical depth, pragmatic execution. You enjoy working through technical and regulatory detail, and you get it into the product quickly instead of perfecting it on paper. We ship every day
  • You are AI-pilled. You use AI for everything, follow what is happening and get excited by new models and tools
  • You build things yourself. You have vibe coded real tools or apps and can show us what you made
  • Comfortable with APIs and data models: you can read API docs and wire up an integration prototype on your own
  • Founder-level drive. You do not expect a team to wait for your specs. You push things forward yourself until they are live
  • Commercially minded: you enjoy sales calls and can tell a real need from a nice-to-have
  • You want to work hard. We work long hours with high intensity. If work-life balance is your top priority right now, this role is not the right fit
  • You love being on the road. You are excited to travel across the UK regularly and spend real time with customers in their offices and on site
  • Fluent in English, German is a plus
Big plus:
  • You are an ex-founder and have built and sold a product from zero
  • You know the UK installer world, e.g. from an MCS-certified installer, a manufacturer or software for the trades

What we offer

  • Ownership of a new product area with real impact on the energy transition
  • Direct work with the founders on strategy, pricing and partnerships
  • Low ego, high trust: No blame, open feedback, collaboration over hierarchy.
  • Be part of the energy transition: Help bring more heat pumps and solar to homes every day.
  • Modern equipment: MacBook and 27″ monitor.
  • Annual team retreat plus regular team events.
  • Mobility: Dance e-bike or Deutschland-Ticket.
  • When it gets late: Your dinner via Uber Eats and your taxi home are on us.
  • Fitness: Urban Sports Club membership.

Next steps

If your application is successful, you will participate in the following:
  • Culture fit call
  • Product case: how you would shape autarc's UK product
  • Final on-site interview with the CEO and the team

About us

Heating our buildings causes around 25% of Europe's CO₂ emissions. Decarbonizing it depends on installers – and there are far too few of them to keep up with the growing demand for heat pumps.

autarc is building the operating system for energy installers across Europe: software that makes planning, designing and installing heat pumps faster and more digital. Our goal is to help plan and design 1 million heat pumps by 2030.

Founded in Berlin and backed by Y Combinator (S24), we're a team of 60+ people across Sales, Tech and Operations, already serving more than 2,000 customers.