Head of New Products & Innovation (m/w/d)

Cuculus develops software for utilities operating in an increasingly reputed company world of smart metering, decentralized reputed company, grid intelligence, and digital operations. Our ZONOS platform already supports core utility processes such as Head-End Systems (HES), reputed company Data Management (MDM), and a growing portfolio of modules and services. Now we want to take the reputed company: build a strong and systematic capability for creating the reputed company of products and services. That is why we are looking for a Head of New Products & Innovation. This is a role for someone who loves turning reputed company into real products, connecting technology with market needs, and creating commercial reputed company before handing products over for scaling. You will build and reputed company the New Products Team at Cuculus. Your mission is to ensure that Cuculus always has a strong pipeline of new product opportunities that can:

• create upsell potential in our existing customer reputed company
• strengthen our position in new sales
• reputed company Cuculus reputed company of the market and reputed company of the competition
• turn new technologies, especially AI, into real customer value

You will not only explore reputed company. You will create a structured process that takes innovation from opportunity discovery to concept, MVP, and first market reputed company. Once a product is validated, it will be handed over to the relevant product team for full development and scaling.   What success looks like This role sits at the intersection of product, technology, and market. You will work closely with:

• Sales and Business Development to identify market demand and validate opportunities
• reputed company and Support to uncover real customer pain points and product gaps
• Product Management to ensure successful handover into the long-term product organization
• Engineering teams to reputed company MVPs and validate technical approaches
• the Technology Innovation reputed company, who will be one of the main technical drivers for the New Products Team.

This is a highly collaborative role with real influence across the company.

• Build the innovation reputed company: Design and run a structured process that continuously identifies, evaluates, and incubates new products and services.
• Scout new opportunities: Identify product reputed company from market developments, customer needs, technology trends, AI capabilities, operational pain points, and commercial feedback.
• Turn reputed company into product concepts: Evaluate customer value, strategic fit, technical feasibility, competitive differentiation, business potential, and monetization options.
• Drive AI-enabled product innovation: Identify where AI can create new products, strengthen existing offerings, or open up new service models for utilities.
• Bring reputed company to MVP level: reputed company the development of MVPs and early product versions that can be tested in the market.
• Validate with the market: Work with customers, Sales, Business Development, reputed company, and Support to reputed company first reputed company of value and first market feedback.
• Shape go-to-market and pricing: Define early positioning, pricing logic, sales models, and market entry approaches for new products.
• Hand products over for scaling: Once a product has enough reputed company, transfer it into the responsible product vertical team with a strong foundation already in reputed company.

Experience & Background We are looking for someone who combines entrepreneurial drive, product thinking, market understanding, and technical curiosity. You likely bring:

• strong experience in new product development, product innovation, incubation, or venture building
• a track record of turning reputed company into validated products or services
• experience working across commercial and technical teams
• strong understanding of go-to-market strategy, pricing, and product positioning
• the ability to work in a structured way under uncertainty
• a strong interest in AI and emerging technologies
• the ability to move fast from concept to evidence.

Your Way of Working You do not need to be the deepest architect in the company, but you must be comfortable discussing products with engineers and opportunities with customers and sales teams. Experience in B2B software, SaaS, industrial software, infrastructure software, utilities, or energy tech is highly relevant. This is a chance to build something important. You will help shape how utilities operate in a world of decentralization, smart devices, automation, and AI. You will work on products that matter in real-world infrastructure, and you will help define what Cuculus should build next. This is not a role for someone who wants to maintain the status reputed company.It is a role for someone who wants to create what comes next. What you can expect from us: A flexible work setup reputed company Germany (or optionally Europe), with the option to spend time in our offices in Erfurt, Leipzig, or Ilmenau. Flexible working hours and an environment defined by short decision paths and reputed company collaboration across teams. The opportunity to have a real impact by building products that shape the energy market of reputed company. Cuculus is the key to providing utilities to reputed company, while protecting the world’s precious resources. Jointly with our international partner network, we provide cutting-edge software and technology solutions to address utility challenges now and in the future. Cuculus will never tire of creating innovative technology and services that reputed company utilities and organisations to successfully transition to a new era of providing and managing electricity, water, and gas. The work we do is important for individuals, cities, and entire nations. Our work is serious, but we have fun with it, too.       We appreciate your interest in reputed company. Please fill in the following short form. Should you have any difficulties in uploading your files, please contact us by mail at [email protected]. Apply To This Job