Head of Energy Operations
About the job
- You have a completed degree or comparable qualification in a relevant field such as engineering, business administration, or energy economics, or commercial vocational training.
- You have at least 3 years of experience in operations or project management, ideally in the energy industry, or substantial experience in Tier 1 or Tier 2 consulting, a high-growth start-up, or the venture-capital environment.
- You have led teams or worked closely with executives to optimize operational processes.
- You make well-founded decisions independently and set clear priorities with a focus on impact, scalability, and long-term business success.
- You have thorough knowledge of energy-industry processes, particularly metering concepts, balancing, or billing, including Energy Industry Act and metering-point-operator processes.
- You work in a structured, process-reliable manner and think in end-to-end workflows.
- You have a strong interest in energy, start-ups, or real estate.
- You are seeking a leadership role in a fast-moving, founder-oriented environment and want to take responsibility for building structures and supporting growth.
- You are based in Berlin or willing to relocate; the office is the primary workplace.
- You speak German and English fluently.
- You have direct responsibility to the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder and are responsible for the technically correct, regulatory-compliant, and technically stable implementation of energy projects in multi-family buildings.
- You build an Energy Operations system that functions correctly from an energy-industry perspective and scales from metering concepts through balancing to billing.
- You take end-to-end responsibility for planning, managing, and launching energy projects, including responsibility for individual projects.
- You ensure that projects are implemented on time, economically, and in compliance with regulations.
- You define and own operational key performance indicators such as project duration, go-live rate, quality, and cost structure, and prioritize resources.
- You develop a standardized, scalable operating model for several hundred projects per year, particularly metering-point operations.
- You identify structural bottlenecks and implement sustainable solutions through automation and tooling.
- You define clear processes, roles, interfaces, and responsibilities.
- You build and lead a high-performing team of project managers and operations specialists.
- You establish clear performance standards, feedback structures, and ownership.
- You work closely with the other heads and contribute as a subject-matter sparring partner to the founders’ decision-making.
About the company
VREY is a Berlin PropTech company that helps landlords enable solar power for multi-family buildings. It handles planning, installing photovoltaic systems, and the operational setup, including a digital platform that automates legally compliant billing to tenants. As a metering point operator (wMSB), it also manages contracts with other energy providers, removing the supplier obligation from landlords and allowing tenants to buy solar energy directly (potentially lowering bills by up to 20%). Its goal is to scale communal solar use, support building decarbonization, and increase property value through tenant-accessible clean energy.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.6M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VREY closed a €3.3 million seed round on April 23, 2026.
- VREY reported a three-digit project pipeline across all 16 German federal states.
- Germany's §42b framework reduces landlord supplier obligations, expanding VREY's addressable market.
What critics are saying
- metergrid raised €10 million in January 2026, crushing VREY's financing disadvantage.
- §42b EnWG still excludes subsidies, squeezing VREY margins and slowing landlord adoption.
- If tenant churn or project delays hit, VREY's 20-person team burns seed capital fast.
What makes VREY unique
- RE Joule GmbH pairs certified smart metering with automated billing for §42b EnWG.
- VREY targets Germany's underserved multi-family solar market, not single-family rooftop installs.
- Founders Julius Pahmeier and Cedric Jaeger launched VREY in Berlin in 2024.
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7%Berlin-based startup VREY has secured €3.3 million in seed financing to scale its solar power solutions for multi-family homes. The company specialises in bringing photovoltaic systems directly to urban residential buildings. VREY is already active in over 200 buildings, demonstrating early traction in the multi-family housing sector. The funding will support the company's expansion efforts as it works to increase solar power adoption in urban residential properties. The investment highlights growing interest in decentralised renewable energy solutions for apartment buildings, where traditional solar installations have historically been more challenging to implement compared to single-family homes.
Styx, a Mannheim-based investment firm, has invested in Vrey, a Berlin start-up focused on solar projects and communal building energy supply. This partnership aims to overcome the challenges of existing tenant electricity models. Styx specializes in early-stage investments in start-ups that promote more sustainable cities and buildings.