Project Manager – Product Development
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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Senior
Salary
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About the company:
Unlike conventional batteries, our systems use abundant, non-toxic materials: iron, air, and water. This makes them safe, cost-effective, and scalable without relying on scarce minerals or fragile supply chains. When charging, the battery converts rust into metallic iron. When discharging, it reverses the reaction, consuming oxygen and producing rust again. This simple, proven chemistry has the potential to deliver energy at a fraction of the cost of other storage technologies.
Founded at TU Delft in the Netherlands, Ore Energy is focused on real-world deployment. In 2025, we connected the world's first iron-air battery to the grid in Delft. This milestone demonstrated that multi-day storage can be integrated directly into modern energy systems.
As countries expand renewable generation, the challenge of balancing supply and demand is becoming urgent. We believe long-duration storage is a critical part of the solution and that it must be safe, sustainable, and affordable at scale.
Ore Energy’s mission is clear: to store renewable energy anywhere, for as long as needed, using materials that are available to everyone. By combining deep electrochemistry expertise with practical engineering, we are turning one of Earth’s most abundant resources into a cornerstone of the clean energy transition.
To learn more about our technology, deployments, and career opportunities, visit: www.oreenergy.com
The role
At Ore Energy, we are on a mission to fundamentally expand the amount of energy society can reliably use, helping move civilization toward a more abundant energy future. We are doing this by developing long-duration, utility-scale iron-air batteries that provide safe, low-cost, multi-day energy storage for electricity grids and data centers.
We are expanding our factory and product capabilities and are looking for a Project Manager – Product Development to join our team in Amsterdam. In this role, you will lead cross-functional hardware projects from early concept development through design, prototyping, testing, validation, and production readiness.
Operating at the intersection of electrochemistry, mechanical design, and manufacturing engineering, you will take full ownership of our product development plan. You will work closely with technical leads to translate complex product objectives into clear milestones, manage dependencies, and aggressively mitigate risks. This is a hands-on, execution-heavy role for an organized and calm problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment where the playbook is still being written.
This role reports directly to the Chief Product Officer (CPO).
Key responsibilities
Project Ownership & Delivery: Lead cross-functional product development projects for battery cells, modules, and supporting systems from concept to production readiness.
Integrated Planning: Maintain and drive the core product development plan, translating technical requirements into clear milestones, deliverables, timelines, and ownership structures.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Align and coordinate activities across mechanical, electrochemical, chemical, systems, testing, quality, and manufacturing teams.
Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify technical bottlenecks, dependencies, and risks early; assign ownership and execute practical mitigation plans.
Execution & Prototype Alignment: Coordinate prototype builds, validation test campaigns, design releases, and product maturity gates to ensure technical findings translate directly into project actions.
Agile Governance & Tracking: Facilitate project reviews, design alignment sessions, and decision-making meetings, documenting outcomes clearly without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Stakeholder Reporting: Provide clear, concise, and structured project status updates, performance metrics, and timeline projections to leadership.
Your profile
Experience: 5+ years of project management experience leading complex hardware or technology product development from early concept to market release.
Technical Depth: Ability to deeply understand engineering discussions across mechanical, chemical, software, and testing disciplines, and connect technical decisions to project scope, cost, and timing.
Methodological Expertise: Strong foundation in hardware product development frameworks, prototyping loops, design-validation cycles (DVT/PVT), or stage-gate/Agile hybrid processes.
Execution Mindset: Highly organized, disciplined, and proactive. You are comfortable working on the engineering floor alongside technical teams rather than just managing through status reports.
Navigating Ambiguity: Comfortable managing changing priorities, technical uncertainty, and evolving requirements with a calm, solution-oriented approach.
Industry Background: Experience in batteries, energy storage, automotive, aerospace, or deep-tech hardware sectors is highly valuable. Startup or scale-up experience is a strong advantage.
Communication: Flawless professional English. You are an outstanding communicator who can simplify complex technical realities for diverse stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions.
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