Business Development Manager (F/M)
Are you an experienced Business Development Manager who wants to use your talent and contribute to the energy transition? Do you want to help create a market for innovative and sustainable products in the French speaking part of Belgium?
Your role
- You will help build Octave's commercial strategy and convince potential partners (i.e. electrical installers, integrators, energy suppliers) of the added value of our top-notch energy management solutions and innovative battery systems.
- In this role, you implement and refine Octave’s go-to-market strategy. You continuously identify new sales channel opportunities and advise & support existing partners.
- You are Octave’s eyes and ears in the market by participating in networking events and trade fairs to remain aware of the latest innovations and provide input to the product team on relevant market requirements.
- Your excellent communication skills ensure a strong relationship with Octave’s potential partners.
What you will bring to the team
- Solid work experience in commercial / project development in the energy sector (B2B), preferably in energy storage solutions or renewable energy sources.
- Good understanding of energy markets.
- Sufficient technical background to master basic electrical engineering concepts around renewable energy.
- Clear hunter sales attitude.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to give engaging presentations.
- Experience in developing and implementing a commercial strategy in the renewable energy sector. Ability to perform market segmentation and identify customer needs.
- Desire to work in a fast moving and entrepreneurial environment.
- Fluency using MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and similar tools.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus
- Master's degree in the field of economics or engineering, or equivalent level of experience.
- Fluent in French and English. Dutch is a plus but not a requirement.
- Hands-on experience in go-to-market strategies with a track record of achieving sales quotas and targets.
What’s in it for you
An incredibly interesting and diverse job in a dynamic and fast-growing company. We offer the opportunity to further develop a marketing & sales approach for an innovative product and become a driving force in the transition to sustainable energy.
We also offer:
- An attractive and competitive salary package.
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working, ideally 2 days at our office in Mechelen and Brussels.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning opportunities and career development possibilities.
Why join Octave
Octave, founded in April 2020, is a Belgian cleantech company specialized in battery energy storage and energy management services for businesses. Octave has sold more than 30 MWh of battery energy storage capacity and operates the largest fleet of behind-the-meter batteries in Belgium. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply
Are you interested in the role of Business Development Manager? Send your CV and a motivational letter today to recruitment@octave.energy. We will reach out as soon as possible.
Backend Developer (F/M)
Octave is a cleantech scale-up on a mission to deploy cutting-edge energy management and storage solutions. We are seeking an experienced Back-end Developer, proficient in Python.
Do you want to put your talent to use and contribute to the energy transition by building innovative battery energy storage systems?
Your role
- Develop effective and scalable code and contribute to the development of our battery management systems, our energy management systems, and our web applications.
- Build and maintain our cloud platform, handling large data streams from our batteries in the field and executing advanced analytics.
What we are looking for
- Experience in software projects, with a record of shipping top-quality Python code to production
- Experience in building scalable cloud architecture to support our battery analytics and IoT connectivity, ideally in AWS.
- Experience in managing and optimizing SQL database architectures, such as PostgreSQL or Timescale.
- Ability to work independently, have a clear sense of ownership and deliver with highest quality.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English.
With some (or all) of the following points, you have a clear plus
- Experience with data engineering: setting up ETL jobs, ML-Ops, and modelling data for analytics.
- Experience in developing web applications using frameworks such as django, flask, nicegui or streamlit, with some knowledge of front-end programming languages.
- Experience with industrial data protocols, such as Modbus, Canbus and RS485.
- Ability to collaborate with data analysts: creating ad-hoc queries and charts, developing, validating and optimizing algorithms.
What’s in it for you
An incredibly interesting and diverse job in a dynamic and fast-growing cleantech scale-up. We offer the opportunity to create innovative products and have a real impact, create world-class innovations and become a driving force in the transition to a sustainable energy system.
We also offer
- An attractive salary package.
- A nice office at an accessible central location in Mechelen
- Flexible working hours with hybrid working, ideally 2-3 days at the office and 2-3 days to work remotely.
- A supportive and collaborative team environment with huge learning and career development possibilities in a fast-growing scale-up.
Why join Octave
Octave, founded in April 2020, is a Belgian cleantech company specialized in battery energy storage and energy management services for businesses. Octave has sold more than 30 MWh of battery energy storage capacity and operates the largest fleet of behind-the-meter batteries in Belgium. In addition to the support of some private funds, we are also backed by Imec and the EIC accelerator fund of the European Commission. Our project pipeline contains several large and exciting projects at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
How to apply
Are you interested in the role of Backend Developer at Octave? Send your CV today to recruitment@octave.energy. We will reach out as soon as possible.